Welcome back to the pod! This week, we hit a massive milestone. After 80 episodes, we finally have an actual Giig user in the studio: the brilliant Becky Kitson from Kitson Associates!To celebrate, we are officially in fancy dress (safety first, obviously), and this episode is an absolute rollercoaster. In this episode there is something for everyone! In Becky’s own words, she is a great all rounder... First, we get into Becky's journey into recruitment, moving from being a debt advisor to starting out in a freezing cold, high-pressure agency, and eventually breaking out on her own to build Kitson Associates. She talks about the realities of being a solo founder, the isolation that comes with the job, and why she leans into the "small business" narrative when pitching to clients.But this episode isn't just about recruitment. We take a massive detour into Becky’s property investments, including her wild experiences managing an HMO, finding some questionable items left behind by tenants, and the unbelievable story of accidentally renting her first house out to a brothel.We also get serious for a moment. Becky talks passionately about the lack of women in construction, the discrimination pregnant women still face from hiring managers, and why 70% of her job currently involves acting as a counsellor for burnt-out senior executives in the construction industry.Finally, we dip into Lee's Lunchbox to answer a question left by Jeremy Snell: What is the number one thing in recruitment that pisses you off, that you would make illegal if you could?This is one of the funniest, deepest, and most chaotic episodes we’ve ever recorded. Enjoy!Links & Resources:🏗️ Connect with Becky Kitson: https://kitsonassociates.co.uk/📈 Check out Giig: https://giighire.com/

Welcome back to the pod! This week is a proper catch-up episode as the lads prepare for the upcoming team conference and get stuck into some massive product updates.

First up, "Lee's Legs" delivers some fantastic news—the fundraising for Say it with a Smile has officially hit £1,120! Andy talks about the massive 15-hour training weeks leading up to his grueling 207-mile cycle, while Luke contemplates turning up to a dementia charity event dressed in full Lycra.

We then get into the chaos of the weekend. Luke recounts a complicated, multi-stop treasure hunt he built for Lucy’s birthday (which required AI and some questionable grid-reference advice from his dad) and talks about supporting his mum during her recent triathlon.

Andy shares an update on his Gran and reveals the unbelievable things they found while clearing out her old office—including his Grandad’s provisional driving license from 1955 and a genuine treasure map complete with coordinates!

Finally, the recruitment tech chat is back! We break down the massive new email launch for the Giig CRM. If you are a user, you now have a fully integrated global inbox, bulk email sending with tracking, and the ability to choose whether you send formatted, redacted, or original CVs directly from the platform.

We wrap things up with Lee's Lunchbox, tackling the ultimate philosophical question: If you could ask a higher power one question, what would it be?

Enjoy the episode!

Links & Resources:

• 🚴‍♂️ Support our £10k Goal for 'Say it with a Smile': https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/say-it-with-a-smile-1#

  
  

• 📈 Check out the new Giig Inbox features: https://giighire.com/

Welcome back to the pod!

This week, we have our very first returning guest. We're back on the farm!!! We took the studio on the road and headed back up north for another chin wag with Mr Jeremy Snell (if you missed his first appearance, go back and check out Episode 31!).

We kick things off with an update on farm life, bottle-feeding lambs at 2:00 AM, and his adventures at the secret "Pink Umbrella" society at Glastonbury. I also decided to roll out another highly questionable AI-generated quiz—this time, guessing famous movie quotes. I feel like I peaked with the first quiz and maybe should have left it but oh well these things happen.

But when we do finally get around to the recruitment chat, Jeremy brings gold.

We dive deep into his massive business transition, rebranding from Rookie to Recruiter to his shiny new platform, Your People Engine.

He breaks down why he completely overhauled his tech stack, why he refuses to lock agencies into 12-month software contracts, and why he’s highly skeptical of the new "vibe coding" trend.

He also shares some of his top-tier storytelling tactics for sales, including the legendary "Yellow Paint" strategy for uncovering hidden money in a client's supply chain.

Plus, we cover:

• A wild medical tangent about surgery for sweaty hands.

• An unbelievable interview story involving a candidate, a roof rack, and a bungee cord.

• Lee’s Lunchbox: If we had to permanently live as an animal, what would we be?

They always say it's hard to record a second album but I felt like this was a cracker filled with laughs, farm animals, and genuinely brilliant recruitment L&D advice. Enjoy!

Links & Resources:

• 🚜 Check out Your People Engine: https://yourpeopleengine.com/

• 📈 Check out Giig: https://giighire.com/