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Nicholas Cox: Starting a Recruitment Agency and The Importance of Planning, Mentors and Advice

Season 1, Ep. 10

On this episode of APositive Insights, hosts Darren Cottrell and Harry Chambers are joined by special guest Nicholas Cox, founder of The People Place. The People Place is a new creative recruitment agency servicing the Australian market & based in Melbourne. Nic's story is unique in that he founded a recruitment agency with no prior experience working in recruitment. Instead, he comes from a successful career working in and running a creative content studio & creative agency. He talks about the value of planning and learning, listening to podcasts and audiobooks, and speaking with mentors and people who have done it themselves.


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