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Recruiting Alchemy with Andy Simpson

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Recruitment Industry
Gary Elden
Annapurna Recruitment
International Expansion
Culture
Chapter 2 Health Talent
Embedded Talent
AI In Recruitment
Gross Profit Per Head
Ideal Client
Hays PLC
Life Sciences
Artificial Intelligence
S3 Group
United Kingdom
Recruitment
Health Care Recruitment
California
Leadership
Technology and AI In Recruitment

Moving recruiters from the contingent carousel to repeatable, scalable, productised offerings.

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What does it take to completely reinvent a recruitment business that's already successful?

In this episode of Recruiting Alchemy, Andy Simpson sits down with Elliott Manning, Founder of Kayman Recruitment, to unpack a journey that's anything but con... more

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On Recruiting Alchemy, Logan Naidu, founder and Group CEO of Kernel Global, shares his personal background and path from investment banking at J.P. Morgan and corporate finance at PwC into recruitment, after being fired from his first recruiting role... more

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Gary Elden OBE joins Recruiting Alchemy and Andy Simpson to share his journey from a tough Camberwell council estate to becoming a leading figure in the recruitment industry, launching Huxley Associates within S3 and later serving as CEO of a listed ... more

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Recent Guests

Gary Elden
CEO and recruitment industry veteran, OBE recipient
Alistair Business / former S3 leadership
Episode: Recruiting Alchemy Ep.19: Gary Elden - The £8K Bet That Built an Empire
Tom Way
CEO, UK and Ireland at Hays PLC
Hays PLC
Episode: Recruiting Alchemy Ep.18: Tom Way - How One Choice Transformed Everything
Jeremy Snell
L&D guru and industry leader in recruitment
Independent consultant / L&D expert
Episode: Recruiting Alchemy Ep.17: Jeremy Snell on Shifting from CV Vendor to Value Proposition
Simon Ryan
Director at Chapter 2 and co-founder of Chapter 2 Health Talent
Chapter 2 / Chapter 2 Health Talent
Episode: Recruiting Alchemy Ep.16: Simon Ryan on Scale, Embedded Talent & Steven Bartlett
Malvin Kamara
Founder and CEO of Vallum Associates
Vallum Associates
Episode: Recruiting Alchemy Ep.15: Malvin Kamara on Football, Founding Vallum Associates & Leadership.
Steve Beckitt
Founder/CEO of SourceBreaker
SourceBreaker
Episode: Recruiting Alchemy Ep.14: Steve Beckitt on Building SourceBreaker & the Reality of Tech Startups
Dave Rees
Former Chief Sales Officer at S3, multiple chair roles in recruitment and investing
S3, Reel, various recruitment ventures
Episode: Recruiting Alchemy Ep.13: Dave Rees on Fixing In-House Talent, Hiring Better & Why Quality Trumps Volume
James Ballard
Co-founder of Annapurna Recruitment
Annapurna Recruitment
Episode: Recruiting Alchemy Ep. 12: James Ballard on Recruitment Strategy, Community & Modern Agencies

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Andy Simpson
Host of Recruiting Alchemy with Andy Simpson

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5.0 out of 5 stars from 7 ratings
  • Great insights

    I usually hate business podcasts but this is actually super interesting and the insights shared are so relevant to the recruitment industry, anyone in this space needs to listen!

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    United Kingdom2 years ago

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Insightful and practical takeaways for the recruitment space.
Content is relevant to professionals across staffing, tech-enabled recruitment, and leadership.
Hosts and guests deliver actionable strategies, not fluff.
High-quality guests who share real-world challenges and wins.

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Recruiting Alchemy Ep.16: Simon Ryan on Scale, Embedded Talent & Steven Bartlett
Q: How does the Chapter 2 Health Talent model work, and what makes it distinct?
The model blends Embedded Talent, a tech stack with AI exploration, and employer branding, packaged as a monthly subscription with defined SLAs, allowing clients to scale rapidly without long-term headcount commitments, and using enterprise deals to keep pricing stable.
Recruiting Alchemy Ep.16: Simon Ryan on Scale, Embedded Talent & Steven Bartlett
Q: What was it about, apart from Ali, that made you want to hitch your wagon to Chapter 2 and Steven Bartlett?
Simon highlights the disruptive, value-adding culture of Chapter 2, Steven Bartlett's hands-on involvement in interviews and client processes, and Ali's role as a relentless recruiter, which together created a compelling environment for scaling and innovation.
Recruiting Alchemy Ep.15: Malvin Kamara on Football, Founding Vallum Associates & Leadership.
Q: How did you transition from football to recruitment and eventually to Vallum?
After leaving football and facing financial and personal pressures, I moved into sales, discovered recruitment through a friend, and slowly built expertise and confidence. The turning point came when a client declined a job, which crystallized my resolve to scale Vallum beyond a lifestyle business, aided by mentors and strategic partners.
Recruiting Alchemy Ep.15: Malvin Kamara on Football, Founding Vallum Associates & Leadership.
Q: What were your two beginnings and where did you grow up?
I grew up in Southeast London, Plumstead, with a big family network, which shaped my early love for football and the community-driven mindset I carried into recruitment later in life.

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A pragmatic, founder- and leadership-focused show examining recruitment as a scalable, productized function. Guests are senior leaders, founders, and CXOs from across the recruitment and tech-enabled talent space, sharing career turns, growth plays, and how they've built scalable services, embedded talent models, and AI-driven offerings. Listeners can expect candid conversations about culture, governance, international expansion, and the evolving role of technology in talent acquisition. A notable throughline is transforming traditional staffing into strategic, multi-pillar platforms with strong leadership narratives and practical takeaways for building resilient teams and businesses.

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