DG Recruit Podcast

About DG Recruit Podcast

DG Recruit helps you maximize your career in agency recruitment. Hosted by Dandan Zhu, top-billing headhunter, the DG Recruit Podcast breaks down EVERYTHING you need to know about your career in agency recruitment and how to achieve success in our exciting industry of headhunting. With Dandan's and her guests' interesting, honest, and insightful commentary, learn more about what you can do to start, improve, and grow your career and business. Submit all questions to contact@dgrecruit.com to feature Dandan's answers to help you on the DG Recruit Podcast!

Publisher

DG Recruit

Category

business · business

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

5 Sept 2017

Latest episode

19 Nov 2025

Latest episodes

1 of 167 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   19 Nov 2025TRANSCRIPT

   DGR 158 6 BIG CHANGES in Agency Recruitment

   Since I entered the biz in 2011 as a 23 year old, the world has changed a lot, yet some things remain constant. Here is my take on the 6 things I've noticed greatly change over the last 15 years I've been in the biz. What do you think? Anything to add here? As always, if you need additional sales and headhunting training, check out agencyrecruitmentacademy.com and join our next coaching call!

2. 

   8 Aug 2025

   DGR 157 Mike Mello SIMPLESIDE AI on Sales, Agency Recruitment, AI, and Automation

   Host Dandan interviews Mike Mello, founder of SIMPLESIDE AI, discussing sales careers, agency recruitment, and the future of AI in business.

3. 

   27 Jan 2025

   DGR 156 Recruitment Career, Business, and Sales Tips with Tom Froggatt, Founder of Singular

   Host [Host Name] interviews Tom Froggatt, Founder of Singular, for recruitment career, business, and sales tips, plus insights on AI's future in the industry.

Inside a recent episode

DGR 158 6 BIG CHANGES in Agency Recruitment

Published 19 Nov 2025 · Transcript excerpt

[…] So sales is going to be more important than ever as a career skill. You can bet on that. The last thing I want to say is what isn't going to change? Like I just said, what isn't going to change is going to be your personal skills, your ability to build relationships, the ability for you to curate charisma, the ability that you have to stay in touch with your customers on a verbal basis, not just texting, not just email list, like a true relationship, the whining, the dining, the getting to know their family, getting to know their life goals, building a true relationship, like I just mentioned, the work ethic, how hard are you going to work that also isn't going away? […]

Who has been a guest on DG Recruit Podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Mike Mello
• Tom Froggatt
• Andrea Colabella
• Dan Zhu

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

199,691

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.7 / 5

65 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

10 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 47 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

40

Social presence

0

YouTube

86

Engagement

51

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