The Recruitment Mentors Podcast
Hishem Azzouz
Deconstructing how some of the best recruitment professionals across the globe have accelerated their recruitment career and remained at the top of their game by uncovering their daily habits, mindset, approach to leadership, and much much more.
- 28 minutes 18 seconds8 Years, 500+ Interviews: The Lessons That Actually Stuck & What Might Happen Next
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30 March 2026, 5:00 am - 13 minutes 50 secondsGolden Nugget #106 | £5k Each. £500/Month Tech Stack. £506k In Year One. Here's What We Actually Needed with Emma & Louise
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26 March 2026, 5:00 am - 1 hour 15 minutesWhat Actually Happens When Your Recruitment Business Fails with Brooke Cooper (27 Talent)
In this episode, I sit down with Brooke Cooper, founder of 27 Talent, to have one of the most honest conversations we've had on this podcast for a while.
After building a rec-to-rec business from £0 to over £650K in revenue, Brooke went into Creditors' Voluntary Liquidation in February 2026 with a four-month-old baby at home.
Brooke had the courage to share her whole experience with us.
Connect with Brooke here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brooke-cooper/
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23 March 2026, 5:00 am - 17 minutes 36 secondsGolden Nugget #105 | I Knew I Had a 6th Gear, I Just Needed the Right Environment to Unlock It with Rebeka Mulk
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19 March 2026, 5:00 am - 1 hour 16 minutes£8K Fees to £132K Searches: How Callum Runnegar-Mundy Went From Corporate Generalist to Building a Startup Search Brand & Becoming Top Biller in Under 2 Years
In this episode, I sit down with Callum Runnegar-Mundy to break down how he went from billing £8K fees as a regional generalist at Michael Page to closing £132K retained searches as top biller at Hubscale in under two years.
Connect with Callum here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/callum-mundy/
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16 March 2026, 5:00 am - 29 minutes 33 secondsGolden Nugget #104 | The £30k WGP Blueprint: First Principles of World-Class Contract Recruitment with James Gamble
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12 March 2026, 5:00 am - 1 hour 8 minutesThe Dubai Reality Check: The Real Cost of Building a Dubai Agency with Justin McGuire
Dubai is often sold as a tax-free paradise for recruitment founders, but the reality is a high-stakes market where 450 new agencies opened in just the last 12 months.
If you’re planning a move, you need to look past the beach clubs and understand the $100k "buy-in" required to survive the first year.
This week I am joined by Justin McGuire is an 18-year veteran of the Middle East recruitment scene and the founder of MCG Talent, who recently completed a successful MBO and now advises founders on navigating the region’s unique commercial landscape.
Connect with Justin here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jumcguire/
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9 March 2026, 5:00 am - 10 minutes 11 secondsGolden Nugget #103 | The Co-Founder Multiplier: From Solo-Hustle to a £1.6M Run Rate with Elliot White
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5 March 2026, 5:00 am - 1 hour 13 minutes£800K Solo, One Niche, No Team: Sophie Allen's First Year In Business
In this episode, I sit down with Sophie Allen, a specialist SDR recruiter who after 10 years working for others went solo in 2024. In her first full year, she generated nearly £800K in revenue with a team of one, running everything from Nice in the South of France.
We get into the launch decision, the failed European pivot, how she broke into New York, her exact LinkedIn content strategy, and what the hard bits of year one actually looked like.
Connect with Sophie here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sophiewearetrampoline/
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2 March 2026, 5:00 am - 8 minutes 8 secondsGolden Nugget #102 | Michael Wiggington: The Friday Night the Bank Pulled Our Funding (We Owed £8 Million)
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19 February 2026, 5:00 am - 17 minutes 36 secondsGolden Nugget #101 | Tim Sammon: The $60k Graduate: Why Your US Expansion Budget Is Wrong
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