Giig It A Rest

About Giig It A Rest

New Episodes Every Thursday. Get to know the humans behind the Giig Hire brand. Giig It A Rest is a lighthearted podcast following the Startup journey of the Giig Hire product Since 2020 we have been bootstrapping a SaaS platform and wanted to give you a chance to get to know the humans behind the software. :)

Publisher

A Giig Hire Production Featuring - Luke Pitkin, Andy Sturgess & James Hardy

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

24 Nov 2024

Latest episode

8 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

93 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   8 Oct 2026

   #93 - I Made Shoes With Jamie Oliver - (2 Truths 1 Lie) - Michelle Flynn - Kate O'Neill - Saeed Bor

   "I made a pair of shoes with Jamie Oliver." "I built a recruitment agency without making a single cold call." "I cuddled pandas in China." Those are Michelle Flynn's three statements this week. One of them's a lie. Our job was to figure out which. I headed down to Michelle's for the weekend with Kate O'Neill and Saeed Bor: breath-work on the beach in the morning, podcast in the afternoon. So there's a full debrief on the breathwork, including a move called "dragon peering out of the cave" and a Labrador that gatecrashed the whole session. Saeed's also joined the Shoreham-by-Sea Facebook group to keep up with his new beach mates. Michelle tells us she puts Giig It A Rest on when she doesn't want to learn anything, and that KOSI is her favourite podcast. Cheers, Michelle. We also have a proper catch-up on how everyone's finding the recruitment industry right now (spoiler: mixed). Perm placements have been dropping since October 2022, yet somehow we're all having our best years. We get into why that's not luck, just a lot of graft and a fair few lows along the way. Then it's Kate's turn to try and fool us: "I was in a theatre production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat as a child." "I have slept with a Grand Slam Welsh rugby player." "I will not wash my hands unless I have access to hand cream." We wrap up with the "Are you okay, hun?" lunchbox question, which gets interrupted by a dragonfly flying into the fan. It survived. Just. Enjoy x

2. 

   24 Sept 2026

   #92 - Why Your Recruitment Agency’s "USP" Is Fake (And How to Fix It) - Sam Rasdall - Potent Marketing

   We are taking a deep dive into the psychology of recruitment marketing this week with Sam Rasdall, founder of Potent Marketing!Sam has one of the most interesting backgrounds of anyone we've had on the pod. Armed with a master's degree in psychology (where he studied the effects of psychedelics), he jumped into recruitment at S3, quickly pitched management to let him run his own training academy, and later built a sales and marketing team that took an agency to seven figures in just one year.In this episode, Sam rips apart the traditional idea of a recruitment "USP." He explains why relying on generic values like "trust" and "transparency" is actually damaging your brand, and how to use your genuine personality as your ultimate differentiator.We also get into the weeds of practical marketing for small agencies. Sam explains why you shouldn't just post on LinkedIn for the sake of it, and shares his exact framework for turning one piece of content into a high-converting business development campaign.I felt like I spent the whole hour picking his brain for marketing advice.. If you're running a small business there's plenty of actionable tips in here! Enjoy x

3. 

   17 Sept 2026

   #91 - How AI is Changing Recruitment (The Only Limitation is Your Imagination...)

   "Welcome to Giig, where the only limitation is your imagination..." 🤨 This week on the podcast, we are diving deep into how AI is fundamentally changing the way recruiters work. Luke dropped an "AI hand grenade" right before going on holiday by launching our brand new Claude MCP integration, and sending Andy's diary link to 7,000 recruiters. We break down exactly how you can connect Claude directly to your CRM to automate hours of admin from instantly updating candidate fields using call transcripts, to using our new AI "Coach" persona to audit your BD calls and point out the questions you forgot to ask. We also pull back the curtain on the SaaS side of the business, as Andy shares what it was like to roll out Giig's first-ever price increase after keeping the Starter plan locked for three years. But of course, it wouldn't be Giig It A Rest without the weekly catch-up. Luke returns with a string of ailments (including a terrifying 24-hour warning about an eye floater and his official initiation into the "IBS Club"), Andy recaps a devastating loss at his annual golf scramble, and we crack open Lee's Lunchbox to reveal why Andy is terrified of public speaking... unless you give him a microphone. In this episode: 00:00 - Welcome to the IBS Club (Luke's eye floater & health updates) 12:04 - Andy's golf scramble defeat & Lucy's elite resting heart rate 21:02 - Dropping the "AI Hand Grenade" before going on holiday 32:22 - How the Claude MCP connects AI directly to your recruitment database 33:35 - The Giig AI Assistant vs. AI Coach (Auditing your sales calls) 40:00 - "The only limitation is your imagination..." (Birth of a terrible slogan) 42:34 - SaaS realities: Navigating our first-ever price increase 48:13 - Lee's Lunchbox: Public speaking fears & imposter syndrome If you want to see what AI can actually do for your recruitment desk, book a demo with Andy (he loves it when you fill up his calendar). 🔗 Check out Giig: https://giighire.com/

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Spotify

5.0 / 5

10 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 9 / 100

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Quality

5

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

32

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