What technology does my growing recruitment agency need?

A lack of technology can hinder your growth and make your journey to success harder. With the rise of software and tools available, the brief has extended far beyond a robust recruitment CRM to keep track of candidates. Your recruitment software should help you attract candidates and manage your client relationships while taking the manual labour out of your agency - automating your back office into a seamless machine.

Technology should grow as your recruitment agency does

To avoid replacing your start-up systems a few months or years in, it’s important that you match the right systems with your growth plans and business objectives. Ideally, your tech will be factored into your recruitment start-up costs. Without technology, growth will be hindered. Additionally, with the right technology, your recruitment agency becomes easily scalable. By insisting on the right tech, you can focus elsewhere to build your business safe in the knowledge you can you back-office systems are working in total harmony. Your time is precious and you need to focus on what you do best.

With an uptick of new agencies launching and established agencies strengthening their position, you’ll need to ensure you are equipped to stand out in order to succeed. Choosing the right technology for your start-up to scale-up recruitment agency

One significant area that cannot be overlooked is your investment in recruitment software. The right tech stack ensures that consultants are productive, processes are streamlined, admin is kept to a minimum and efficiencies can be implemented. But deciding what software best suits your agency’s needs can be tricky.

Even if your team is small, look for ways to partner with technology providers. Know where to apply yourself, do what you know best, and trust others with the rest.

To help you out, we have compiled a list of some of the most important recruitment agency technologies you should be considering to support your growing business. 

4 technologies all growing recruitment agencies should use

1. A fast SaaS website

As the cornerstone of your marketing strategy, investing in a website built on a SaaS (Software as a Service, cloud-based) platform will pay dividends. Aside from being optimised to help you attract candidates, a fast and reliable recruitment website means you won’t have to pay additional amounts every time you want to make a change. The system is automatically upgraded with new functionality, and hosting costs are included, with GDPR and security issues are taken care of. Additionally, it can help you attract candidates, clients, build your brand and integrate with your CRM and job multi posters for added efficiencies.

2. Cloud based recruitment-CRM

With so many products to choose from, it’s easy to get drawn into the bells and whistles and forget about what you really need. Start by thinking about the essentials, but also think ahead to where you hope your recruitment agency will be in a few year's time. As you grow and pivot, perhaps switching from permanent to contract, will your CRM be able to support you? Can your database handle both effectively? 

At The Access Group, we are specialists in providing recruitment CRM software and have solutions to meet specific business needs and candidate requirements. Download our free recruitment software brochure to find out more, or book a demo to see our software in action. 

3. Automated Candidate Screening

So you’ve invested time in attracting and interviewing good quality candidates, but what if it transpires that they are not who they claim to be? What if they do not have the legal right to work in the UK or they have unspent convictions that you were not aware of? You may find yourself in a precarious situation. For this reason, it is vital for your business to be able to verify candidates before you hire. This can be achieved with fast, automated, pre-employment background checking technology known as candidate screening. With 80% of reference checks automated, this technology could also save your business valuable time and money. 

4. Pay and Bill options

As your business grows you’ll be placing more candidates, and if you supply temps you will be managing a weekly payroll, timesheets and contracts. As a smaller agency, you may prefer to outsource your payroll and billing to take the stress away, ease the risk and reduce admin pressure, whilst also ensuring you’re always compliant, without having to manage this yourself.

By opting for a managed pay and bill service, you can let your chosen provider manage multiple payees, keep the cash flowing and take care of complex pay calculations, tax, pension and compliance. If you choose a provider that can collate timesheets, billing and contract data, not only from various systems but by pulling information from your own database, you’ll have the added reassurance of data accuracy.

At The Access Group, we offer a leading pay and bill service that will help free up valuable time for your business. Download a free pay and bill brochure to find out more. 

How the right technology can support your recruitment agency

Growing recruitment agencies need infrastructure and tech to go the distance. Here are some of the benefits to be gained from investing in the right technology:

• Gain instant credibility with candidates and clients
• Focus on what you do best – placing candidates and winning clients
• Stay ahead of the competition with boosted candidate attraction
• Match the right candidate to each brief faster than anyone else
• Improve productivity and efficiency by removing manual tasks

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Starting your recruitment agency can be a daunting prospect without supporting information. Equally, growing your agency can pose challenges. Download our Start-Up to Scale-Up Recruitment Agency Toolkit to discover more resources to illuminate your path.