Episode 4

Written By Dan Alexander

Most recruiters see success as deals closed, headcount grown, and money in the bank… but very few talk honestly about the chaos, pressure, and identity crises that happen while you’re building it all from nothing. In this episode of The Performance Zone, Dan Alexander sits down with Georgi Metodiev - entrepreneur, recruitment founder, and platform builder who went from rejection, being fired, and living back at home with zero money… to building a global recruitment business and re-engineering it into a scalable tech platform. This conversation goes far beyond recruitment. It’s about resilience, adaptation, and what it really takes to survive when the industry and the world is changing faster than most people can keep up with. Together, they unpack the realities most recruiters and founders rarely say out loud:

  • What rejection, failure, and being told “you’ll never make it” actually does to you

  • How Georgi went from bar work in London to building a recruitment operation from a basement in Sofia

  • Why scaling an agency nearly broke him — and forced a complete rethink

  • The brutal truth about average recruiters in today’s market

  • Why automation and AI will wipe out entire segments of recruitment

  • What skills will still matter when everything else is automated

  • Why business development is the real survival skill

  • How Georgi is betting on platforms, systems, and assets — not comfort

  • What the future of recruitment looks like if you’re willing to adapt

  • And why ignoring change is no longer an option

An honest, uncomfortable, and forward-looking conversation. If you’re a recruiter, founder, or operator who feels the pressure of a changing market - this episode will either wake you up… or confirm what you already know deep down.

Guest - Georgi Metodiev Recruitment Founder & Platform Builder   / georgi-metodiev-tech2rec  

Host - Dan Alexander LinkedIn:   / danalexandercoaching  

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