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Following the acquisition of First Choice Software and its flagship RDB CRM in 2015 by The Access Group, we have now migrated the RDBNow website to this new home.
We are fully committed to supporting our RDB recruitment software customers and this web page will help signpost you to where you need to go.
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Looking for recruitment software?
Partnering with recruiters of all sizes we give you recruitment and selection software to attract, manage and pay your candidates faster and more efficiently than ever before. We are the only provider to offer the entire spectrum of recruitment software for staffing agencies including Recruitment CRM, Mobile Worker App, recruitment websites, automated candidate screening and payroll and billing software.
Powering an unrivalled recruitment experience
Access Recruitment gives agencies the freedom to focus on their candidates and clients with intuitive software that integrates and streamlines your “Attract, Manage, Pay” processes. Our solutions span recruitment websites, CRM, screening, pay and bill, a workforce app and performance analytics. Explore our recruitment resources.

Recruitment software solutions
Discover our full suite of recruitment software solutions that help you to attract, manage and pay your candidates and clients.

The candidate crisis
Discover how to craft and map a positive candidate experience and unlock the strategies to counter the candidate crisis.

Start-up and scale-up
Discover a wealth of information to support you in kickstarting and building a successful recruitment business
Why use Access Recruitment software?
Access Recruitment offers agencies the most comprehensive suite of recruitment software giving you the freedom to focus on your candidates and clients.
- Everything you need to attract, manage and pay your workers and staff - from one provider
- Intuitive cloud-based software that integrates and improves your entire front to back office processes increasing productivity, efficiency and profitability
- Solutions that span recruitment websites, CRM, screening, pay and bill, workforce app and performance analytics.
Our recruitment experience
200
top agencies
out of the UK's top 500, use our recruitment software14,000,000
payroll transactions
processed for recruitment agencies every year250,000
candidates screened
every year, helping to secure top talent and improve time to hireYour questions answered
When was First Choice Software and RDB acquired by The Access Group?
The Access Group acquired First Choice Software in October 2015 building the recruitment division and representing a significant opportunity to broaden Access' footprint in the staffing market with its market leading CRM, RDBPronet.
Is RDB still supported?
Access Recruitment is fully committed to supporting our RDB customers. Access is well placed to help agencies scale, offering support and additional integrated and complementary software to further improve productivity and efficiency for our RDB customers.
I am an existing RDB customer looking at changing our recruitment software, what options are available?
We are able to offer our customers a great choice of market-leading recruitment CRMs. Vincere and Access Recruitment CRM, both have proven migration paths from RDB. Please contact your Account Manager to discuss the best options for your business according to your size, sector specialisms and geographical footprint and to book a demo at a time to suit you.
Does RDB integrate with any other Access products?
Yes, RDB integrates with our Access Volcanic recruitment website platform to help boost your candidate attraction, Access Screening for candidate compliance and other technologies to enhance your business efficiency. Please reach out to your Account Manager to explore how our software portfolio can help your agency grow.
Does RDB integrate with any 3rd party products?
Yes, we have a variety of partners that integrate with RDB. Multi posting, analytics, campaign management software and more. Your Account Manager is on hand to discuss these options in more detail.
Recruitment technology that plugs into one innovative platform
From software products designed to solve key challenges, to a fully integrated solution:
- Attract and reach candidates with Access Volcanic
- Place more candidates quicker with Access Recruitment CRM
- Ensure your agency is always compliant with Access Screening
- Share your jobs, fill urgent positions and never chase a missing timesheet again with Access WorkView
- Pay staff and bill clients with our recruitment agency payroll software Access Pay and Bill and Access FastTrack360
- Accounts and credit control with Access Financials
- Give candidates the pay flexibility they deserve with Access EarlyPay
Discover how Access can help your entire recruitment business become more productive and efficient – giving you the freedom to focus on clients and candidates.