650+ Episodes · Est. 2018

Recruitment
Mentors
Podcast.

The most practical podcast in recruitment.

With Hishem Azzouz
650+
Episodes Published
500+
5-Star Reviews
60,000+
Recruiters Reached Monthly

The Recruitment Mentors Podcast is the home of honest, practical conversations for anyone serious about winning in recruitment.

Hishem sits down with the top billers, founders, and leaders shaping the industry to uncover the habits, frameworks, and real stories behind their success, so you can take something useful away every single week.

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Most Popular Episodes

$100M Valuation episode artwork
EP · 679 27 Apr 2026

From Zero to a $100M Valuation

Joe Jani & John-Joe Walker (Metric)

How do you build a perm-only recruitment business to a $100M valuation? Joe Jani and John-Joe Walker, from Metric, break down the exact sales operating system, hiring rhythm, and commercial decisions that took them from startup to a nine-figure exit with Southfield.

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EP · 588 10 Mar 2025

From Underperformer to Top Biller

Rebeka Mulk

The mindset shift, daily routines, and pipeline mechanics that took one recruiter from a PIP to the top desk in the business in eleven months.

Built a $1M Desk episode artwork
EP · 608 29 Jun 2025

How I Built a $1M Desk

Mollie Gunn

The unglamorous truth about hitting a million in fees as an individual contributor. Activity targets, deal cadence, and where the time really goes.

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EP · 570 Jan 2025

From £5M Success to Closure

John Gaughan

An unflinching conversation about the decisions, miscalculations, and hard-won lessons from building Finlay James to £5M and what ultimately led to its closure.

The Power of Getting Your Mindset Right episode artwork
EP · 512 Jan 2024

Personal Growth, Self Improvement as a CEO and Global Expansion

Jamie Fraser

Why mindset is the difference between top billers and everyone else, and the daily practices that build the resilience to outlast a tough market.

Hishem Azzouz
Host · Recruitment Mentors
About Host

Hishem Azzouz

Ex-recruiter, podcast host, the recruitment industry's biggest fan.

I started this podcast when I was still in recruitment back in 2018, building my career, figuring it out on my own, and wishing there was somewhere I could learn from people who'd already done it. So I built it.

Eight years and 650+ episodes later, I've sat down with the best minds and the most inspiring stories in our industry. And I'm more passionate about the recruitment industry now than I've ever been. The people in this industry are exceptional. The careers it builds are exceptional. That's what this podcast is all about.

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