Recruitment Agency Expo Insights: The Biggest Challenges Facing the Industry Today

<p>We took Carrot &amp; Stick on the road to the Recruitment Agency Expo 2026. We grabbed the mics, and asked 10 of the industry&#39;s sharpest leaders the same 5 questions — on top-biller habits, AI, the human touch, and how they&#39;d start an agency today.</p><p>Rapid-fire, honest answers, with Derry&#39;s take after each. The one thing they all came back to? Relationships.</p><p>—</p><p>🎙️ Hosted by Derry Holt, CEO &amp; Co-Founder of OneUp Sales.</p><p>👉 Enjoyed it? Follow the show and leave us a rating — it helps more recruiters find us.</p><p>—</p><p>OneUp Sales helps recruitment and sales teams make performance visible, motivating and repeatable — live leaderboards, competitions, dashboards and reporting in one place.</p><p>Book a demo: https://oneupsales.com/request-a-demo</p><p>—</p><p>Timestamps:</p><p>00:00 — Intro: why we did this</p><p>01:06 — What habit would you take from a top biller and give to a rookie?</p><p>05:55 — What&#39;s one thing about recruitment you hope NEVER changes?</p><p>08:34 — What&#39;s one thing you hope DOES change?</p><p>12:22 — What&#39;s the biggest challenge facing recruitment over the next 12 months?</p><p>18:15 — What advice would you give someone starting an agency today?2</p><p>0:41 — Final thoughts</p><p><br></p><p>#Recruitment #RecruitmentAgency #Sales #SalesLeadership </p>