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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.

Firefish visits the Hub

Across the month of June we had the chance to spend some time with our teams at our shiny new office space in Glasgow here' how it went...

Firefish EURO 2021 quiz

As a company born and bred in Scotland we were a little bit excited about our country's first outing at the Euros in over 20 years...

Our Chief Fish named most innovative woman in Recruitment

This week, Recruiter Magazine named our Chief Fish Wendy one of the most innovative woman in recruitment. Here's why!

Biggest Growth Wave in Firefish History!

Back in 2020, we made a number of promotions across Firefish. We’re delighted to say that 2021 is showing no sign of slowing down.

Check out the new Firefish Hub!

We’ve spent a lot of time planning renovations to what we once called the Aquarium but has now transformed into our Hub!

Meet our new Fish

March was a magnificent month for Firefish, and we were especially delighted to add four more fin-omenal Fish to the shoal!

Fish of the Year 2020

Our Fishmas party wasn’t just about food and fun – we crowned our Fish of the Year 2020 too!

Promotions in a Pandemic

In a year where we all had to stop and refocus, these fish smashed it and as a result we’ve made a magnificent seven promotions!

Our Fish Sophie Moves to Hamburg

A global pandemic may spell disaster for some, but it signalled the start of an exciting new adventure for one of our Fish!

Recruitment Agency Expo Birmingham 2019

On Wednesday October 2nd, our fin-tastic Growth team swam south for the Recruitment Agency Expo in Birmingham! Across the two-day event...

Firefish Showcase at the UK Recruiter Tech Event

At Firefish we’re always trying to reach as many recruiters as possible to show them how Firefish can change the way they recruit. Fore...

Employee Experience Awards 2019

Here at Firefish we're incredibly proud of the fantastic software we've created and of our team of fabulous Fish. So we're delighted to...

Firefish Wins Best Recruitment CRM (Again!)

After winning the award for Best Recruitment CRM in 2018, we are absolutely thrilled to announce that we have won Best Recruitment CRM ...

An Exciting Expo-dition!

February was a month of balloon hearts, chocolates hearts, and winning the hearts of lots of lovely recruiters at the Recruitment Expo!...

Swimming Down to The Annual TEAM Conference

Our Chief Fish and Head of Happiness swam down to the annual TEAM Conference and had a whale of a time! Here's what they got up to...

Fintastic News - Onrec Awards

Here at Firefish, we keep doing what we do and striving to improve because we really love it, and our clients do too.  That’s what keep...

A Swim Around #TuringFest 2016

In the Aquarium, we’re all for a summer staycation when it comes to getting shit done. But every so often, especially when something as...

We Looked into the Future and Liked What We Saw

For those who know Firefish Software® from our product, our social media, our blog- you may be aware that yesterday was a pretty big da...

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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