Recruitment Agency Expo Insights: The Biggest Challenges Facing the Industry Today

We took Carrot & Stick on the road to the Recruitment Agency Expo 2026. We grabbed the mics, and asked 10 of the industry's sharpest leaders the same 5 questions — on top-biller habits, AI, the human touch, and how they'd start an agency today.Rapid-fire, honest answers, with Derry's take after each. The one thing they all came back to? Relationships.—🎙️ Hosted by Derry Holt, CEO & Co-Founder of OneUp Sales.👉 Enjoyed it? Follow the show and leave us a rating — it helps more recruiters find us.—OneUp Sales helps recruitment and sales teams make performance visible, motivating and repeatable — live leaderboards, competitions, dashboards and reporting in one place.Book a demo: https://oneupsales.com/request-a-demo—Timestamps:00:00 — Intro: why we did this01:06 — What habit would you take from a top biller and give to a rookie?05:55 — What's one thing about recruitment you hope NEVER changes?08:34 — What's one thing you hope DOES change?12:22 — What's the biggest challenge facing recruitment over the next 12 months?18:15 — What advice would you give someone starting an agency today?20:41 — Final thoughts#Recruitment #RecruitmentAgency #Sales #SalesLeadership