How to Recession Proof Your Business ñ before itís too late!

2008 has barely started yet a large number of recruitment owners and MDs are already worried about how much the credit-crunch will impact their business this year.

Major banks including Merrill Lynch and Goldman Sachs have predicted a full scale recession in the USA which in turn would most likely lead to world markets crumbling.

So what can you do about it? Recruitment expert Alex Arnot believes he has the answers to help a select number of recruitment owners to buck the trend. As founder of Elite he has provided strategic advice to over 200 recruitment owners and MDs. Arnot says ìmany of the leaders I work with are asking if their sales are going to slowdown or even stop all together? In the face of a serious downturn they are also concerned that larger competitors could start dropping their fees and margins, which they cannot afford to match, which in turn could drive even their most loyal customers away? And finally, they want to know how they can avoid all of this before it even happens?î

He continues ìrecruitment directors should be acting on this right now before itís too late. Your consultants are even more critical at this time and a real area of priority should be giving them the new skills needed to succeed in a tough market. Recruiters have enjoyed the last few years. In most sectors there have been plenty of jobs to pick up and work on but when the market tightens the only recruiters that will succeed are the genuine business winners. Directors need to ask themselves ëare they giving their recruiters the very best up-to-date tools and knowledge necessary from both inside and outside their company to do thisí?î

You could describe Arnot as ëMr Recession-Proofí having started his career in the recruitment industry during a recession. By learning how to be successful during that time he went on to become one of the sectorís top billers and then, as one of 3 main board directors, grew an international recruitment business from 20 to over 100 staff before he successfully exited.

He continues ìsometimes itís easier than people think to avoid being hit by tougher times but like most things in life itís easier when you know how. Recruitment directors have 2 choices as I see it. They can bluff their own way through which can mean losing important customers and key staff costing 100,000s of lost revenues and even worse, their business, in the process or they can work with and learn from experienced people who have been there and done it. Leaders who understand the mistakes that can be made and have the pain-free secrets at their fingertips to help keep their business growing.î

To support his claims still further Arnot also set up his current company, Recruitment Training Productions, during the last serious downturn and has now successfully grown it into the UKís leader in recruitment-specific learning and development having already helped over 4,000 recruiters, managers and directors.

But rather than just preaching about it he is going to roll up his sleeves by personally advising and supporting a select number of recruitment owners and MDs in 2008. ìMy mission for 2008 is to not just help recession-proof a handful of recruitment companies but also to help them to achieve strong financial growth.î

With his unique set of experience and skills it is hard to argue against this claim and you can now find out for yourself.

For readers of this article Arnot is offering the chance for just two lucky recruitment owners or MDs to benefit from his essential advice for a full day in January or February at a significantly reduced one-off price.

If you are interested in being considered as one of these two then contact him as a matter of priority via his website: