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Going Retained Masterclass Part 1 with Allie Milbrath

Mastering Retained Recruiting: Part 1 with Allie Milbrath In a world where AI is rapidly changing the recruitment landscape, many professionals fear obsolescence. However, Allie Milbrath, a distinguished expert in retained se...

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Going Retained Masterclass Part 1 with Allie Milbrath
June 22, 2026

Going Retained Masterclass Part 1 with Allie Milbrath

Mastering Retained Recruiting: Part 1 with Allie Milbrath In a world where AI is rapidly changing the recruitment landscape, many professionals fear obsolescence. However, Allie Milbrath, a distinguished expert in retained se...

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Your Best Biller Costs You $5 Million.
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 conv…

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The NFL & Forbes 400 Hire Her. Here's Why
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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The 60% of Recruiters Who'll Quietly Sink Your Agency. Part 2
June 10, 2026

The 60% of Recruiters Who'll Quietly Sink Your Agency. Part 2

Tom Kelly hands over the two frameworks that explain how EVONA runs a 30-person team at the revenue of an 80-person team. The first is a sales segmentation that exposes the bracket quietly sinking most agencies — the middle 60% who measure themselves against the bottom 10% instead of the top. The s…

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Scaled to 80. Cut to 30. Per-Head Revenue Doubled. Part 1
June 9, 2026

Scaled to 80. Cut to 30. Per-Head Revenue Doubled. Part 1

Welcome to another episode of The Elite Recruiter Podcast! In this powerful two-part interview, Benjamin Mena sits down with Tom Kelly, a founder who took his recruitment firm from four founders all the way up to 80 team members—only to make the bold decision to cut back to 30, resulting in net rev…

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$800K in Year 1. AI Ran the Cold Outreach
June 5, 2026

$800K in Year 1. AI Ran the Cold Outreach

Welcome to another episode of The Elite Recruiter Podcast! Today’s guest is Riece Keck, a recruiter and agency owner who built an astonishing $800k in billings in a single year—after nearly losing his business twice. In this episode, Benjamin Mena sits down with Riece Keck to unpack a rollercoaster…

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Summer 2026 Reading List: 13 Books for Recruiters and Agency Owners
June 22, 2026

Summer 2026 Reading List: 13 Books for Recruiters and Agency Owners

Every recruiter's reading list this summer is going to look the same.Same 30 books. Same Amazon blurbs. I don't want to do that.I've been recruiting for almost 20 years. I've built a search firm. I've put on 9 summits, hosted 300+ podcast episod…

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The Retained Recruiting Commitment Mindset: Overcoming Fear for Strategic Success
June 22, 2026

The Retained Recruiting Commitment Mindset: Overcoming Fear for Strat…

In the realm of retained recruiting, commitment isn't just a buzzword; it's the bedrock of success. This masterclass explores the essential mindset shift required to embrace this model, moving beyond transactional thinking to become a true strategic…

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Beyond the Pedestal: Why Promoting Top Billers Fuels the Junior Talent Cliff
June 18, 2026

Beyond the Pedestal: Why Promoting Top Billers Fuels the Junior Talen…

The allure of promoting your best performer is powerful, but what if that 'reward' is actively eroding your future leadership pipeline? This post unpacks the costly mistake of elevating top billers without considering the true impact on junior talen…

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