Hosted by Retrained Search · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 66 episodes
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This is the show for ambitious recruiters who want to win and deliver retained searches with confidence. Expect real stories, proven strategies, and insights you can actually use.
Retrained Search hosts The Retained Search Show, a business show with 66 episodes published.
What happens when the business you've built no longer matches the life you want? Hoxo founder Sean Anderson shares the journey from PE teacher to top-billing recruiter, agency founder, podcast host, and one of the most r
Sam Rathling joined LinkedIn when most recruiters had never heard of it. More than two decades later, she's helped thousands of professionals build authority, create opportunities, and generate business without feeling s
What does it really take to build credibility in private equity search? In this episode of Retained Search: The Podcast, Louise sits down with Paul Press, founder of Press & Associates, to unpack the realities of operati
Lucy Robinson started with a laptop, a notebook of contacts, and a belief that recruitment could be done better. Today, LCR International is a global executive search firm placing senior leaders across the fresh produce
What does it actually mean to be a “trusted partner” in recruitment and why are so many getting it wrong? In this episode of Retained Search, Louise and Jordan unpack the shift from transactional recruitment to true part
AI is transforming delivery. Client expectations are rising. And the traditional, transaction-based model is being quietly dismantled. In this episode, Adrian Byra shares a sharp, no-nonsense perspective on what’s really
In this episode, Louise Archer speaks with Somer Hackley , CEO of Distinguished Search and author of Search in Plain Sight, about the real difference between transactional recruiting and true trusted advisory. Somer shar
Is this what success is supposed to feel like? In this powerful and deeply personal conversation, David Plummer — founder of Triage — shares the lessons he learned after achieving everything he once thought he wanted. By
Is this what success is supposed to feel like? In this powerful and deeply personal conversation, David Plummer — founder of Triage — shares the lessons he learned after achieving everything he once thought he wanted. By
What if the process for hiring a data center technician isn’t so different from hiring a CEO? In this episode, we sit down with Blaine Daws, co‑founder of WNTD, to unpack how a specialist firm launched two weeks before l
Personal branding gets talked about a lot in recruitment but very few people explain what actually works… and what quietly destroys your credibility. In this episode of The Retained Search Show , we’re joined by David Wo
In this episode, Louise sits down with Sean Mallapurkar , Founder & CEO of Recruit CRM - one of the highest-rated ATS/CRM platforms in recruitment - to unpack what actually drives product love in a crowded market. Sean s
Search interest in retained and executive search has exploded, but most recruiters still don’t really understand the difference. In this episode, we unpack: Why searches for retained and executive search have quadrupled
In the final episode of 2025, Louise sits down with RecConnect founder Simon Lewis to unpack what’s really coming for the recruitment industry in 2026 and why traditional contingent perm is on a slow, silent death march.
Fresh off a round-the-world sprint (and a brutal back recovery), Louise Archer and Jordan Taylor tackle the biggest myth in retained search: that taking a fee upfront means you’re guaranteeing a fill. They reframe retain
We sit down with Jordan Shlosberg , founder & CEO of Atlas , to unpack how an AI-native, memory-driven CRM is changing the way executive search firms win work and deliver. Jordan shares the journey from building an exper
What if the best path to growth is doing more with less? We sit down with James Ward, founder of Clarity R2R, to unpack how a leadership-focused, values-driven R2R firm can scale in the United States without chasing head
Want to know why retained search works in one of the toughest arenas - search-to-search - and how boutique firms are turning that challenge into a competitive moat? We sit down with Candice Bourne, Director at Bourne Con
Louise Archer, Sophie Robertson, David Wolstenholme and Adrian Byra come together to announce their exciting Sydney Masterclass Event taking place on October 23rd at the Sydney Harbour Marriott Hotel, designed to help Au
Pete Watson, founder of Mint R2R and Recruitment United, offers a refreshingly honest look at the realities of Australian recruitment today. With over 21 years building Australia’s longest-serving Rec to Rec business, Pe
Lucy Robinson
yoga instructor and triathlon coach · LCR International
1 appearance on this show
Prof Simon Lewis
nursery teacher and head of Early Years at a primary school in south London · Carlow Educate Together National School
1 appearance on this show
Jordan Taylor
Vice President of Sales and Marketing · St. John’s College High School
1 appearance on this show
Louise Archer
Retrained Search
2 appearances on this show
Jordan Shlosberg
founder & CEO · Atlas
1 appearance on this show
James Ward
Principal Developer Advocate at AWS & Co-Author of Effect Oriented Programming · Amazon Web Services
1 appearance on this show
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