The Lone Recruiter Podcast

Recruitment. Motivation. Mindset.

Helping Recruiters Master Sustainable, high-performance

Everything you need to be a happier, higher performing recruiter.

The Lone Recruiter Podcast, hosted by Brett Clemenson aims to help recruiters become more resilient, profitable and happy through mastering their mindset and motivation. 

Our episodes are short (like 10 mins), sharp and provide advice that you can immediately take back to your life and use to level up your mindset and level up your recruitment desk. 

Let’s f*cking go.

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The 2026 Census has added 349 new occupations. So naturally, my recruiter brain went straight to one question: Where’s the opportunity? If you’re looking for a new recruitment market, the Census could give you some very interesting clues. Tune in for:👉 Why 349 new occupations creates potential new recruitment markets👉

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This simple recruitment tactic can significantly shorten the time between getting a client interview request and actually getting the interview booked faster. The key idea is simple: don’t ask “when?” Instead, know your candidate’s availability and give the client a specific option, ideally today or tomorrow. Rather than asking, “When can

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What if your best incentive wasn’t more money, but more time? In today’s ep, I sit down with Zakary Nash, Co-Founder and Director of HarperLloyd Recruitment, to unpack one of the most interesting incentives I’ve come across in recruitment. Hit your quarterly target, and you earn Fridays off for the entire

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’ve spent 20 years measuring my success from behind a recruitment desk. Placements. Revenue. Generation. Deals.  But now my role is changing. As the agency and the podcast grow, I’m moving away from full-throttle desk recruitment and into more of a leadership role. I’m not disappearing from recruitment. I still

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What do a packet of soy sauce, a door handle, and recruitment have in common? I know it sounds strange, but this week I found myself thinking about how the smallest details can have the biggest impact. I grabbed my usual sushi lunch, something I do Monday to Thursday because

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