Expert Interview with Christopher Savage Of Wrestling Possums On Tips For Your Recruitment Campaign

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Christopher Savage has been involved in recruitment for over 30 years in a wide range of industries. He's run the gamut from being solely responsible for new hires to participating in recruitment campaigns. Christopher shares all of his thoughts, insights and experience on the many difficulties of today's business climate at the website Wrestling Possums With Chris John Savage.


According to Chris, companies have been at war with talent for the last 30 years - and talent won. The difficulty facing organisations these days is new-age businesses like Google and Facebook snatching up top talent and never letting go. That means the rest of us have to fight over what's left.

Thankfully, we now have a wider pool of great talent available than senegal phone number library ever before. But we have to find them. Or help them find us.

We're grateful that Christopher took a moment to tell us about his experience in the business world, sharing 30 years of hiring and recruitment wisdom as well as more general business best practices.


You've talked about the origin of the name Wrestling Possums. Can you talk a bit about how mentoring businesses is like Wrestling Possums?
Business leaders get stuck working "in" the business, rather than "on" the business. They know what they need to do to push a business forward, but simply don't get around to it. That's where a good business mentor steps in. The role is like a "conscience." Strategy sessions help agree on the priorities. A mentor ensures genuine RESOLVE to actually make progress against those priorities. It's hard for all concerned. Like a possum, our instinct is to dash after what we enjoy doing and the bright lights of the moment. But to build a great business, you have to have one eye firmly on the future at all times.



You've recently stepped down from your position as Chief Operating Officer of the STW Group, Australia's leading marketing content and communications group, where you were managing more than 80 different agencies working under you. What do you feel that you learned during your time at STW? How did you manage having so many accounts? Were you in charge of, or involved at all, with hiring or recruitment at any of those firms?
The major lesson was this: irrespective of what area of professional services you operate in, the issues within your business remain the same. People, customers, selling, service, cash flow etc. I've always believed "the people with the best people always win, always." So yes, I was involved in recruitment, but in a deep way - only when it involved a leader of one of the companies I was responsible for.