Welcome to the Developing Experts Podcast, a show to help recruiters at every stage of their career to sharpen their skills, think more commercially, and ultimately become more effective and more credible. This podcast is all about real conversations with experienced recruiters, agency leaders, business owners, and high performers from all across the industry, unpacking what actually drives long-term success in recruitment. Hosted by Michael Jones, Recruitment Trainer with 20yrs' industry experience and the winner of the RCSA Australia Recruitment Professional of the Year award 2026.

]]>www.linkedin.com/in/michaeljonesrecruitmenttrainingRiverside.fm (https://riverside.com)Sun, 18 Oct 2026 18:07:42 GMTTue, 29 Sep 2026 04:00:54 GMT60Michael Jones<p>Welcome to the Developing Experts Podcast, a show to help recruiters at every stage of their career to sharpen their skills, think more commercially, and ultimately become more effective and more credible. This podcast is all about real conversations with experienced recruiters, agency leaders, business owners, and high performers from all across the industry, unpacking what actually drives long-term success in recruitment. Hosted by Michael Jones, Recruitment Trainer with 20yrs' industry experience and the winner of the RCSA Australia Recruitment Professional of the Year award 2026. </p>episodicMichael Jonesmichaeljonesrectraining@gmail.comnoCaleb Heslip joins us on the podcast to talk about his first year working for Frontline Recruitment Group and moving from working in retail to recruiting retail professionals. Caleb also tells us what contributed to his success in year one, culminating in him winning his agency's coveted award for Rookie of the year!

]]>4e89bb7b-8da1-4e6a-99df-5337509a218bFri, 02 Oct 2026 06:14:29 GMT<p>Caleb Heslip joins us on the podcast to talk about his first year working for Frontline Recruitment Group and moving from working in retail to recruiting retail professionals. Caleb also tells us what contributed to his success in year one, culminating in him winning his agency's coveted award for Rookie of the year! </p>no00:46:07Episode 4 - Caleb Heslip - Frontline Recruitment Group's Rookie of the Year 2026fullMichael is joined by Thomas O'Connor from HSS who was a finalist at this year's RCSA Industry Awards in the Rising Star category. Thomas talks about coming off-the-tools to recruit in the same space and how he's approached his first year in recruitment, which has included joining the RCSA WA Council, being a NextGen Rep and getting up on stage to speak at the Talent X conference.

]]>500201e9-887e-450b-8647-8baccd50919bFri, 02 Oct 2026 06:10:49 GMT<p>Michael is joined by Thomas O'Connor from HSS who was a finalist at this year's RCSA Industry Awards in the Rising Star category. Thomas talks about coming off-the-tools to recruit in the same space and how he's approached his first year in recruitment, which has included joining the RCSA WA Council, being a NextGen Rep and getting up on stage to speak at the Talent X conference.</p>no00:41:51Episode 3 - Thomas O'Connor RCSA Rising Star Finalist 2026fullMichael speaks to Alma Raheem from Beaumont People, who was recognised in the RCSA Industry Awards as Rising Star of the Year, who shares her story of starting in recruitment after a successful sales career, and how she adds value to her candidates and clients and creates community in the industry she recruits for.

]]>8d9cedee-a211-40da-8c76-af9a0187781fFri, 02 Oct 2026 06:05:08 GMT<p>Michael speaks to Alma Raheem from Beaumont People, who was recognised in the RCSA Industry Awards as Rising Star of the Year, who shares her story of starting in recruitment after a successful sales career, and how she adds value to her candidates and clients and creates community in the industry she recruits for.</p>no00:45:51Episode 2 - Alma Raheem, RCSA Rising Star of the Year 2026fullIn this first episode, Michael Jones provides some insight into what you can expect from tuning into the Developing Experts Podcast, as well as sharing some information about what makes him a trusted person to listen to and learn from in the recruitment industry.

]]>4736cf05-6659-4e6a-8071-3a6f58e3f32eFri, 02 Oct 2026 05:54:20 GMT<p>In this first episode, Michael Jones provides some insight into what you can expect from tuning into the Developing Experts Podcast, as well as sharing some information about what makes him a trusted person to listen to and learn from in the recruitment industry.</p>no00:19:42Episode 1 - An introduction to the podcast and your host, Michael Jonesfull