Well that was certainly a year.

I hope yours was good and, even if it wasn't, that 2024 brings you what you need.

I'm excited for the year to come.

Last year was a year of change for me, as I found myself having to reboot my business when longstanding partners all faced difficult, and in two cases terminal, trading conditions.

Refocusing on business development has introduced me to a number of new employers, all of whom value recruitment and candidate experience the way I do.

Why aim for a partnership if your values don't align?

So I'm excited for the prospect of the work I'll be doing this year.

I'm also excited to witness developments in AI.

AI will be the Netflix to the Blockbuster of many industries, and recruitment significantly.

A better, more immediate, experience for its consumers, and potentially a genuine paradigm shift in what recruitment can be.

But it's Netflix in its early days, of posted DVDs in stamped addressed envelopes.

It's going to be some time before we see an impact that knocks Blockbuster on its head.

Automate demand planning, interview arrangements, live updates, offer management, briefs, candidate engagement and so on - in a more meaningful way than we see now with ChatBard.

Adoption, application and potential aren't there yet.

It isn't quite the platform that challenged the cinematic landscape.

We're in a time of seedlings, at the precipice of change.

Will it affect jobs? I've no doubt, in a few years time.

But if we can work to our future customers needs, then Netflix might be the game changer, but AppleTV, HBO Max and all those others have seen the opportunity too.

While there will always be a place for experience focused cinemas too, with opportunities to innovate in service.

Happy New Year!

Regards,

Greg

p.s. I'm back at work on Wednesday