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Listen "#6 — Recruiting His Way to 12 Brands and 60m in 17 Years - Ephram Stephenson"
Episode Synopsis
Not totally sure whether this week’s guest actually sleeps, but somehow he’s built and/or sold 12 recruitment businesses in less than two decades, and is still going!
Some of his insights regarding seeking out top talent and attracting them to your opportunity and automating everything you possibly can, seem sensible. Rational. Logical even. But how many of us are really nailing these two incredibly critical enablers of scale?
Enjoy this week’s episode where Ephram Stephenson shares his journey of building and selling 12 recruitment businesses by the age of 44 from a standing start as a backpacking telemarketer on $13.50 per hour at the age of 24.
HERE'S WHAT WE COVER....
01:47 – The Genesis of the Kona & Co Brand
03:28 – How I Got Started in Recruitment
07:35 – The Value of Doing the Right Thing By Your Clients, Over the Long-Term
12:34 – The Brand Journeys and Success Achieved
15:41 – How We Grew From 14mil to 60m in 18 months
17:38 – Recruitment Scaling is Underpinned by Rainmakers
19:28 – How did you fund your scaling?
21:53 – How We Approached Differentiation in Each Brand
27:25 – Hire Top Talent, or Hope You Can Grow It?
29:30 – Finding USPs When Markets Change
31:49 – What advice helped you get through the GFC and COVID?
34:08 – My Biggest Mistake
37:41 – A Key Concept That’s Really Impacted by Ability to Scale – Leverage
39:54 – What Gives You Energy, and What Takes It Away?
41:27 – The First Recruitment Agency to Offer Daily Pay
45:44 – The Value of Automation
48:05 – The Business Three Years From Now
50:11 – Ephram’s Three “Above All Else’s”
52:36 – Acknowledgement
54:48 – How to Follow What Ephram’s Doing
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You can connect with Ephram (currently of Collar Group) via:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ephramstephenson/
Website: https://www.collar.group/
or you can reach out to connect with Sean directly via:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/seansteeleprofile/
Website: www.seansteele.com.au
Some of his insights regarding seeking out top talent and attracting them to your opportunity and automating everything you possibly can, seem sensible. Rational. Logical even. But how many of us are really nailing these two incredibly critical enablers of scale?
Enjoy this week’s episode where Ephram Stephenson shares his journey of building and selling 12 recruitment businesses by the age of 44 from a standing start as a backpacking telemarketer on $13.50 per hour at the age of 24.
HERE'S WHAT WE COVER....
01:47 – The Genesis of the Kona & Co Brand
03:28 – How I Got Started in Recruitment
07:35 – The Value of Doing the Right Thing By Your Clients, Over the Long-Term
12:34 – The Brand Journeys and Success Achieved
15:41 – How We Grew From 14mil to 60m in 18 months
17:38 – Recruitment Scaling is Underpinned by Rainmakers
19:28 – How did you fund your scaling?
21:53 – How We Approached Differentiation in Each Brand
27:25 – Hire Top Talent, or Hope You Can Grow It?
29:30 – Finding USPs When Markets Change
31:49 – What advice helped you get through the GFC and COVID?
34:08 – My Biggest Mistake
37:41 – A Key Concept That’s Really Impacted by Ability to Scale – Leverage
39:54 – What Gives You Energy, and What Takes It Away?
41:27 – The First Recruitment Agency to Offer Daily Pay
45:44 – The Value of Automation
48:05 – The Business Three Years From Now
50:11 – Ephram’s Three “Above All Else’s”
52:36 – Acknowledgement
54:48 – How to Follow What Ephram’s Doing
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IF YOU GOT VALUE FROM TODAY'S EPISODE, PLEASE REMEMBER TO:
1. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts
2. Register to be the first to know when new episodes drop and free tools are published at www.scaleupspodcast.com, or
3. Drop us a question about scaling using Speakpipe on the website, or email [email protected].
Follow us on your favourite socials:
ScaleUps Podcast on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/scaleupspodcast
ScaleUps Podcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scaleupspodcast/
ScaleUps Podcast on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/scaleupspodcast
Watch the full episode at ScaleUps Podcast on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLlvcqAuqJMYBVUBoiixChQ
You can connect with Ephram (currently of Collar Group) via:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ephramstephenson/
Website: https://www.collar.group/
or you can reach out to connect with Sean directly via:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/seansteeleprofile/
Website: www.seansteele.com.au
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