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Confessions of a Recruiter
Confessions of a Recruiter is a podcast built for recruiters who want more than surface-level stories.
We’ve stepped into a new era with a sharper look and a stronger voice. This rebrand isn’t just about a new logo. It reflects our commitment to real conversations, genuine insight, and a brand that matches the impact we’re making in the recruitment industry.
If you're keen to be part of the journey, email us at info@confessionspod.com
Episodes
248 episodes
Chris Barr | No Rooms, No Excuses: The Cold-Calling Rule That Built a Career | COAR S3 E5
Your career can look “successful” on paper and still feel wrong in your gut, and that’s where this chat with Chris Barr lands straight away. Chris is State Director Queensland at Six Degrees Executive, and he’s refreshingly honest about what it...
Rikki Tiwari | From Selling Timeshare to Running His Own Recruitment Business | COAR S3 E4
Rikki Tiwari became a recruiter purely by accident. He arrived in Sydney with $500 in his pocket and no plan, having spent his early UK career on corporate sales floors, then in sales coaching and NLP training. Robert Half in Sydne...
Max Kozin | The Blue Collar Recruiter Who Bet on Himself | COAR S3 E3
He landed his first deal within days of launching Trade Plus Recruitment. No inherited database. No clients waiting. No one telling him what to do next.We sit down with Max Kozin to talk through the part nobody glamorises: payroll exposu...
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Rav Prasad | From Selling Gym Memberships to Founding His Own Agency | COAR S3 E2
A recruiter who still loves picking up the phone after 16 years is either wired differently or has figured out something most people miss. Rav Prasad joins us to unpack how he went from selling gym memberships to thriving inside major agencies,...
Darren Buchanan | The Man Behind Hays Queensland’s Rise to #1 | COAR S3 E1
You don’t often get to hear from someone who’s spent 32 years inside one of the world’s biggest recruitment agencies and still has a clear view of what matters. Darren joins us to share how he “fell into recruitment” in early 90s London, surviv...
Mastering Candidate Experience: Blue Collar Recruitment | COAR S2-E6
We sit down with Theo Elliott from Rover Recruitment to unpack the real first-year story behind a fast-growing labour hire desk in Brisbane and the Gold Coast, including the ugly parts recruiters don’t post about: rejection, cashflow stress, an...
Defence, Intelligence & Space : Dan Newberry, Shadow Gate Partners | COAR S2 Special
The defence industry is hard enough. Now try recruiting for intelligence missions where the best candidates cannot be found on job boards, some people barely exist online, and you are not even allowed to talk about certain details in public. In...
Mastering Candidate Experience: Creative & Digital | COAR S2-E5
Ghosting, dropouts, slow feedback, messy shortlists, and clients who “just want the CVs” aren’t random problems. They’re symptoms of a process that doesn’t build trust early and doesn’t make the work visible. We’re joined by Ryan Kelly from Cre...
Mastering Candidate Experience: Technology | COAR S2-E4
A near million-dollar blue collar desk, a life jump to Japan, a return to Melbourne during COVID, and a pivot into tech and enterprise accounts, Ena Colo has lived the full recruitment rollercoaster. We sit down and unpack what actually works w...
Mastering Candidate Experience: Insurance industry | COAR S2-EP3
Most recruiters treat candidate experience as an afterthought. Nathan and Jett from Impact Talent have made it their competitive advantage.In this episode of Confessions of a Recruiter, the co-founders of Impact Talent break down ...
Growing & Scaling Your Agency in 2026: The Greg Savage Masterclass
In this special masterclass, Sam and Jory from H People — who have built and scaled their own recruitment agency, sit down with industry titan Greg Savage to unpack what real agency growth looks like in 2026.Greg lays out a...
Mastering Candidate Experience: FMCG and Consumer Goods | COAR S2-EP2
On this episode, we sit down with Natalie Rogers of Six Degrees to uncover a practical system for keeping senior FMCG candidates engaged, informed, and excited to say yes. From the first brief to the final offer, Natalie shows how trust, clarit...
