Recruitment Blog: Career Tips & Industry News - May 2026
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Posted on Sunday, May 24, 2026 by Alison Humphreys - Award winning NED and strategic advisor
You’ve Got Face Time With Me – Don’t Waste It It happened again this morning. A Teams call booked via an app with a supplier who got lucky. His unsolicited automated outreach campaign happened to land in my inbox the day after I had identified a need for his product on behalf of my client (a recruitment business). The guy arrived a little late. He then cheerfully told me that he would tell me all ...
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Posted on Monday, May 11, 2026 by My Recruiter Jobs
The Recruitment Market Has Changed Pretty much every recruitment business leader I know has a strong feeling that the world they operate in has changed. It’s more expensive, less stable, and people are buying (and job hunting) differently. I’m delighted to see some evidence of job flow improving in 2026. But that doesn’t mean guaranteed sales. The contingent (payment on results) model that has ...
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Posted on Saturday, May 2, 2026 by My Recruiter Jobs
The question nobody agrees on (but everyone argues about) In recruitment, LinkedIn is where most of the work actually happens. It’s your network, your CRM, your pipeline, and your personal brand all at once. So when someone leaves a job, the same question comes up: Who owns the LinkedIn account—and who owns the clients and candidates inside it? The answer isn’t simple, and that’s exactly why ...