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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.

We Think You’re June an Update!

This month at Firefish, we had a Pride Event, got new End of Month Winners to announce and new Fish to introduce!

Welcome to the Shoal, Peter!

We’d like to introduce Pete McMorrow, our new Associate Director of Customer!

What an A-May-zing month!

May has flown by and we've got some Firefish news to share! Our End of Month winners have been announced and new fish have joined the Shoal.

May I Tell You What We've Been Up To?

April was a Fin-tastic month for the Shoal with new Fish added, plenty of promotions and some well deserving end of month winners!

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!

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!

March Madness Round Up!

The Shoal’s been cracking on this month, with new Fishes, puppy photos and our End of Month Winners!

Our Shoal is March-ing On!

It’s been a busy start to March for everyone at Firefish; learn more about what we've been up to!Did Someone Say Food?

February at Firefish!

It’s been a busy month here at Firefish; with a shoal full of friendly competition, food and as always, our end of month awards!

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 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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