How to start a recruitment agency from home | Lunch and Learn

About Joe Davis & Starting Your Own Home-Based Recruitment Agency Joe Davis is the Founder and CEO of Recruitment Growth Ideas and Joe Davis t/a Rec Startup, recognised as the UK’s leading Recruitment Agency Start-Up Specialist. With over 40 years’ experience in the recruitment industry, Joe has held Director and Senior Management roles at leading high-street and independent recruitment agencies, including Blue Arrow, Reed Employment, Crown Personnel, DP Connect, and Atlas Employment Agency. Over the decades, he has developed unparalleled insight across multiple industries, including Healthcare, Finance, Technical Engineering, IT, and Executive Search, giving him a broad and deep understanding of recruitment operations and strategy. Throughout his career, Joe has helped over 900 recruitment agencies start successfully in the UK and internationally. He has mentored thousands of individuals, guiding them through the complexities of launching a recruitment business and helping them achieve measurable results, often increasing sales revenue significantly. Many of his clients have gone on to create thriving, profitable businesses without prior recruitment experience, proving that the right guidance and training are key to success. One of the most unique aspects of the Recruitment Startup programme is that no previous experience is required. Whether you are changing careers or entering the industry for the first time, Joe’s step-by-step system equips you with the skills and confidence to launch your own home-based recruitment agency. A standout feature is the direct one-to-one, hands-on training and consultancy support. Unlike generic online courses, this personalised mentorship is tailored to your goals, challenges, and business vision, helping you avoid common mistakes and fast-track your success. The programme teaches you how to source clients, attract candidates, submit tenders for major contracts, and manage all aspects of your agency efficiently. Joe has secured contracts with some of the UK’s most recognised organisations, including Guy’s and St Thomas NHS Trust, Barclays Bank, PricewaterhouseCoopers, National Grid, Royal Mail, Unilever, London Ambulance Service, Buckingham Palace, IBM, The Home Office, and more. Participants are shown exactly how to approach these clients and provided with tender submission templates, giving a practical roadmap for winning high-value contracts. Joe has also shared his expertise as a keynote speaker at the Business Startup Show at the Excel Centre in London and authored multiple books, including Recruitment Agency Revolution, which provides a complete guide to starting a home-based recruitment agency. He even pitched one of his Recruitment Growth Ideas in a competition hosted by Richard Branson, finishing in the top three of the public votes. Starting a home-based recruitment agency offers low overheads, flexible hours, unlimited earning potential, and the freedom to be your own boss. With Joe’s guidance, even those with no prior experience can build a scalable business in weeks. The combination of personalised mentorship, direct consultancy support, and a proven business model makes this programme one of the most effective ways to enter the recruitment industry and achieve long-term success. Joe’s model has been refined over decades and updated to include AI software and new technologies, ensuring participants are equipped for the modern recruitment landscape. Joe has also written several books on the recruitment industry.  His latest book, 'Recruitment Agency Revolution', covers how to set up a home-based recruitment agency. A free copy can be download from his website www.recstartup.co.uk on you can purchase a hard copy from Amazon HERE. He even pitched one of his Recruitment Growth Ideas to a competition hosted by Richard Branson to win £l million, finishing in the top three of the Public Votes. Finally, this wealth of knowledge and experience in growing recruitment agencies from startups to multi-million-pound agencies has enabled Rec Startup to develop and refine my recruitment agency startup business model, which has been tried and tested and modified to take into account Al software and new technology. www.recstartup.co.uk