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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

Expert Tips to Elevate Your Business Development

Elevate your business development strategy with 5 tips tailored specifically for recruiters looking to grow their client list with ease.

Business Development

5 Unproductive Business Development Strategies

Time is money and business development can be time-consuming when done wrong. Discover how the top recruiters execute their business development strategy.

Business Development

How to Perfect Your Sales Technique

Brad Shackleton talks us through the basics of improving your new business pitch to put your recruitment agency at the forefront of discussion.

Business Development
February 16, 2022

A Shoal-ly Awesome Start to February!

We’re halfway through February already, where has the time gone? Discover what the shoal has been up to so far.

Culture
February 2, 2022

A Fin-tastic Start to 2022!

We’ve had a fin-tastic January at Firefish, discover what our teams have been up to!

Culture
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.

October 15, 2021

Focus Day and Birthday Extravaganza

It's time for another bi-annual Focus Day. Here's what we got up to for our second Focus Day of 2021.

Culture
October 6, 2021

Firefish Celebrates National Inclusion Week

We came together with other Inclusive Employers to champion inclusivity in the workplace, here's what we got up to.

Culture
September 9, 2021

Team Collaboration at the Hub

This month the Hub has been a vibrant and busy place. Teams came together to collaborate, socialise and take a break from WFH.

Culture
June 16, 2021

Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging: What it means to ‘belong’ at Firefish

What does 'belonging' mean to the Firefish shoal? Our Fish created an awesome video to share their experiences.

Culture
August 4, 2021

Firefish Fest 2021

We knew our first Summer Social since lockdown had to be a special one for our Fish! So we held our first ever Firefish Fest...

Culture
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
July 23, 2020

New Client Compliance Feature

We’ve created brand new client compliance features to help protect your business during Covid-19.

Product
February 29, 2020

Managing Compliance with Firefish Software

Our expert team of ex-recruiters know compliance is vital in recruitment, so we're proud to show you why our compliance is five-star rated.

Product
November 28, 2019

Firefish Product News: Google for Jobs API

Millions of job seekers turn to Google when looking for their next job. In fact, there are more than 300 million employment-related Goo...

Product
October 30, 2019

Firefish Product News: Shiftboard integration

We’re ex-bream-ly excited to announce our latest integration with employee rostering software, Shiftboard. This update has allowed us t...

Product
September 18, 2019

Firefish Product News: Direct Apply

Attract more candidates with Direct Apply from Firefish Did you know that 60% of candidates won’t complete a job application if it’s to...

Product
August 27, 2019

Firefish Product News: Firefish for Gmail

At Firefish, we’re continuously innovating our product to make sure we’re always giving our users the best experience possible. Recentl...

Product
November 25, 2016

Firefish and Microsoft Azure - A Handsome Pair

“We’re delighted to be on the Azure platform and to be working so closely with Microsoft to deliver an amazing product for the recruitm...

Product
June 6, 2016

You... Your Texts Are On Fire

"...and it burns, burns, burns the ring of fire" "We didn't start the fire, it was always burnin'..." Yeah, there are a lot of songs ou...

Product

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