The Retained Search Show
by Retrained Search
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About this podcast
This is the show for ambitious recruiters who want to win and deliver retained searches with confidence. Expect real stories, proven strategies, and insights you can actually use.
Episodes
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- AI, Influence, and the End of Traditional Recruitment with Sean Anderson · 55 min · Season 1 Episode 68What happens when the business you've built no longer matches the life you want? Hoxo founder Sean Anderson shares the journey from PE teacher to top-billing recruiter, agency…
- 21 Years On LinkedIn: What Sam Rathling Knows That Most Recruiters Don't · 43 min · Season 1 Episode 67Sam Rathling joined LinkedIn when most recruiters had never heard of it. More than two decades later, she's helped thousands of professionals build authority, create…
- Hyper Specialisation And The Future Of PE Talent with Paul Press · 37 min · Season 1 Episode 66So excited to have Paul Press back on the podcast for the third time. His previous episodes have been some of our most watched and most shared conversations, so we had to bring…
- How Lucy Robinson Built a Global Search Firm From Leeds in a Super Niche Market · 34 min · Season 1 Episode 65Lucy Robinson started with a laptop, a notebook of contacts, and a belief that recruitment could be done better. Today, LCR International is a global executive search firm…
- From Supplier to Trusted Partner: Why Most Recruiters Get It Wrong · 38 min · Season 1 Episode 64What does it actually mean to be a “trusted partner” in recruitment and why are so many getting it wrong? In this episode of Retained Search, Louise and Jordan unpack the shift…
- AI, Automation & The Death of Transactional Recruitment with Adrian Byra · 38 min · Season 1 Episode 63AI is transforming delivery. Client expectations are rising. And the traditional, transaction-based model is being quietly dismantled. In this episode, Adrian Byra shares a…
- How to Earn Trusted Advisor Status in Recruitment with Somer Hackley · 56 min · Season 1 Episode 62In this episode, Louise Archer speaks with Somer Hackley, CEO of Distinguished Search and author of Search in Plain Sight, about the real difference between transactional…
- Is This It? The Raw Truth About Money, Success, and Building a Meaningful Business with David Plummer · 46 min · Season 1 Episode 61Is this what success is supposed to feel like? In this powerful and deeply personal conversation, David Plummer — founder of Triage — shares the lessons he learned after…
- From Traditional Exec Search to Multi‑Million Retained Deals with Blaine Daws · 52 min · Season 1 Episode 60What if the process for hiring a data center technician isn’t so different from hiring a CEO? In this episode, we sit down with Blaine Daws, co‑founder of WNTD, to unpack how a…
- Personal Branding, Cold Calling & Cutting Through the Noise - with David Wolstenholme · 48 min · Season 1 Episode 59Personal branding gets talked about a lot in recruitment but very few people explain what actually works… and what quietly destroys your credibility. In this episode of The…
- Why Recruit CRM Gets 4.9 Stars: Customer Success, AI, and Scaling a Recruitment Business (with Sean Mallapurkar) · 47 min · Season 1 Episode 58In this episode, Louise sits down with Sean Mallapurkar, Founder & CEO of Recruit CRM - one of the highest-rated ATS/CRM platforms in recruitment - to unpack what actually drives…
- Retained vs Executive Search: Why Interest Is Surging (and Many Recruiters Are Confused) · 33 min · Season 1 Episode 57Search interest in retained and executive search has exploded, but most recruiters still don’t really understand the difference. In this episode, we unpack: Why searches for…
- The Slow Death of Contingent Recruitment: Simon Lewis on Communities, Collaboration & 2026 · 45 min · Season 1 Episode 56In the final episode of 2025, Louise sits down with RecConnect founder Simon Lewis to unpack what’s really coming for the recruitment industry in 2026 and why traditional…
- Retainers Done Right: Why ‘Filling the Role’ Isn’t the Promise, But Success Is · 46 min · Season 1 Episode 55Fresh off a round-the-world sprint (and a brutal back recovery), Louise Archer and Jordan Taylor tackle the biggest myth in retained search: that taking a fee upfront means…
- The Future of Exec Search Data: Memory First, Admin Last with Jordan Shlosberg · 46 min · Season 1 Episode 54We sit down with Jordan Shlosberg, founder & CEO of Atlas, to unpack how an AI-native, memory-driven CRM is changing the way executive search firms win work and deliver. Jordan…
- 25,000 Competitors. 350 Million People: James Ward on Scaling Leadership R2R in the US · 51 min · Season 1 Episode 53What if the best path to growth is doing more with less? We sit down with James Ward, founder of Clarity R2R, to unpack how a leadership-focused, values-driven R2R firm can scale…
- Depth Over Speed: Candice Bourne on Retained Success in Search-to-Search · 25 min · Season 1 Episode 52Want to know why retained search works in one of the toughest arenas - search-to-search - and how boutique firms are turning that challenge into a competitive moat? We sit down…
- The Sydney Masterclass: How Recruiters Can Adapt, Stay Profitable, and Thrive in Tough Times · 44 min · Season 1 Episode 51Louise Archer, Sophie Robertson, David Wolstenholme and Adrian Byra come together to announce their exciting Sydney Masterclass Event taking place on October 23rd at the Sydney…
- You’ll Never Walk Alone (sorry Pete!) - Pete Watson’s Vision for Uniting Recruiters · 44 min · Season 1 Episode 50Pete Watson, founder of Mint R2R and Recruitment United, offers a refreshingly honest look at the realities of Australian recruitment today. With over 21 years building…
- The Human + AI Advantage in Executive Search With Sarah Chester-Nelson · 43 min · Season 1 Episode 49The recruitment landscape is shifting fast and AI is handing boutique search firms the edge to compete with industry giants. In this conversation, we unpack how artificial…
