🚨 13 Signs of Recruitment Rot – and how to eliminate them.
Running a recruitment agency can look exciting from the outside…
But the real battle? It’s often invisible — and internal.
💀 Recruitment Rot is what happens when performance, candidate experience, and team discipline slowly decay over time.
You don’t feel it at first.
But then:
• Placements drop below 30%
• Candidates are ghosted
• Recruiters stop interviewing
• Talent gets scattered across social media
• Leadership stops reinforcing standards
👉 I’ve seen it. I’ve solved it.
From €45K/year to €243M in annual revenue — and these 13 red flags nearly broke us before we scaled.
This is not theory.
This is a hands-on growth model for owners who want to:
✅ Scale profitably
✅ Achieve 6- or 7-figure monthly profit
✅ Prepare for a multi-million euro exit
🧠Download the one-pager and run a diagnostic on your team.
📩 Then let’s talk about fixing the root — not just the symptoms.
📧 gerard.koolen@lugera.com
📱 +31 6 2295 9248 (Call/Text/WhatsApp)
👤 Gerard Koolen – Co-Founder @ Lugera (€243M revenue)
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