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Recruitment CRM & ATS software
Recruitment software without the theatre.
Recruit So Simple is a practical CRM and ATS for recruitment agencies that need candidate search, client management, vacancy tracking, communication, reporting, automation and useful AI in one reliable system.
From £50 per user/month, excluding VAT · One-month rolling · Cancel any time · UK-based support included
Useful AI, not AI theatre
AI should save recruiter time, not pretend to replace judgement.
Add a vacancy and review suggested candidates with scores and AI summaries before adding them to the pipeline. Your recruiters stay in control and make the final call.
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recruitsosimple.com / vacancies / DW63 · matching
Score ≥
50%
Status
All Statuses ▾
Rating
All Ratings ▾
Reset
Candidate
Score
Status
Salary
Available
Connects with the job boards and tools your team already uses
Run the agency
See what is happening before you open ten different screens.
Track pipeline, revenue, activity and team performance from the moment you log in, so managers and consultants work from the same picture.
recruitsosimple.com / dashboard
Good afternoon, Steve
Here’s your overview for today
Consultant
Management
Pipeline Summary
23
Candidates in Pipeline
Placed: 2 · Remaining: 7
8
Open Vacancies
9 positions across all vacancies
£39,840
Potential Revenue
From current pipeline
£25,950
Revenue Goal
Year to date · Target: £50,000.00
Revenue Tracker
All Consultants ▾
Last 6 months ▾
Leaderboard
Today ▾Name
Placed
CVs
Interviews
SV Steve Varman You
7
3
4
JR Jack Roberts
2
0
3
KS Katie Smith
1
0
3
CV Stats
All Consultants ▾
Month to date ▾
3
Total CVs
8
Sent
5
Vacancies
9
Candidates
Pipeline Funnel
Katie Smith ▾
All ▾
Month to date ▾
- Shortlisted3
- CV Sent8
- Awaiting Interview6
- Interviewed2
- Offered1
Search your own database
Stop rebuilding the same candidate searches every day.
Find people by skill, job title, location, qualification, tags or Boolean logic, then save the views your team relies on for repeat vacancies and regular shortlist work.
See it filter in real time
recruitsosimple.com / candidates
Candidates
Candidates
Add Candidate
Groups
Web Import
Info Requests
Ref
First Name
Last Name
Town / City
Postcode
Phone (preferred)
Status
Current Job
Required Jobs
Hide Archived ▾
Show 10 rows ▾
Showing 1 to 10 of 44,204 records
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Win and keep clients
Know exactly where every candidate stands, across every job.
See who has been added, shortlisted, submitted, interviewed, offered or placed, with pipeline value updating as work moves forward.
recruitsosimple.com / pipeline
21
Candidates
Currently in the pipeline
8
Vacancies
Open vacancies only
£39,840.00
Revenue
Potential revenue
Status Overview
ShowShortlisted 3
Candidate
Vacancy
Client
Contact
Last Change
Added By
Consultant
Showing 1 – 3 of 3 Candidates · Back To Top
«‹1›»
CV Sent 8
Candidate
Vacancy
Client
Contact
Last Change
Added By
Consultant
Showing 1 – 4 of 8 Candidates · Back To Top
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recruitsosimple.com / account / automation
Stop admin eating the day
Let routine follow-up happen without losing control.
Build trigger-based workflows from a template or from scratch, with email and SMS steps for welcomes, interview follow-ups, reminders, document requests and feedback chasing. Review every step before it runs.
- Start with a proven workflowUse templates for welcome sequences, interview follow-ups, reminders, document requests and feedback chasing.
- Create your ownBuild a custom automation by choosing the trigger, actions, wait periods and reply conditions yourself.
- Review every stepCheck messages, waiting periods and reply conditions before anything runs.
- Keep controlApply working-hour rules and create automations switched off for review.
Shortlist by location
Shortlist people who can realistically reach the job.
Plot candidates, clients, contacts and vacancies on one map. Use live filters plus drive-time and distance checks to build a shortlist around the real journey, not just the postcode.
- See exactly what is mappedView record-type and area totals alongside records without a usable location, so you know exactly what the map includes.
- Focus on any recordUse View on Map from a candidate, client, contact, vacancy or Quick Preview to show the record and its linked candidates or jobs.
- Check realistic reachFrom a selected record, switch between drive-time bands and distance bands before committing to a shortlist.
recruitsosimple.com / dashboard / map
KS
(KS2) Systems Support Engineer
2 of 11 candidates shown (9 without location) (1 AI-matched)
Area results
40,827 in this area
2,007 records match the view but have no usable location.
HR
(HR43472) Hannah Reid
0 vacancies shown
Vacancies nearby Pick a drive time
Drive time
Distance
15 min30 min45 min60 min
5 mi10 mi20 mi30 mi
40,827 in this area
2,007 without location
(GC936) Gordon CooperCandidate
(JS726) Jake ShawCandidate
(SB307) Selina ButlerCandidate
From CV to candidate record
Turn a CV into a useful candidate record without typing it out.
Drop in a CV and Recruit So Simple extracts contact details, work history, skills and qualifications, then creates an AI summary your team can review and use.
Watch the AI work
recruitsosimple.com / candidates / DH128 · cv
CV Preview
David Hughes
21 Oak Road
Edinburgh, EH3 9JW
Phone: 07798 654321
Email: david.hughes@email.com
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/davidhughesaccountant
Website: davidhughesaccounting.co.uk
Professional Summary
Detail-oriented and ACCA-qualified accountant with 8+ years of experience in financial
reporting, budgeting, tax preparation, and auditing. Adept at managing financial records,
ensuring compliance with UK accounting standards, and advising clients on tax and financial
planning matters.
AI Summary
Copy to Notes
Documents and compliance
Stop missing documents from slowing down a placement.
Track right-to-work checks, qualifications, contracts and certifications, then create reminders before anything expires or needs chasing.
Watch the reminders set
recruitsosimple.com / candidates / EJ11611 · docs
(EJ11611) Emily Johnson
Search Journals…
Document Upload
Upload and manage compliance documents for this candidate
Document
Drag & drop your CV here
or click to browse
Emily Johnson.pdf
0%
Max size 10MB. Max 10 files at once.
CVs must be uploaded individually.
Make CV SearchableUse this CV for text search and previews. Only one CV can be searchable per candidate.
Notes can be viewed directly on the main documents screen and in the quick preview throughout the system.
Compliance
30/09/2026
The date the document expires, is no longer valid, or requires review.
Expiry ReminderAutomatically create a notification and a task when the document is nearing expiry. Both are assigned to the record’s managing consultant.
Email CandidateAutomatically email the candidate when the document is nearing expiry. The email asks the candidate to reply with an updated document.
60 Days
A notification and task are created 30, 60, or 90 days before expiry. An additional task reminder is sent 7 days later, which you can customise.
Store any extra compliance details.
Candidate portal
Give every candidate a clear next step.
A personalised dashboard shows outstanding actions, profile progress and recent activity. Candidates can update details, upload documents and manage privacy preferences from the same branded portal, including as a mobile app (PWA).
- Outstanding actions and profile progress
- Candidate-managed details, CVs and documents
- Configurable privacy, consent and questionnaires
Included from day one
Deliberately easy to use, but not lightweight.
Under the surface are advanced candidate grids, CV search, AI-assisted matching, email and SMS tools, automation, reporting, permissions, custom fields and practical AI.
Four records, one complete history
Candidates, clients, contacts and vacancies each keep their activity, notes and documents together. Avatars make records easier to scan, and client logos are fetched automatically.
Explore all featuresMicrosoft 365 email & SMS
Two-way email and SMS conversations land automatically on candidate and client records, so the team can see the full exchange.
See communication toolsCalls on the right record
Aircall and compatible VoIP providers journal calls automatically against the right candidate or client record.
Explore all featuresClient portal
Give clients a branded place to review submitted candidates and leave feedback on the people you put forward.
Explore all featuresCandidate portal on mobile
Candidates can see next steps, update details, upload documents and manage privacy preferences through the branded mobile app (PWA).
Explore the candidate portalJob boards & live job feeds
Multipost through Broadbean, LogicMelon or idibu. Website applications flow straight back into the CRM against the right vacancy.
See posting optionsGoals & KPIs
Set targets for calls, CVs sent and placements, then watch progress update automatically as the work is logged.
Explore Goals & KPIsYour workflow, your branding
Rename labels, statuses and pipeline stages, then apply your agency’s branding across portals and communications.
See what you can change
Built for how you recruit:
Recruitment Agencies
Single Recruiters
Internal Recruitment
Headhunters
Executive Search
Temporary & Contract
Specialist & Niche
Why agencies switch
Keep the capability. Lose the feature tiers and long contract.
Recruit So Simple gives solo recruiters and growing teams the full CRM from day one, with clear monthly pricing and UK-based support included.
- Every CRM feature
- AI matching, portals, automations, compliance and reporting are included.
- One-month rolling
- No long contract. Cancel any time.
- £50 per user/month
- Excluding VAT. No per-feature add-ons.
- UK-based support
- Included in the price. Recruit So Simple is rated 4.9/5 on Reviews.co.uk.
Agencies mention the same things
4.9 Average 33 Reviews
Easy adoption, responsive support and better value than over-complicated recruitment systems.
M Greening
What a fantastic start to the New Year guys - I love the updates to the system. I’m already making use of the new filtering and reporting options. Thanks for all the great support I received last week as well...
Read the full reviewA Wilkes
I’m a long time user of RSS - over three years now - and I can’t recommend them highly enough. On the occasions that I’ve contacted their technical support, the response times are extremely fast. This is of great...
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Start a free trial, or book a focused demo around your workflow: solo desk, growing agency, executive search, specialist recruitment or migration from your current system.