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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.

Our New Fish are Making a Splash!

We know it’s hard to believe that your favourite shoal could get any better, but over the last few months, we’ve added some new fab faces!

Focus Day Goes Virtual

Virtual team building at it's best - the bi-annual Firefish Focus Day! We ate, we brainstormed, and we played bubble football!

work from Anywhere: The Firefish of the Future!

It’s been almost six months since the shoal swam away from the Aquarium together.

Firefish Launches Campaign to Support Redundant Recruiters

Covid-19 has hit the recruitment industry hard. Here's how Firefish are supporting redundant recruiters to #getbackinthefight.

How Firefish is Supporting Recruiters During Covid-19

Covid-19 has hit the recruitment industry hard. Here's how Firefish is supporting our customers and the wider recruitment industry.

Firefish to Support Non-Profit Radical Recruit

We’re over the moon to support non-profit agency Radical Recruit with the inspirational work they're doing for the recruitment industry.

The First Firefish Focus Day of 2020!

Twice a year, us Fishies come together to set our goals for the next six months. Here's what we got up to in our first Focus Day of 2020...

Celebrating International Women's Day at Firefish Software

As a female-led SaaS company, we're proud to celebrate the women who help to make Firefish Software an amazing and award-winning business.

Pancake Day At Firefish Software was a Flipping Success

We love to celebrate annual holidays at the Aquarium. So, when Pancake Day comes around, you can bet it doesn't fall flat with the Fishies!

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!

Firefish Recognised as the Top Recruiting Software by Software Advice

Firefish has been recognised as the top recruitment software solution!

Firefish shortlisted for Best Recruitment Agency Software

Drum roll please! Firefish Software made the Capterra Best Recruitment Agency Software 2021 shortlist.

The Firefish User Community

At Firefish we love to engage with our users and are always keen to get your feedback on our features as well as any new ideas you have.

Firefish Bulk Archive/Delete Functionality

Be in complete control of your recruitment data with your Firefish CRM. You now have the ability to bulk/archive and delete.

New KPI/Line Graph Feature

We've recently updated our reports dashboard, with two new reports that we think you're going to love.

Firefish Launch New Contract Generator

We’ve built a new contact generator that locks your contracts down for your team and works it beautifully into your job workflows.

Instant CV Formatting With Firefish

Save your recruitment agency hundreds of admin hours thanks to our new formatted CV feature. Create fully formatted CVs in an instant!

The Firefish Reports Dashboard

See your teams' recruitment activities wherever you're working with the customisable Firefish Reports Dashboard.

Automated Email Logging With Firefish

Our latest product release from Firefish let's recruiters log their email conversations from Outlook 365 directly into their recruitment CRM

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