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How To Find Your Real Driver. It Was Never Money
Across more than 5,000 recruiters, Michelle Flynn has run the same values exercise, and money has never once come up as a core value. Part 2 starts tactical and goes somewhere most recruiting podcasts never touch. The top biller's morning. The pre call ritual before dialing a Fortune 500 C suite. What flow state actually looks like on a recruiting desk, and a live breathwork session you can follow along with in real time. Then the payoff: how to find your real driver, why money never survives…
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July 24, 2026
How To Find Your Real Driver. It Was Never Money
Across more than 5,000 recruiters, Michelle Flynn has run the same values exercise, and money has never once come up as a core value. Part 2 starts tactical and goes somewhere most recruiting podcasts never touch. The top biller's morning. The pre call ritual before dialing a Fortune 500 C suite. What flow state actually looks like on a recruiting desk, and a live breathwork session you can follow along with in real time. Then the payoff: how to find your real driver, why money never survives to
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July 23, 2026
20 Placements a Month Put Her in the Hospital
Michelle Flynn was living the recruitment dream: 20 placements a month as a solo recruiter, working 9:30 to 4:30, every client on exclusive, no cold calls. Then, three months after her wedding, a suspected heart attack at 39 put her on the hospital floor. From her hospital bed, she asked for her phone because an interview was still running. In Part 1 of this two part conversation, the health and performance coach recruiters call the Wendy Rhoades of the industry takes us inside the dream desk, t
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July 20, 2026
He's Seen Billions Of Recruiting Messages: What's Dead And What Wins In 2026
Welcome to another episode of The Elite Recruiter Podcast! Today, host Benjamin Mena sits down with Dougie Loan, a recruitment tech leader who has analyzed billions of recruiting messages and has his finger on the pulse of what’s truly effective — and what’s no longer working — in modern recruiting. In this data-driven conversation, Dougie Loan shares candid insights from behind the scenes, busts outdated outreach myths, and reveals strategies that are winning business in 2026. Tune in as we tal
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July 16, 2026
How To Build A Multi-Million-Dollar Recruiting Firm From Zero
The AI Recruiting Summit 2026 is happening now through July 20th, and registration is free for every live session. Recruiting engineers, operators, and recruiters actually running AI on their desks are showing what is working behind the scenes. Do not miss it. Register here: https://ai-recruiting-summit-2026.heysummit.com/ This episode is brought to you by Atlas. The resume never tells the full story, and most of what candidates share ends up buried in notes and forgotten. Atlas is the AI first
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July 9, 2026
How To Get 3 Hours Of Real Work Done Before Lunch
Gary Stauble started his firm in 1998 and almost immediately lost control of his mornings. Circumstances at home meant he could not rely on being at his desk on any given day. He had less time than his competition, and he was not hitting his goals. So he stopped measuring hours and started measuring what the hours produced. He compressed his workday, front-loaded everything that mattered into the morning, and produced more, not less. This episode is brought to you by Atlas, the AI-first recrui
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July 6, 2026
How To Build A $1.3 Million AI Recruiting Desk
Welcome to The Elite Recruiter Podcast! In this episode, "How To Build A $1.3 Million AI Recruiting Desk," we dive deep into the strategies that are revolutionizing the recruiting industry. This episode serves as a preview for the upcoming AI Recruiting Summit 2026, running from July 13th to July 20th. Join us for free live sessions to gain actionable insights or opt for the VIP package or Elite Recruiter Community membership for permanent access to replays. This episode is proudly sponsored
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July 24, 2026
Why Money Never Makes the Final List of Recruiter Core Values
When top-performing recruiters participate in deep values exercises, money is surprisingly never ranked as a core driver. Despite the high-stakes commission structures and financial rewards of the recruitment industry, exploring what truly motivates…
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Embedded Recruiter Desk Setup: How to Work Inside Client Offices Without Losing Your Boundaries
Running an embedded recruitment desk inside a client's physical office offers incredible advantages like closed offers on autopilot, zero cold calls, and direct access to hiring managers. However, this high-proximity model can blur professional boun…
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Recruiters Watched 3,400+ Hours of the 2026 AI Recruiting Summit — Here's What That Says About the Industry
The 2026 AI Recruiting Summit ran July 13–20, 2026, as a free virtual event hosted by Benjamin Mena of The Elite Recruiter Podcast. More than 2,350 recruiters registered, and over the course of six days they logged more than 4,700 live session views…
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