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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

October Focus Day 2024

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

What time is it? Summer Social time!

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

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.

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!

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

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.

October Focus Day

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

Charity Newssplash

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

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!

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!

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!

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.

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!

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!

Northern Tech Awards 2022

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

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.

Entrepreneur of the Year

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

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!

New Client Compliance Feature

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

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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