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Recruitment Playbooks

The future of the recruitment industry report 2025

Discover how optimistic recruitment leaders are about 2025, which sectors agencies will focus on in the next 12 months, and what candidate sourcing strategies will be prioritised in the coming year!

Playbooks

The Profitable Agency Playbook

Built on the learnings of more than 700 recruitment agencies, this playbook offers proven framework for achieving profitable growth in your agency.

Playbooks

Navigating the AI and automation adoption dilemma in recruitment

There is no growth in recruitment without adopting new technology – and recently, AI has been at the forefront of most recruiters’ minds. 79% of industry professionals believe that AI will soon be sophisticated enough to make full hiring decisions.

Playbooks
December 27, 2024

Fishmas 2024

Check out what the shoal got up to at this years festive fishmas celebrations.

Culture
October 10, 2024

October Focus Day 2024

Check out what we got up to for our 2024 October Focus Day!

Culture
July 3, 2024

What time is it? Summer Social time!

This year for our summer social we had fayre games, food and lots of fun.

Culture
April 30, 2024

April Focus Day

Focus Day – where we get together to review the last six months of positive impacts, and brainstorm the projects for the next six months.

Culture
April 9, 2024

New Splash March

It seems like just yesterday we were wrapping up the final details for Fishmas, and now our first Focus Day is just around the corner!

Culture
February 2, 2024

News Splash January

It’s a new year here at Firefish and we’ve got so much to update you on; we’ve got a few new faces to introduce you to, our first monthly aw

Culture
December 13, 2023

Celebrating Success: Our Fin-tastic Fishmas!

Last Friday all of the fish gathered for some festive games, excellent food and to celebrate a year of achievements.

Culture
November 2, 2023

October Focus Day

From talented team members to fresh fish ad chips, check out what the Shoal at this years October focus day!

Culture
October 26, 2023

Charity Newssplash

Check out what one of our fin-tastic fishes got up to for charity this October.

September 7, 2023

August Newssplash

Check out what the shoal have been up to in August, from fin-tastic monthly winners, doggy-days in the park and more!

Culture
August 3, 2023

Cheeky Tiki Time!

The weather recently hasn’t felt like summer, so we’ve turned up the heat and excitement at our "Cheeky Tiki" Summer Social!

Culture
April 20, 2023

Firefish Announces £4M Strategic Investment

We are thrilled to announce a £4m strategic investment, led by the Foresight Group, signalling a new chapter in Firefish's growth.

Event
October 12, 2022

Firefish Software at the Agency Expo 2022

Team Firefish were back at the Recruitment Agency Expo in Birmingham on October 5th-6th, making a splash with a brand new stand!

Event
August 10, 2022

Firefish in List of Top Scottish Employment Companies

We are delighted to announce that Firefish Software has ranked in Best Startup Scotland’s list of the Top Employment companies in Scotland!

Event
June 8, 2022

Northern Tech Awards 2022

We are proud to announce that once again Firefish has made the top 100 Fastest Growing Northern Tech Companies.

Event
May 12, 2022

Firefish shortlisted for TWO Talent Tech Awards!

Firefish Software and our CEO Wendy McDougall are up for two awards at the TIARA Talent Tech Star awards, this year.

Event
May 6, 2022

Entrepreneur of the Year

The EY Awards celebrate ‘unstoppable entrepreneurs’ from across the United Kingdom and Ireland.

Event
May 5, 2022

April You Glad To See Us?

April brings Focus Day for the fish and this year we upped our game and took part in some Fin-omenal fundraising too!

Culture
November 7, 2023

Firefish Software Investment Update

Six months on from the £4 million strategic investment by the Foresight Group, Firefish CEO, Wendy McDougall, shares an update.

Product
October 26, 2023

Firefish Updates August & September 2023

At Firefish Software we are continually improving and evolving our Recruitment CRM, discover the releases.

Product
August 16, 2023

Firefish Updates July 2023

At Firefish Software we are continually improving and evolving our recruitment CRM, discover the new releases.

Product
July 19, 2023

Firefish Updates June 2023

At Firefish Software we are continually improving and evolving our recruitment CRM, discover the new releases.

Product
June 9, 2023

Firefish Updates May 2023

At Firefish Software we are continually improving and evolving our recruitment CRM, discover the new releases.

Product
May 16, 2023

Firefish Updates April 2023

At Firefish we are continually improving and evolving our recruitment software, discover what we released in April

Product
March 21, 2023

Firefish Updates February 2023

At Firefish we are continually improving and evolving our recruitment software, discover what we released in February

Product
March 17, 2023

Chrome Extension for LinkedIn 

Transform social sourcing processes by empowering recruiters to capture and update both candidate and client records in their CRM, directly

Product
February 7, 2023

Firefish Updates January 2023

At Firefish we are continually improving and evolving our recruitment software, discover what we released in January 2023.

Product

Agency Leadership Blogs

5 Best Agency Strategies in a Softening Market

The recruitment agency market has been volatile in recent years however by using CRM data, agencies can achieve better growth. Discover how with these tips.

Agency Leadership

4 Crucial Skills AI Can't Replace

Recruitment AI is here and shows no sign of going away. Discover the top 4 recruiter skills for which Artificial Intelligence can't replace a human touch.

Agency Leadership

How Data Intelligence Can Transform Your Agency

Recruitment agencies adopting a data-intelligence strategy have accelerated profitability. Discover how your agency can recruit with data-driven intelligence.

Agency Leadership
December 27, 2024

Fishmas 2024

Check out what the shoal got up to at this years festive fishmas celebrations.

Culture
October 10, 2024

October Focus Day 2024

Check out what we got up to for our 2024 October Focus Day!

Culture
July 3, 2024

What time is it? Summer Social time!

This year for our summer social we had fayre games, food and lots of fun.

Culture
April 30, 2024

April Focus Day

Focus Day – where we get together to review the last six months of positive impacts, and brainstorm the projects for the next six months.

Culture
April 9, 2024

New Splash March

It seems like just yesterday we were wrapping up the final details for Fishmas, and now our first Focus Day is just around the corner!

Culture
February 2, 2024

News Splash January

It’s a new year here at Firefish and we’ve got so much to update you on; we’ve got a few new faces to introduce you to, our first monthly aw

Culture
December 13, 2023

Celebrating Success: Our Fin-tastic Fishmas!

Last Friday all of the fish gathered for some festive games, excellent food and to celebrate a year of achievements.

Culture
November 2, 2023

October Focus Day

From talented team members to fresh fish ad chips, check out what the Shoal at this years October focus day!

Culture
October 26, 2023

Charity Newssplash

Check out what one of our fin-tastic fishes got up to for charity this October.

September 7, 2023

August Newssplash

Check out what the shoal have been up to in August, from fin-tastic monthly winners, doggy-days in the park and more!

Culture
August 3, 2023

Cheeky Tiki Time!

The weather recently hasn’t felt like summer, so we’ve turned up the heat and excitement at our "Cheeky Tiki" Summer Social!

Culture
April 20, 2023

Firefish Announces £4M Strategic Investment

We are thrilled to announce a £4m strategic investment, led by the Foresight Group, signalling a new chapter in Firefish's growth.

Event
October 12, 2022

Firefish Software at the Agency Expo 2022

Team Firefish were back at the Recruitment Agency Expo in Birmingham on October 5th-6th, making a splash with a brand new stand!

Event
August 10, 2022

Firefish in List of Top Scottish Employment Companies

We are delighted to announce that Firefish Software has ranked in Best Startup Scotland’s list of the Top Employment companies in Scotland!

Event
June 8, 2022

Northern Tech Awards 2022

We are proud to announce that once again Firefish has made the top 100 Fastest Growing Northern Tech Companies.

Event
May 12, 2022

Firefish shortlisted for TWO Talent Tech Awards!

Firefish Software and our CEO Wendy McDougall are up for two awards at the TIARA Talent Tech Star awards, this year.

Event
May 6, 2022

Entrepreneur of the Year

The EY Awards celebrate ‘unstoppable entrepreneurs’ from across the United Kingdom and Ireland.

Event
May 5, 2022

April You Glad To See Us?

April brings Focus Day for the fish and this year we upped our game and took part in some Fin-omenal fundraising too!

Culture
November 7, 2023

Firefish Software Investment Update

Six months on from the £4 million strategic investment by the Foresight Group, Firefish CEO, Wendy McDougall, shares an update.

Product
October 26, 2023

Firefish Updates August & September 2023

At Firefish Software we are continually improving and evolving our Recruitment CRM, discover the releases.

Product
August 16, 2023

Firefish Updates July 2023

At Firefish Software we are continually improving and evolving our recruitment CRM, discover the new releases.

Product
July 19, 2023

Firefish Updates June 2023

At Firefish Software we are continually improving and evolving our recruitment CRM, discover the new releases.

Product
June 9, 2023

Firefish Updates May 2023

At Firefish Software we are continually improving and evolving our recruitment CRM, discover the new releases.

Product
May 16, 2023

Firefish Updates April 2023

At Firefish we are continually improving and evolving our recruitment software, discover what we released in April

Product
March 21, 2023

Firefish Updates February 2023

At Firefish we are continually improving and evolving our recruitment software, discover what we released in February

Product
March 17, 2023

Chrome Extension for LinkedIn 

Transform social sourcing processes by empowering recruiters to capture and update both candidate and client records in their CRM, directly

Product
February 7, 2023

Firefish Updates January 2023

At Firefish we are continually improving and evolving our recruitment software, discover what we released in January 2023.

Product

Recruiter Blogs

How to Simplify Pay & Bill Processes in Recruitment

Discover how streamlining Pay & Bill workflows can save time, reduce errors, and drive growth for your recruitment agency. Learn about the challenges of managing payments, the benefits of simplification, and tools like Firefish + Xero.

Recruitment

Composing a Killer LinkedIn Message as a Recruiter

A guide for recruiters on creating killer LinkedIn messages that nurture and engage the candidate relationships that accelerate profitability.

Recruitment

Using Data to Increase Productivity

Discover how high-growth recruitment agencies utilise their data for productivity, database enrichment and to accelerate profitable growth.

Recruitment
December 27, 2024

Fishmas 2024

Check out what the shoal got up to at this years festive fishmas celebrations.

Culture
October 10, 2024

October Focus Day 2024

Check out what we got up to for our 2024 October Focus Day!

Culture
July 3, 2024

What time is it? Summer Social time!

This year for our summer social we had fayre games, food and lots of fun.

Culture
April 30, 2024

April Focus Day

Focus Day – where we get together to review the last six months of positive impacts, and brainstorm the projects for the next six months.

Culture
April 9, 2024

New Splash March

It seems like just yesterday we were wrapping up the final details for Fishmas, and now our first Focus Day is just around the corner!

Culture
February 2, 2024

News Splash January

It’s a new year here at Firefish and we’ve got so much to update you on; we’ve got a few new faces to introduce you to, our first monthly aw

Culture
December 13, 2023

Celebrating Success: Our Fin-tastic Fishmas!

Last Friday all of the fish gathered for some festive games, excellent food and to celebrate a year of achievements.

Culture
November 2, 2023

October Focus Day

From talented team members to fresh fish ad chips, check out what the Shoal at this years October focus day!

Culture
October 26, 2023

Charity Newssplash

Check out what one of our fin-tastic fishes got up to for charity this October.

April 20, 2022

s1 Recruitment Awards 2022

We are delighted to announce that on Thursday the 14 April 2022 the s1 awards returned for it’s first in-person since 2019!

Event
February 14, 2022

Recruitment Agency Expo 2022

Face-to-face events are back and this month our Growth team swam down to London for the Recruitment Agency Expo!

Event
December 20, 2021

Fishmas Hero Awards 2021

This year we celebrated our first ever Fishmas Hero Awards and we're over the moon at just how many nominations we had!

Culture
December 16, 2021

Firefish Crowns Fish of the Year and Celebrates Fishmas 2021

We wish it could be Fishmas everyday! See what we got up to at our Christmas party this year.

November 1, 2021

A Fin-omenal Month of Promotions and Awards

There was a lot of success and progress to celebrate at Firefish this October!

Event
September 13, 2021

Firefish wins TIARA Award

We attended our first in-person award ceremony since 2019... and spoiler alert, we won!

Event
September 2, 2021

S1jobs Recruitment Awards 2021

We had a great night celebrating the virtual s1jobs Recruitment Awards for 2021.

Event
February 11, 2020

Daring to Be Different at Rec Expo 2020

This month, our Fishies swam down to the London Recruitment Agency Expo for another fin-tastic two-day event at the Olympia.

Event
October 16, 2019

UK Customer Experience Awards 2019

The UK Customer Experience Awards (UKCXA) is the biggest event focused on customer experience in the world. So as you can imagine, we w...

Event
November 7, 2023

Firefish Software Investment Update

Six months on from the £4 million strategic investment by the Foresight Group, Firefish CEO, Wendy McDougall, shares an update.

Product
October 26, 2023

Firefish Updates August & September 2023

At Firefish Software we are continually improving and evolving our Recruitment CRM, discover the releases.

Product
August 16, 2023

Firefish Updates July 2023

At Firefish Software we are continually improving and evolving our recruitment CRM, discover the new releases.

Product
July 19, 2023

Firefish Updates June 2023

At Firefish Software we are continually improving and evolving our recruitment CRM, discover the new releases.

Product
June 9, 2023

Firefish Updates May 2023

At Firefish Software we are continually improving and evolving our recruitment CRM, discover the new releases.

Product
May 16, 2023

Firefish Updates April 2023

At Firefish we are continually improving and evolving our recruitment software, discover what we released in April

Product
March 21, 2023

Firefish Updates February 2023

At Firefish we are continually improving and evolving our recruitment software, discover what we released in February

Product
March 17, 2023

Chrome Extension for LinkedIn 

Transform social sourcing processes by empowering recruiters to capture and update both candidate and client records in their CRM, directly

Product
February 7, 2023

Firefish Updates January 2023

At Firefish we are continually improving and evolving our recruitment software, discover what we released in January 2023.

Product

Business Development Blogs

These Are the Best Recruitment Markets to Target in 2024

Discover the most profitable markets for recruitment agencies to target in 2024, backed by data insights and accelerated growth strategies.

Business Development

Tips on Reaching Out to Lost Clients

Discover the best recruiter strategies for reaching out to, reconnecting and re-engaging with lost clients to recruitment agency accelerate growth.

Business Development

Avoiding The Most Common Client Meetings Mistakes

Most recruiters have made client meeting mistakes at some point. Discover the top client meeting mistakes and how your recruiters can avoid them.

Business Development
December 27, 2024

Fishmas 2024

Check out what the shoal got up to at this years festive fishmas celebrations.

Culture
October 10, 2024

October Focus Day 2024

Check out what we got up to for our 2024 October Focus Day!

Culture
July 3, 2024

What time is it? Summer Social time!

This year for our summer social we had fayre games, food and lots of fun.

Culture
April 30, 2024

April Focus Day

Focus Day – where we get together to review the last six months of positive impacts, and brainstorm the projects for the next six months.

Culture
April 9, 2024

New Splash March

It seems like just yesterday we were wrapping up the final details for Fishmas, and now our first Focus Day is just around the corner!

Culture
February 2, 2024

News Splash January

It’s a new year here at Firefish and we’ve got so much to update you on; we’ve got a few new faces to introduce you to, our first monthly aw

Culture
December 13, 2023

Celebrating Success: Our Fin-tastic Fishmas!

Last Friday all of the fish gathered for some festive games, excellent food and to celebrate a year of achievements.

Culture
November 2, 2023

October Focus Day

From talented team members to fresh fish ad chips, check out what the Shoal at this years October focus day!

Culture
October 26, 2023

Charity Newssplash

Check out what one of our fin-tastic fishes got up to for charity this October.

September 7, 2023

August Newssplash

Check out what the shoal have been up to in August, from fin-tastic monthly winners, doggy-days in the park and more!

Culture
August 3, 2023

Cheeky Tiki Time!

The weather recently hasn’t felt like summer, so we’ve turned up the heat and excitement at our "Cheeky Tiki" Summer Social!

Culture
April 20, 2023

Firefish Announces £4M Strategic Investment

We are thrilled to announce a £4m strategic investment, led by the Foresight Group, signalling a new chapter in Firefish's growth.

Event
October 12, 2022

Firefish Software at the Agency Expo 2022

Team Firefish were back at the Recruitment Agency Expo in Birmingham on October 5th-6th, making a splash with a brand new stand!

Event
August 10, 2022

Firefish in List of Top Scottish Employment Companies

We are delighted to announce that Firefish Software has ranked in Best Startup Scotland’s list of the Top Employment companies in Scotland!

Event
June 8, 2022

Northern Tech Awards 2022

We are proud to announce that once again Firefish has made the top 100 Fastest Growing Northern Tech Companies.

Event
May 12, 2022

Firefish shortlisted for TWO Talent Tech Awards!

Firefish Software and our CEO Wendy McDougall are up for two awards at the TIARA Talent Tech Star awards, this year.

Event
May 6, 2022

Entrepreneur of the Year

The EY Awards celebrate ‘unstoppable entrepreneurs’ from across the United Kingdom and Ireland.

Event
May 5, 2022

April You Glad To See Us?

April brings Focus Day for the fish and this year we upped our game and took part in some Fin-omenal fundraising too!

Culture
November 7, 2023

Firefish Software Investment Update

Six months on from the £4 million strategic investment by the Foresight Group, Firefish CEO, Wendy McDougall, shares an update.

Product
October 26, 2023

Firefish Updates August & September 2023

At Firefish Software we are continually improving and evolving our Recruitment CRM, discover the releases.

Product
August 16, 2023

Firefish Updates July 2023

At Firefish Software we are continually improving and evolving our recruitment CRM, discover the new releases.

Product
July 19, 2023

Firefish Updates June 2023

At Firefish Software we are continually improving and evolving our recruitment CRM, discover the new releases.

Product
June 9, 2023

Firefish Updates May 2023

At Firefish Software we are continually improving and evolving our recruitment CRM, discover the new releases.

Product
May 16, 2023

Firefish Updates April 2023

At Firefish we are continually improving and evolving our recruitment software, discover what we released in April

Product
March 21, 2023

Firefish Updates February 2023

At Firefish we are continually improving and evolving our recruitment software, discover what we released in February

Product
March 17, 2023

Chrome Extension for LinkedIn 

Transform social sourcing processes by empowering recruiters to capture and update both candidate and client records in their CRM, directly

Product
February 7, 2023

Firefish Updates January 2023

At Firefish we are continually improving and evolving our recruitment software, discover what we released in January 2023.

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