The Marketing Rules Podcast
The Marketing Rules Podcast from ThinkinCircles, with your host James Whitelock "The voice of Recruitment Marketing".
James takes a deep dive into all things Recruitment Marketing, from strategy, technology and delivery. Talking to leaders and influencers from the Recruitment Marketing space globally. To keep up-to-date with the new "rules" for Recruitment marketing, tune in every week.
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Recent Episodes
Sept. 9, 2026
Why Recruitment Doesn’t Need Another Tool with Moh Mehrabani
Recruitment technology is moving fast, but that does not necessarily mean recruiters need more tools. In this episode of The Marketing Rules Podcast, Moh Mehrabani, co-founder of Tavi, joins the conversation to explore how AI agents could change the way recruiters work, why search and sourcing are far from commoditised, and what happens when technology starts working alongside recruiters rather than simply giving them another platform to manage. Moh brings an interesting perspective to rec
Aug. 9, 2026
Why More LinkedIn Content Won't Make You More Influential with Rhona Barnett-Pierce
Everyone is creating content. AI can write a month's worth of LinkedIn posts in minutes. So how do you stand out when everyone is trying to build a personal brand? In this episode, James is joined by Rhona Barnett-Pierce, founder of Workfluencer Media, to explore what actually builds authority today. They discuss why conversations matter more than impressions, whether LinkedIn has become too noisy, how businesses should think about founder brands versus company brands, and why AI should ampli
July 16, 2026
The New Playbook for Talent Acquisition with Adam Gordon
In this episode, James is joined by Adam Gordon, founder of Poetry and one of the recruitment industry's leading technology entrepreneurs. Together they explore the rise of recruiter enablement, why AI is changing the way recruitment teams operate, and what the recruiter of the future might look like. In this episode, we discuss: What recruiter enablement is and why it's becoming a major focus for talent acquisition teams. Why recruitment has more to learn from sales enablement than most peopl
June 24, 2026
Is "Culture Fit" Killing Diversity in Hiring with Theo Smith
In this episode of the Marketing Rules Podcast, James is joined by Theo Smith, one of the leading voices on neurodiversity, inclusion and workplace design. Theo has spent more than 17 years working across recruitment, talent acquisition, recruitment marketing and HR technology. Today, he helps organisations understand how hiring processes, workplace systems and company cultures can unintentionally exclude talented people. They discuss: Why recruitment processes often lose great candida
May 28, 2026
Networking Isn’t Dead. You’re Just Doing It Wrong With Andy Dunne
This week on The Marketing Rules Podcast James is joined by Andy Dunn, Managing Director of TEAM, the UK’s largest network of independently owned recruitment businesses. They dive into something that almost everybody talks about, but very few people genuinely understand: networking and community building. They discuss what separates networks that create real opportunities from those that simply look good on paper, why giving value first matters, and how to stay visible without becoming just a
May 11, 2026
The Recruitment Industry’s Most Overlooked Performance Hack with Michelle Flynn
Most people in recruitment think burnout is just part of the job. Long hours. Constant pressure. Always “on”. But what if the real problem isn’t workload… it’s how we’re operating? In this episode of the Marketing Rules Podcast, I’m joined by recruitment leader turned performance coach Michelle Flynn to talk about sleep, stress, burnout, breathwork and why so many recruiters are running at 100mph with no recovery. This is one of those episodes that will probably make you stop and ret
About the Host
James Whitelock
Managing Director
By day James runs ThinkinCircles, a digital marketing agency for the recruitment sector but by night he is the host of The Marketing Rules Podcast.