The QUI Moment: Recent Episodes
The QUI Moment
The QUI Moment is a weekly podcast, where we invite an expert of industry to join us in a discussion on the hot topics in business today.
Whether you're a budding entrepreneur, a long time company owner or just someone interested in business, you've come to the right place.
New episodes air every Monday,
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Storytelling is a concept that applies to so many aspects of business, and whether you’re in an interview, calling an important client or giving a big presentation, the art of storytelling is a practice anyone can use to optimise their performance. • Anthony Tasgal, author or The Storytelling Book, joins us to discuss The Golden Thread, the use of white space, 'the rule of three' and even more tricks and trades of advertising. • Anthony has a wealth of experience and we were privileged to have him share his knowledge with us. • www.quirecruitment.com • • Join us each week where we discuss the hottest topics in business today with a variety of guests. • You can find us on iTunes Stitcher Radio Spotify and any chosen podcast app • Follow us on Facebook - www.facebook.com/QuiRecruitment Twitter - @QuiRecruitment Instagram - @qui_recruitment_r2r
With 10.5 thousand followers on instagram, it’s safe to say that Kerri-Ann Hargreaves of Life As Our Little Family has mastered the art of gaining an audience on social media. • We were delighted to have Kerri-Ann on the podcast this week as she discussed why she started Life As Our Little Family, a family and lifestyle blog centred around the daily goings on of life with her husband and son. • As well as conquering social media, Kerri-Ann also runs the recruitment firm H2 Consultancy, and we find out how she has used her experience in social media to help grow her business. • www.quirecruitment.com • • Join us each week where we discuss the hottest topics in business today with a variety of guests. • You can find us on iTunes Stitcher Radio Spotify and any chosen podcast app • Follow us on Facebook - www.facebook.com/QuiRecruitment Twitter - @QuiRecruitment Instagram - @qui_recruitment_r2r
This week the QUI Moment team had the absolute pleasure of visiting the headquarters of Manchester's own HIts Radio! • Hits radio and it's previous incarnations have been institutions of radio broadcasting in Manchester for over 40 years, and station director Melissa Webster not only invited the team to come down to the station but allowed us to use their very own recording booths for an interview. • Melissa speaks about media advertising, what a day in the life if a station director is like and the sort of people and experiences that have been inspirational in her career. • www.quirecruitment.com • • Join us each week where we discuss the hottest topics in business today with a variety of guests. • You can find us on iTunes Stitcher Radio Spotify and any chosen podcast app • Follow us on Facebook - www.facebook.com/QuiRecruitment Twitter - @QuiRecruitment Instagram - @qui_recruitment_r2r
Mark Neilan of Dare Recruitment is a coach and mentor to recruitment companies looking to grow and improve. • Mark Discusses what makes a great mentor and what sort of person he looks for in a mentee. With 17 years of experience in the recruitment industry and a wealth of experience, he shares his thoughts on what makes a successful recruitment company. • Mark is also one of the best read recruiters in the industry so we couldn’t let him swing by the studio without recommending some of his favourite books. • www.quirecruitment.com • • Join us each week where we discuss the hottest topics in business today with a variety of guests. • You can find us on iTunes Stitcher Radio Spotify and any chosen podcast app • Follow us on Facebook - www.facebook.com/QuiRecruitment Twitter - @QuiRecruitment Instagram - @qui_recruitment_r2r
Coco Chanel once said “A woman should be two things: who and what she wants” • Human civilization has certainly progressed in the past 100 years and despite improvements in gender equality we still see an imbalance when it comes to the way women are treated and perceived in all aspects of life. • International Women’s Day is an opportunity for the world to unite and celebrate all that is amazing about women, and to campaign and strive for a day when there will no longer be and gender hierarchy. • On the week that IWD falls we couldn’t have had a better guest on the podcast than Emma Downey of Emma Downey Marketing Consultancy, and founder of Women Who Do. • Emma talks about the work she does at Women Who Do and how it is an opportunity for woman of all walks of life to come together to share their experiences and create a support network in their area. • As a marketing consultant, Emma also shares her thoughts on social media and how it is important to stay genuine in your own brand. • www.quirecruitment.com • • Join us each week where we discuss the hottest topics in business today with a variety of guests. • You can find us on iTunes Stitcher Radio Spotify and any chosen podcast app • Follow us on Facebook - www.facebook.com/QuiRecruitment Twitter - @QuiRecruitment Instagram - @qui_recruitment_r2r
AI is usually the subject of science fiction movies and experts in robotics trying to develop human-like androids, but did you ever consider AI being used within recruitment? • Martin Dangerfield of Dangerfield Global weighs in on one of the hottest topics in the industry at the moment and how AI could change the face of recruitment as we know it! • Software with machine learning is already being used in some sectors but this is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to this highly polarising topic. • www.quirecruitment.com • • Join us each week where we discuss the hottest topics in business today with a variety of guests. • You can find us on iTunes Stitcher Radio Spotify and any chosen podcast app • Follow us on Facebook - www.facebook.com/QuiRecruitment Twitter - @QuiRecruitment Instagram - @qui_recruitment_r2r
Think back to the last time you heard a positive story in the news about the housing market. • It’s fair to say that they are few and far between what with an ever-unpredictable economy and of course... the B word. • Mark Noakes is the associate director of Kingsley Recruitment and with a wealth of experience in the property industry he is here to give us some positive stories within the sector and why not all is lost for first-time buyers. • www.quirecruitment.com • • Join us each week where we discuss the hottest topics in business today with a variety of guests. • You can find us on iTunes Stitcher Radio Spotify and any chosen podcast app • Follow us on Facebook - www.facebook.com/QuiRecruitment Twitter - @QuiRecruitment Instagram - @qui_recruitment_r2r •
KPI is a common business acronym found in all forms of industry, especially in recruitment. Some companies use them efficiently, others claim they have none, and some swear by their key performance indicator! • Chris Hart from the Client Server, and founder of The Recruiter Index blog shares his opinions on employee KPI's, how he manages a team of 13 and how he keeps a track of their progress and targets. • • Join us each week where we discuss the hottest topics in business today with a variety of guests. • You can find us on iTunes Stitcher Radio Spotify and any chosen podcast app • Follow us on Facebook - www.facebook.com/QuiRecruitment Twitter - @QuiRecruitment Instagram - @qui_recruitment_r2r • Head over to our website - www.quirecruitment.com
Social media content can sometimes get lost in the sea of repetitive forgetful content. Dan Kelsall, the chief hype officer of Twikel is a firm believer that being yourself and sometimes pushing the boundaries of what is 'acceptable' when writing content is the key to attracting an audience. • Dan shares with us his career path so far, and what he believes defines success. • Warning - This podcast contains explicit language • • Join us each week where we discuss the hottest topics in business today with a variety of guests. • You can find us on iTunes Stitcher Radio Spotify and any chosen podcast app • Follow us on Facebook - www.facebook.com/QuiRecruitment Twitter - @QuiRecruitment Instagram - @qui_recruitment_r2r • Head over to our website - www.quirecruitment.com
Gareth Eastwood is a graphic designer specialising in branding. Gareth joins us in the QUI studio to talk about the process of branding your business through visual communication, and how a company can abide to a brand structure in the way they use social media, their online presence and even the way they behave and act as an organisation. • Gareth also shares his thoughts on what he predicts will come of the way we communicate as a brand in the near future. • • Join us each week where we discuss the hottest topics in business today with a variety of guests. • You can find us on iTunes Stitcher Radio Spotify and any chosen podcast app • Follow us on Facebook - www.facebook.com/QuiRecruitment Twitter - @QuiRecruitment Instagram - @qui_recruitment_r2r • Head over to our website - www.quirecruitment.com
Adrian Stephenson is the Director of Workplace; a coworking office in the heart of Manchester. Workplace offers a wide variety of office solutions from a traditional multi person block, to individual booths all the way to flexible hot desking. • Adrian shares his experiences running a coworking office and offers some predictions for the future of office environments and how businesses will operate within them. • • Join us each week where we discuss the hottest topics in business today with a variety of guests. • You can find us on iTunes Stitcher Radio Spotify and any chosen podcast app • Follow us on Facebook - www.facebook.com/QuiRecruitment Twitter - @QuiRecruitment Instagram - @qui_recruitment_r2r • Head over to our website - www.quirecruitment.com