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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!

s1 Recruitment Awards 2022

We are delighted to announce that on Thursday the 14 April 2022 the s1 awards returned for it’s first in-person since 2019!

Recruitment Agency Expo 2022

Face-to-face events are back and this month our Growth team swam down to London for the Recruitment Agency Expo!

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!

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.

A Fin-omenal Month of Promotions and Awards

There was a lot of success and progress to celebrate at Firefish this October!

Firefish wins TIARA Award

We attended our first in-person award ceremony since 2019... and spoiler alert, we won!

S1jobs Recruitment Awards 2021

We had a great night celebrating the virtual s1jobs Recruitment Awards for 2021.

Daring to Be Different at Rec Expo 2020

This month, our Fishies swam down to the London Recruitment Agency Expo for another fin-tastic two-day event at the Olympia.

UK Customer Experience Awards 2019

The UK Customer Experience Awards (UKCXA) is the biggest event focused on customer experience in the world. So as you can imagine, we w...

Firefish Software Investment Update

Six months on from the £4 million strategic investment by the Foresight Group, Firefish CEO, Wendy McDougall, shares an update.

Firefish Updates August & September 2023

At Firefish Software we are continually improving and evolving our Recruitment CRM, discover the releases.

Firefish Updates July 2023

At Firefish Software we are continually improving and evolving our recruitment CRM, discover the new releases.

Firefish Updates June 2023

At Firefish Software we are continually improving and evolving our recruitment CRM, discover the new releases.

Firefish Updates May 2023

At Firefish Software we are continually improving and evolving our recruitment CRM, discover the new releases.

Firefish Updates April 2023

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

Firefish Updates February 2023

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

Chrome Extension for LinkedIn 

Transform social sourcing processes by empowering recruiters to capture and update both candidate and client records in their CRM, directly

Firefish Updates January 2023

At Firefish we are continually improving and evolving our recruitment software, discover what we released in January 2023.

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