Company News

While overall UK unemployment is low at 5.2%, the number of jobseekers per vacancy has increased substantially from 1.9 per vacancy in the first quarter of 2025 to 2.6 in the first quarter of this year. More vacancies are being advertised, although that rate is slowing, probably due to the Iran War. And recent research […]

Testimonial by IT recruitment agency VIQU IT’s Managing Director, Matt Collingwood. We’ve been a big fan of Recruit So Simple since we implemented the platform back in May 2018. At that point, we were a small team of 10 users, looking for a CRM that was intuitive, reliable, and capable of scaling to meet our […]

The recruitment sector contributed about £40 billion to the UK economy in 2024-25, according to the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC). Over two thirds of this sum was contributed by the temp/contract part of the industry.

Striking the right balance between technology and human connection has never been more crucial for recruiters. Modern recruitment software solutions are revolutionising the industry, but the most successful agencies understand that automation should enhance rather than replace the personal touch.

In today’s competitive recruitment agency landscape, fostering strong relationships with HR departments can be essential for recruitment success. Leveraging the right recruitment software can transform these partnerships from transactional to truly collaborative. Here’s how technology can strengthen these crucial connections.

In today’s competitive talent market, having the right recruitment software can make all the difference between securing top candidates and watching them slip away to competitors. For recruitment agencies looking to upgrade their technology, careful evaluation is essential to ensure they select the best solution for their needs, for three reasons:

Our latest recruitment software innovation has arrived, offering a comprehensive solution that streamlines talent acquisition and candidate management. Recruit So Simple’s web-based system introduces a powerful new candidate grid system, revolutionising how recruitment professionals interact with their database.

CV parsing is a central element of the Recruit So Simple software suite, and it’s one that can be underutilised, so today we’re putting it centre stage.

Protecting candidates from recruitment website fraud The world of recruitment is as prone to risk and fraud as any other, but recruitment website design is the latest area in which recruitment agencies are finding themselves on the back foot. Fraudsters are using recruitment platforms, and even designing their own websites, to create online vacancies to […]

It’s a given that software has permanently altered the nature of recruitment, and that every recruitment agency now makes more or less use of various forms of recruitment software. However, the extent to which recruiters develop their talent management strategy via recruiting software may decide how well they achieve their goals. In particular Applicant Tracking […]