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Danny Cahill On Building A 40 Year Career. (Pt 1)
Join Benjamin Mena on The Elite Recruiter Podcast as he sits down with one of the most influential figures in the recruiting industry, Danny Cahill. In this first of a two-part series, Danny unpacks the incredible journey of building a 40-year recruiting career, navigating constant industry disruptions, and cultivating recruiters who achieve lasting success. This episode explores the strategies and mindset that have defined Danny's remarkable tenure. This episode is brought to you by Atlas, the
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June 29, 2026
Danny Cahill On Building A 40 Year Career. (Pt 1)
Join Benjamin Mena on The Elite Recruiter Podcast as he sits down with one of the most influential figures in the recruiting industry, Danny Cahill. In this first of a two-part series, Danny unpacks the incredible journey of building a 40-year recruiting career, navigating constant industry disruptions, and cultivating recruiters who achieve lasting success. This episode explores the strategies and mindset that have defined Danny's remarkable tenure. This episode is brought to you by Atlas, the
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June 25, 2026
How To Become A Million Dollar Biller
Half the year is gone. This episode is the reset.Pulled from a live session inside the Elite Recruiter Community, this talk from Brent Orsuga is a mid-year line in the sand for any recruiter who looked up and realized the clock is running. Brent has spent 23 years in recruiting and 11 years running his own firm, Pinnacle Growth Advisors, and he lays out the ten habits, behaviors, and identity shifts he says separate million dollar billers from everyone else.The power of it is how he shrinks
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June 23, 2026
Retained Masterclass Pt 2: The Dollars Are In Delivery
Picking up where Part 1 left off, Allie gets into the money and the machinery. She explains pipelining projects — building a talent bench for a client — and why she keeps at least 20% of her business there for cash flow. Then the math: why a recruiter running five to eight retained searches can out-earn one juggling fifteen contingent reqs. The centerpiece is her contrarian thesis that "great delivery is your business development" — she tried being a salesperson, failed, and found that doing the
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June 22, 2026
Going Retained Masterclass Part 1 with Allie Milbrath
Allie Milbrath, founder of the Quinn Roberts Company, returns to make the case that the biggest shift recruiting needs is the move from contingent to retained — and that AI is forcing the issue. Her opening frame: stop panicking about AI and ask the harder question of what part of your service was ever actually valuable. If it was speed, you're in trouble; if it's judgment, trust, and honest market feedback, that's what clients will keep paying for. Allie shares that she's run her firm 100% reta
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June 18, 2026
Your Best Biller Costs You $5 Million.
Your best biller is the person bringing in the most money. So how could promoting them be the most expensive mistake your firm ever makes?Duncan Taylor has spent more than 30 years on the executive side of recruiting, with one unusual specialty: recruiting for recruiting companies. In this conversation he lays out the producer-manager trap in brutal math — how a single promotion that looks like a reward can send five million in gross profit out the door — then maps where recruiting leadershi
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June 15, 2026
The NFL & Forbes 400 Hire Her. Here's Why
Rebecca Stewart serves the LA Rams, Chargers, and Forbes 400 households with a 3-person team and zero outbound. Twenty years in, every deal is referred or inbound. How she built it — and the niche thesis every recruiter needs to hear.
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