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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.

Using Data to Increase Productivity

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

Job Ad Mistakes That Affect Your Conversion Rate

Mistakes in your recruitment agencies job adverts could be harming your growth, discover the top job ad mistakes and how to avoid them.

Top Email Marketing Strategy Tips and Tools

Email marketing can be a great channel for recruiters looking to engage with candidates and clients - elevate your email marketing strategy with these insights.

Top Tips on Managing Candidate Salary Expectations

Managing candidate salary expectations can be the difference between successful and failed placements - discover how recruiters can navigate a sensitive issue.

Utilising TikTok for Recruitment

TikTok burst on the the recruitment scene a few years ago but how can your recruitment agency leverage the social phenomenon to accelerate profitability?

How to Deal with Candidate Backouts

Candidate blackouts and ghosting are more frequent than any recruiter would like. Discover how the top-performing recruiters deal with these challenges.

How to Increase Your Job Ad Reach

What impact can SEO and AI tools have on the performance of your recruitment agencies job adverts? Discover how to increase performance using both.

Adjusting Your Recruitment Strategy on Twitter

What does the change from Twitter to X mean for recruitment agencies using the platform to source and place candidates and how can you maximise performance?

Hitting Your Targets in a Tough Market

Hitting your recruitment targets is the difference between a recruiter and a top-biller. Discover how to achieve your targets, no matter the market.

How and Why to Maximise Your Job Briefs

Maximising your recruitment agencys job briefs can be the difference between success and failure. Discover how to enhance job briefs within your CRM.

Managing Contract Recruitment Client Relationships

Contract clients often need frequent relationship management in recruitment. Discover how to make the most of your relationships to maximise profitability.

June Newssplash

Check out what the shoal have been up to in June with some new fishy faces, fishaversaries and fin-tastic monthly winners!

May Newssplash

Check out what the shoal have been up to in May with some new fishy faces, fishaversaries and fin-tastic monthly winners!

Firefish welcomes Richard Lewis as Chairman

Firefish Software are delighted to announce the appointment of our new Chairman, Richard Lewis.

April Newssplash

See what the shoal have been up to recently, from new faces to quizzes and Aprils monthly winners!

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 Recognised At The Herald's Top Employer Awards 2022

We are proud to announce that we've won the Judge's Special Recognition Award at The Herald Top Employer Awards 2022!

A Pawsome End to August

We've been busy this August! We celebrated International Dog Day, held a World Photo Day competition, plus we have new End of Month Winners!

August You Glad to See us?

In August's update, we have news about our Summer Social, new End of Month Winners and newly introduced Fish so let’s dive in!

It’s Been July Noted!

In July's Newssplash, we talk about our latest awards news, probation passes from our fish, and a new podcast! Let's dive in!

Swimming to Edinburgh for Tru

As proud Glaswegians, we know all about the ribbing our city gives Edinburgh and vice versa. Banter aside, we never shy away from a tri...

It's Turning Into RecruitmentMania

Remember when you were a wee kid and you'd be so excited for the end of March because it was WrestleMania season? Just us? Who are we k...

The Future of Recruitment is Upon Us

Cast your mind back to last month (c'mon, February was a short month so it's easy) when we announced the first ever predictive recruitm...

Shortlisted for the Recruiter Awards...who, us?

It was a Wednesday afternoon like any other, oohing and aahing at the latest tech news online and hoovering the last of the Haribo Star...

One TEAM, One Excellent Conference

Cards on the table, the Firefish family don’t exactly fit the traditional ‘conference mould’. You see, we know they can be a bit boring...

Recruitment Events Springing Into Summer

Summer is coming! Okay, that may be a tad optimistic to proclaim on February 8th but there's no denying the nights are getting longer (...

Savage Truth in Scotland for Predictive Recruitment Event

Have we been a bit cheeky and kept a secret? Sorry, we put up our fins and admit it- we have! But you’re going to absolutely love the n...

Oh What a Night!

If there’s a time of year the Firefish team love more than the holidays, it’s got to be awards season. It’s a great opportunity for us ...

The Fish Loves Winners

Remember when you were wee and your Mum/Dad/Granny/Grandad/ whoever you most wanted to impress would say "it's not the winning, it's th...

Firefish Product News - Reports Dashboard

At Firefish we have been making a number of improvements to our reports dashboard, check them out here.

Firefish Product Updates November

At Firefish we are continually improving and evolving our recruitment software, discover what we released in November 2022.

Firefish Product Updates October

At Firefish we are continually improving and evolving our recruitment software, discover what we released in October 2022.

Firefish Product Updates September

At Firefish we are continually improving and evolving our recruitment software, discover what we released in September 2022.

Firefish Product Updates August

We are big believers in change at Firefish, check out how we changed the product in August?

Firefish Product Updates July

We are always improving the functionality of our software, check out the changes we made in July!

Firefish Product Updates June

Take a look at some of the improvements we released in June!

Firefish Product Updates May

Take a look at some of the improvements we released in May,

Contract eSign

Signing contracts just got a whole lot easier with integrated contract eSign on Firefish!

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