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How To Grow A Recruiting Firm From $1M To $25M
🎟️ Tom Kosnik is speaking at the Firm Leaders Summit presented by Crelate, November 16 to 18. Every live session is free: https://firm-leaders-and-owners-recruiting-summit-2026.heysummit.com/
🚀 This episode is brought to you by Atlas, the CRMx that captures every conversation and tells you the next action to take: https://recruitwithatlas.com/
We recorded this conversation with Tom Kosnik in 2024, during one of the longest down stretches the recruiting and staffing industry has seen. We're bring
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Oct. 22, 2026
How To Grow A Recruiting Firm From $1M To $25M
🎟️ Tom Kosnik is speaking at the Firm Leaders Summit presented by Crelate, November 16 to 18. Every live session is free: https://firm-leaders-and-owners-recruiting-summit-2026.heysummit.com/ 🚀 This episode is brought to you by Atlas, the CRMx that captures every conversation and tells you the next action to take: https://recruitwithatlas.com/ We recorded this conversation with Tom Kosnik in 2024, during one of the longest down stretches the recruiting and staffing industry has seen. We're bring
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Oct. 19, 2026
$50M A Year Proves Elite Recruiters Don't Chase Clients.
Registration is open for the Firm Leaders Summit, three days built for recruiting firm owners and leaders, November 16 to 18. Hiring and training recruiters, growth, BD, and becoming the rainmaker for your firm: https://firm-leaders-and-owners-recruiting-summit-2026.heysummit.com This episode is brought to you by Atlas, the CRMx that captures every call, email, and message automatically and tells you the next action to take: https://recruitwithatlas.com/ Most agency owners chase clients every si
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Oct. 15, 2026
$500K For Years. 1 Hire Put Him On Pace For $1M
David Dickey was a consistent $500K biller for years. This year he is on pace to break $1 million. When asked what changed, his answer was not a new sales script or a bigger client list. It was one hire. The Firm Leaders Summit is November 16, 17, and 18. Three days built for recruiting firm owners and leaders: hiring and training recruiters, growth, BD, and becoming the rainmaker for your firm. Register here: https://firm-leaders-and-owners-recruiting-summit-2026.heysummit.com This episode i
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Oct. 12, 2026
Why Your Recruiting Desk Is Quiet Right Now
Your desk goes quiet. The calls slow down, the interviews dry up, and you start wondering what changed. John Ruffini has an answer, and it usually starts with what is sitting in your pipeline. The Firm Leaders Summit runs November 16 to 18, three days built for recruiting firm owners and leaders on hiring, training, BD, and growth: https://firm-leaders-and-owners-recruiting-summit-2026.heysummit.com Money Makers 2.0 is on Amazon in Kindle, paperback, and hardcover: https://amzn.to/4AYuOqu This
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Oct. 8, 2026
We Trained Our Clients' Recruiters. They Kept Calling.
Firm owners, the Firm Leaders Summit runs November 16 to 18. Save your seat: https://firm-leaders-and-owners-recruiting-summit-2026.heysummit.com This episode is brought to you by Atlas, the CRMx that actually understands context. It captures every interview, client call, LinkedIn message, email, and WhatsApp automatically, then tells you the next action to take. Learn more at https://recruitwithatlas.com/ Brooke Weinert and her husband Tommy had a plan: one of them would keep the paycheck while
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Oct. 5, 2026
How To Build An AI-Native Firm That Beats Firms 4x Its Size.
How To Build An AI-Native Firm That Beats Firms 4x Its Size. Firm Leaders Summit, Nov 16 to 18, free live sessions: https://firm-leaders-and-owners-recruiting-summit-2026.heysummit.com/ Atlas, the CRMx built for recruiters: https://recruitwithatlas.com/ Alex Papageorge is back. Since his last appearance the idea he was duct-taping together with n8n, Clay, and OpenAI has become a fully built recruiting firm running on Azure, with three AI agents named Donna, Sunny, and Mina sitting on Mac Mini
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Oct. 22, 2026
Recruiting Firm Owner's Guide: Scaling from $10M to $25M Revenue
Scaling a recruiting firm past the eight-figure mark requires a fundamental shift in operational design. Crossing the threshold from $10 million to $25 million in revenue demands formal operating systems, rigorous quarterly initiatives, strict weekl…
Oct. 19, 2026
How to Measure Talent Lifetime Value to Stop Starting Every Month From Zero
Talent Lifetime Value is a revolutionary metric that transforms recruiting from a transactional monthly grind into a predictable, long-term asset. By tracking a candidate portfolio across a multi-year horizon—much like a SaaS company measures custom…
Oct. 16, 2026
The Elite Recruiter Podcast Ranks #12 of 279 Sales Podcasts on The B2B Podcast Index
When I started The Elite Recruiter Podcast in January 2021, the goal was simple: get the best recruiters in the world to explain what they actually do. No fluff. No frameworks for sale. The real mechanics of big desks and well-run firms. So this on…