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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!

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 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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