Bullhorn ROI Tips, Tricks and Training

Bullhorn Tip - Get Organised with Tasks

Try to this speedy Bullhorn 1-minute tip to help you get organised and do more of the "good stuff"!We know that the average recruiter needs a time machine, a PA, a 24-hour day, and a sense of humour! And we know that productivity in recruitment has never been more important!Recruiter Productivity StatsThe average employee spends 2 hours 11 minutes procrastinating every day. (Source: Zippia)Up to 80% of the average working day is spent on activities with little or no value. (Source: Cornerstone)Recruiters have no more than a total of 75 minutes of undistracted, productive working time per day. (Source: Cal Newport)But if you have Bullhorn, the Task feature will help you stay focused, and at least keep your candidate and client activities on track!Don't Miss Opportunities!In the very least, use Bullhorn Tasks to:Manage your candidate management tasks.Drive your client sales / BD / Account management tasks.Turbo your recruitment lifecycle and ensure that you get your jobs placed and quick!Optimise your placement process: referrals, check-ins, follow-ups, feedback, testimonials.Watch Our 1-Minute Bullhorn Tip to Help You Get Organised with TasksNeed more LinkedIn / Bullhorn / Automation / Recruitment Tips?Try our 1-minute tips.Be sure to sign up for (or watch the recordings of) our regular free Bullhorn and Automation webinars.CHECK OUT OUR WEBINARSBullhorn ROI + Trained Happy Recruiters = More SalesWe pride ourselves on helping recruitment leaders achieve Bullhorn ROI. We create a Bullhorn1st vision, reduce the need for other tech, optimise Bullhorn, automate their sales-prevention processes and data, and train recruiters to trust it and use it.ARRANGE A FREE CONSULTATION NOW
Productivity Series: How to Unlock Bullhorn to Reduce Costs and Increase Sales

As a recruiter or resourcer, you’re driven by the desire to make an impact, have a fulfilling day, and, of course, earn a great living. But let's face it — tech overload, data deluge, and constant distractions often get in the way. Add in the rising costs of LinkedIn, job boards, and other external tools like Indeed, and recruitment becomes more challenging than ever.So, how can you be more productive when it feels like you’re constantly fighting against time, data, and tech?The answer is simpler than you think, and we'll share it in our next Bullhorn tips webinar on 09 January 2025.Getting the Job Done - Literally!Every day, we help recruiters, resourcers, and recruitment leaders unlock the full potential of their Bullhorn system through our Bullhorn ROI Vision programs and Bullhorn training. Whether you’re a seasoned recruiter or just starting out, we guarantee you’ll learn something new that can save you time and increase your productivity, sourcing, deals, and sales!Join us for our next webinar where we’ll share at least 5 powerful tips to help you work smarter, not harder, using Bullhorn.Bullhorn 1st - Better than "Everything, Everywhere, All At Once"This isn’t just another Bullhorn training webinar. In this webinar, we’ll show you how to leverage your Bullhorn system to streamline your processes and reduce reliance on external platforms like LinkedIn, job boards, and Indeed. While these tools have their place, we believe many recruiters are missing out by not putting Bullhorn at the first and at the center of their recruitment workflow.We'll share some Bullhorn tips to help you:Source and place candidates fasterIncrease your placements and revenueBoost your productivitySave money on external platformsEnjoy a greater work-life balance and bigger rewardsWith more time saved, you and your leadership team can focus on the things that matter—whether that’s growing your business, reinvesting in your team, or enjoying a well-deserved break!You'll source and place quicker.You'll place more.You'll smile wider!And you and your leaders will have more cash to divert to "good causes" - I'll let you decide which! (Previous Productivity Series webinars covered increasing sales through account management and BD. Click the links to watch.)Register now, and if you can't make the date (as you're too busy being unproductive😏) , register anyway for the video.REGISTER NOWRecruitment and Bullhorn TrainingWe deliver the best live Bullhorn ROI webinar training, and you'll find other tips and tricks in Recruitment HIIT, our online recruitment training platform.Plus, through our Bullhorn Vision service we help generate serious ROI from your Bullhorn, data, and people.TRY HIIT FREE HERECONTACT US ABOUT BULLHORN ROI
Automation ROI Webinar Series: Faster, Cheaper Sourcing

Doing more with what you have - or even with less - is a key goal for many recruiters and their leaders. My Automation ROI series has already covered hot topics related to sales and cost reduction.And now it's time to focus on the hot topic of Sourcing.This follows my previous Automation ROI series topics:Account ManagementBDReducing the cost of Linkedin and job boards...Turbo Your Sourcing with AutomationWhat's the point of winning more recruitment sales opps, if you have to create risk by wasting time and money on sourcing? Or worse, not placing at all...!If you have Bullhorn Automation, this should help you:Speedily clean up your data.Identify relevant candidates you can attract and nurture.Approach candidates to apply for your jobs.Thrive in 2025 - Source Quicker and CheaperRegister for my next Automation ROI webinar and get some vital takeaways to help you source quicker and faster.Don't yet have automation? Come along and see what all of the fuss is about, and let us help you plan to win with faster and cheaper sourcing! Let's get ready to "thrive in 2025!"(Can't make the date? Register to receive the video.)REGISTER NOWAutomation BuddyWe are Automation Buddies set on helping ambitious recruitment businesses who want to increase speed and sales.We coach to inspire, and build your automations so you can recruit and sell!READ ABOUT OUR AUTOMATION BUDDY SERVICE
Automation Tip - Use Map View to Stay Organised

Try this 1-minute automation tip to help you stay super-organised and effective.On my Automation Buddy programs, I use Map View to help me map and plan the various automations that I coach on and build for ambitious recruitment businesses. Get Organised with Automations Map View is a Bullhorn Automation feature which will help you get super organised and effective.I have created 4 groups to help me stay organised and drive the implementation of my automations.BacklogIn DevelopmentContent NeededQA/TestingThis helps me manage the build and go live process - and is a great way of project managing using a Kanban style.It's quick, efficient, and helps me stay focused when I'm often building numerous recruitment and sales automations.Watch My Quick 1-Minute Automation Tip and Get OrganisedAutomation BuddyWe are Automation Buddies set on helping ambitious recruitment businesses who want to drive revenue using automation.READ ABOUT OUR AUTOMATION BUDDY SERVICENeed more Bullhorn / Automation Tips?Try our 1-minute tips.Be sure to sign up for (or watch the recordings of) our regular free Bullhorn and Automation webinars.CHECK OUT OUR WEBINARS
Automation for Recruitment Managers: WIIFM?

Automation can be about data health, email marketing, candidate and client care, and "de-administration" of recruitment. But often, the focus is on individual processes, or people (candidates, clients, colleagues), and not on the recruitment business itself.Hence, I want to explore things from a recruitment leaders "selfish" perspective - the "WIIFM" - what's in it for me?Or rather, what's in it for managers?Automation ROIAs part of the over 400 automation projects we've delivered, where we train, coach, and do hands-on automation building, we're often asked about ROI - return on investment. There's focus on leads, sales, re-generating candidates, increasing website visits, reduced costs elsewhere (eg. LinkedIn / Job boards). We're also asked about how automation can "do more" and give our clients the edge over their competition and help them get ready for AI, and how it can help them run their businesses.3 Ways Automation Can Help Recruitment Leaders1. Create Focus on Revenue-Generative TasksWith so much data, and countless systems and processes, you'll often need to rely on the organisational capabilities, will, and skill, of your recruiters and resourcers. On a crazy-busy day, or a tough market, and with perhaps inexperienced recruiters, that may be too much to ask.Hence leaders - use automation to focus your recruiters and resourcers on the things that matter. For example:Who to call and when.Proactively managing accounts before they become "at risk".Lead conversion.Driving the job management process and not leaving it to the candidate and client to "mess it up".Generating referrals from newly placed candidates, and newly invoiced clients.2. Tracking / Managing / Escalating Poor Performance / ActivitySometimes, recruiters can focus on the wrong activities, drown in "admin", or waste time on external systems, and recruitment process becomes too busy to be effective. Or perhaps they just lack experience to proactively manage their pipelines.Also, with WFH and hybrid, activity can be difficult to see / measure.Hence, leaders ask us to help build automations to track activity, drive performance. For example:Ensuring jobs are being proactively managed and notify management of the ones that are being forgotten.Tracking who is engaging with your brand, visiting your website and opening your emails.Understanding loyalty of your candidates and sales contacts.Removing irrelevant data that you no longer work with, which can slow your recruiters sourcing process.3. Navigating / Mitigating LeaversRecruiters leaving can often be distracting, time consuming, and risky - and it can often be a sucker punch!Hence leaders can use automation to "shift" data, clients, candidates, relationships, and pipeline to other recruiters. Data and pipelines are managed and current relationships are secured. For example:Reassigning placements to another recruiter or desk to continue nurturing.Identifying and re-assigning high value, active and engaged sales contacts to a new or existing team member.Closing old and inactive jobs to ensure you have an accurate view of your current pipeline.Automation - What's in it for Managers?For those of you with automation - how are you using it to drive your business?For those of you without automation, take a moment to consider how the 3 use cases above could help you navigate the next 30/60/90 days and beyond, and help you strengthen your data, people, pipelines, and business.Automation BuddyWe are Bullhorn and Automation experts set on helping ambitious recruitment businesses who want to increase speed and sales.READ ABOUT OUR BULLHORN VISION SERVICEREAD ABOUT OUR AUTOMATION BUDDY SERVICE
Bullhorn Tip - Quick Icons for Speedy Screening, Interviews, and Sales Calls

Try this iconic 1-minute Bullhorn tip to help you prep like a star for screening calls, interviews, and sales calls. We know that being on the phone is a key part of a recruiter and resourcer's job. Being prepped for your screening, interviews, and sales calls is key!Quick Icons for Speedy and Efficient RecruitmentBullhorn's quick icons have always been there, but when we train recruiters to use Bullhorn, we often find that not all of you use them.These icons are super handy to help you prep. The Google, Linkedin and Map buttons can help you make light work of your research.Use these icons to help you speedily find out crucial intel on your candidates (and of course clients too!)Something to really be aware of is that your candidates and clients will be researching you, and each other - so get there first! Use these icons on you - what results do you get? Then use them on your candidates, prospects and clients.Watch this 1-minute Bullhorn tip - then log in to Bullhorn and try it.Watch Our 1-Minute Bullhorn Tip to Help you Screen, Interview and SellNeed more LinkedIn / Bullhorn / Automation / Recruitment Tips?Try our 1-minute tips.Be sure to sign up for (or watch the recordings of) our regular free Bullhorn and Automation webinars.CHECK OUT OUR WEBINARSBullhorn ROI + Trained Happy Recruiters = More SalesWe pride ourselves on helping recruitment leaders achieve Bullhorn ROI. We create a Bullhorn1st vision, reduce the need for other tech, optimise Bullhorn, automate their sales-prevention processes and data, and train recruiters to trust it and use it.ARRANGE A FREE CONSULTATION NOW
Automation ROI Webinar Series: Reduce Costs, Increase Sales

Recruitment leaders want to save money (and time wasted) on LinkedIn, Job Boards, and other external systems like Indeed. Costs are increasing, but recruitment isn't getting any easier. Automation is the fix.This webinar tackles the negative impact of not using your own Bullhorn system and data, and how to use automation to reduce reliance on and cost of Linkedin, Job Boards and Indeed.(Previous ROI Series webinars covered increasing sales through account management and BD. Click the links to watch.) Our 400+ Bullhorn Automation implementations and Automation Buddy programs have given us the unique experience of 100s of use cases that we want to share with you to help you scale, grow, and bill more. Automation ROI = Reduced Costs, and Increased Speed and Sales LinkedIn, job boards, and Indeed are making a fortune from recruiters who are not automated.Ask yourself:How much time and money is being wasted on these external systems to source candidates and develop new business?How much money could you save if you are less reliant on LinkedIn, job boards and Indeed?How much time could you save if you reduced this reliance?What could you do with the time and money you get back if you do not need to use Linkedin, job boards or Indeed so much?Imagine...More placements / sales.Stronger client accounts recycling into repeat business.Happier candidates, speedily accepting jobs, and referring you to their mates.Freed-up recruiters and resourcers speaking to the right people at the right time and not drowning too much data / systems. Whether You Have Automation or Not... It's Time to Be Less Reliant on LinkedIn / Job Boards / Indeed This webinar is a must if you already have automation and need more ROI. But it's great too if you don't yet have automation and want to understand its value.Watch our Automation ROI: Reduce Costs, Increase Sales WebinarAutomation BuddyWe are Automation Buddies set on helping ambitious recruitment businesses who want to increase speed and sales.READ ABOUT OUR AUTOMATION BUDDY SERVICE
Maximising RoI and RoE in Recruitment: A Practical Guide for Leaders

Return on investment (RoI) is a key objective for every recruitment leader, yet it can often be a challenge to achieve. Costs are rising, recruiting is getting tougher, and getting a solid return on effort (RoE) is becoming more difficult. Recruitment leaders are facing increasing costs across multiple areas:Bullhorn and Automation investments.LinkedIn and job board costs.Staffing and training investments.Many of my clients express a desire to "do more with what they have," or even better, to "do more with less." They need both RoI and RoE to drive success. But how can they achieve true RoI and RoE in recruitment? Let's explore.RoI vs. RoE: What’s the Difference?Both RoI (return on investment) and RoE (return on effort) are crucial for recruitment success. As a team, we focus on maximising both for the recruiters and leaders we support. We understand that a significant amount of effort goes into running a recruitment business—managing teams, desks, and ensuring recruitment operations run smoothly.However, RoI and RoE are often not immediately clear or realised. Time, effort, and money can be wasted on technology and people, which leads to stress, increased risk, and missed opportunities for growth.Rising Costs: Is Your Effort Keeping Up?Through conversations with clients, polling, and research, I’ve discovered several key insights:New recruiters take around 3-6 months to become billers, costing approximately £10k per head during this training period.Tech costs are rising, with new tools emerging constantly. However, many agencies still struggle to optimise or fully trust their core CRM systems.LinkedIn and job board fees continue to climb.Recruitment training is often inconsistent—many agencies provide "induction and go!" training, which lacks ongoing support.Staff attrition is a major issue. Studies show that 2/3 of people quit their jobs due to a lack of training and direction.While RoI seems elusive, the real challenge is in maximising RoE. High turnover, combined with insufficient training and ineffective technology use, often leads to inefficiencies and missed potential.Why Do 2/3 of Employees Quit? The Training DeficitA significant number (2/3) of people leave their jobs due to inadequate training. This directly impacts RoE, suggesting that the "effort" part is either insufficient or poorly executed.This brings me to a critical question for recruitment leaders:What training are you providing your teams?Is it comprehensive, covering sales, recruitment, systems, and marketing?Are you actively measuring the return on effort (RoE) from this training?Does your training go beyond "induction and off you go" or is it blended, continuous, and tailored to meet your team's needs?Have you connected the "why" or WIIFM (What's In It For Me?) to your training approach?Do you hold staff accountable for learning and delivering results? Or do they just need to show up?Are you tracking whether the training is truly working?The Truth Behind Why Recruitment Training Often Falls ShortMany agencies invest heavily in tech, but then under-invest in training. This often results in:Systems being underutilised or ignored,Recruiters not placing deals quickly enough, leading to lost opportunities,Dirty data that isn't properly cleaned or monetised,Continued overspending on job boards and LinkedIn licences / ads.Recruiters disengaged with your processes and not delivering results. 10 recruiters = 10 "ways".The key to improving RoI and RoE isn’t just investing in training—it’s ensuring the training is effective, ongoing, and tied to the needs of the business.Are Your People Really Your Most Valuable Asset?We're frequently told that people are our most important asset—but is that entirely true?While people are crucial, processes, brand, and data are just as vital. These elements depend on each other. When integrated effectively, data + people + process + systems create the foundation for a robust and sustainable recruitment pipeline.When these assets aren’t linked together, it can result in candidates, clients, and colleagues—and even cash flow—suffering."Train to Retain": The Key to SuccessTo retain top talent and improve overall performance, you need to train to retain. That means ensuring that your people, data, systems, and processes are connected and aligned. You need a RoE plan that maximises the efforts of your team. Without this connection, you're wasting your hard-earned fees and effort.Are You Wasting £100,000 Per Year?If you haven’t prioritised continuous and blended training, the average 10 person recruiter might be blowing £20,000 a year, by:Recruiting and rehiring new staffReinvesting in training on replacementsWaiting for new hires to "get up to speed"Losing deals and missing targets due to disruptionsIf you have 20 staff, that's £40k / year! And so on... The true cost of inadequate training is far greater than the cost of investing in it.Focus on RoI and RoE Through Blended Recruitment TrainingRecruitment leaders - it’s time to take a hard look at these questions. We estimate that many recruitment businesses are losing significant revenue each year due to ineffective training and high turnover. By focusing on blended and continuous WIIFM training, you can improve both RoI and RoE and create a more efficient, sustainable business.Recruitment Training = ROI!We deliver the best Recruitment and Bullhorn training through a blend of live webinars and our online training platform, Recruitment HIIT.TRY HIIT FREE HERECONTACT US
Automation ROI Webinar Series: BD - Easy Sales

Recruiters! We know you need to generate more sales - and ideally as easily as possible. Hence why this webinar continues our new season of free automation webinars focusing on ROI - return on investment.September's focus: Account Management.... and now it's time for BD - Business Development - More Sales!Our 350+ implementations, and 100+ Automation Buddy programs have given us unique experience of 100s of use cases and we want to share these with you to help you scale, grow, bill more, and get head space no matter what lunacy is happening in the market and world.Automation ROI = BD1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Tips to Help You Sell MoreTime is precious.A busy recruitment desk can often mean a "hand to mouth" approach to sales.You need some cool tricks to help you improve speed and pipeline.The stats speak for themselves:50% of sales time is wasted on unproductive prospecting. (The B2B Lead)50% of leads are a poor fit for you. (salesinsightlab.com)You'll increase revenue by more than 10% if you automate your lead gen! (Bullhorn Grid)Spend 30 minutes with us (that's 0.2% of your working month) and get at least 1 tip to help you make more money from Bullhorn.Watch this if you already have automation and need more ROI.But, it's great too, if you don't yet have automation and want to understand it's value.Watch our Automation ROI - BD = Easy Sales VideoAutomation BuddyWe are Automation Buddies set on helping ambitious recruitment businesses who want to drive revenue using automation.READ ABOUT OUR AUTOMATION BUDDY SERVICE
Bullhorn Tip - Note Action Types for Smart BD, Account and Candidate Management

We have a super easy 1-minute Bullhorn tip to help you manage your candidate and client relationships.Having lots of candidate and client data, but not being targetted with your time and effort is lunacy! BD, Account Management, Candidate Pool ManagementSearching on Bullhorn's note action types will help you be smart with your time and relationships. Find candidates who you need to reach out to:Prevent dropouts.Keep candidates warm.Prevent counter offers.Source for your jobs.Find contacts you need to manage, to:Protect your accounts. Work them harder and smarter!Develop business quicker and easier.Prevent your accounts from becoming "at risk". Watch this 1-minute Bullhorn tip - then log in to Bullhorn and try finding contacts using note actions and see what opportunities you can uncover and work. Watch Our 1-Minute Bullhorn Tip to Help You Manage Your Relationships (and Sales)Need more LinkedIn / Bullhorn / Automation / Recruitment Tips? Try our 1-minute tips.Be sure to sign up for (or watch the recordings of) our regular free Bullhorn and Automation webinars.CHECK OUT OUR WEBINARSBullhorn ROI + Trained Happy Recruiters = More SalesWe pride ourselves on helping recruitment leaders achieve Bullhorn ROI. We create a Bullhorn1st vision, reduce the need for other tech, optimise Bullhorn, automate their sales-prevention processes and data, and train recruiters to trust it and use it.ARRANGE A FREE CONSULTATION NOW
Automation ROI Webinar Series: Account Management

What's the ultimate ROI from automation? This Bullhorn Automation webinar kicked off a new season of free automation webinars focusing on ROI - return on investment.First stop? Account Management.Our 400+ Bullhorn Automation implementations and Automation Buddy programs have given us the unique experience of 100s of use cases that we want to share with you to help you scale, grow, and bill more. (Plus, give you head space no matter what lunacy is happening in the market and world!)Over the coming months, we'll be focussing on:BD.Sourcing.Candidate management.Job management.Recruiter productivity....and other crucial recruitment topics we know are crucial to help experienced automators drive their automations harder, and recruiters new to automation understand the true value of what it can do for them.Automation ROI = Account ManagementWe know that:It's 6-7 times cheaper to keep existing clients. (Source: Invesp)50% of sales time is spent on unproductive prospecting. (Source: The B2B Lead)Increasing client retention by as little as 5% can boost profits by as much as 95%. (Source: Bain and Co)So, it's time to knuckle down and focus on your accounts. You need to keep them warm, prevent them from being distracted by other recruiters (or themselves), and monetise them.This webinar is a must if you already have automation and need more ROI.But, it's great too, if you don't yet have automation and want to understand its value.Watch Our Automation ROI = Account Management WebinarAutomation BuddyWe are Automation Buddies set on helping ambitious recruitment businesses who want to drive revenue using automation.READ ABOUT OUR AUTOMATION BUDDY SERVICE
Productivity Series: 5 BD Tips for Recruiters - More Sales!

This Bullhorn Tips webinar continued our season of free recruiter webinars focusing on productivity. (October's focus: Account Management. Click here for more info...) ... and now it's time for BD - Business Development - More Sales! Watch to get at least 5 tips to help turbo-drive your BD with Bullhorn.We've trained 1000s of recruiters to be "Bullhorn1st" with live training webinars, during our Bullhorn Vision projects, and with our fab online Recruitment Training platform: Recruitment HIIT, so we know our stuff! Recruiter Productivity = Smart BD 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, tips to help you sell more... We know that time is precious. A busy recruitment desk can often mean a "hand to mouth" approach to sales. You need some cool tricks to help you improve speed and pipeline. The stats speak for themselves: 50% of sales time is wasted on unproductive prospecting. (The B2B Lead) 50% of leads are a poor fit for you. (salesinsightlab.com) You'll increase revenue by more than 10% if you automate your lead gen! (Bullhorn Grid) Spend 30 minutes with us in November (that's 0.2% of your working month) and get at least 1 tip to help you make more money from Bullhorn. Watch Our Bullhorn 4 BD Tips for Recruiters (and please excuse some of the sound quality issues...)Need more Bullhorn / Automation Tips? Try our 1-minute tips.Sign up for future Automation and Bullhorn webinars, and get some tips from our past webinar recordings.CHECK OUT OUR WEBINARSRecruitment and Bullhorn TrainingWe deliver the best live Bullhorn ROI webinar training, and you'll find other tips and tricks in Recruitment HIIT, our online recruitment training platform.TRY HIIT FREE HERECONTACT US ABOUT BULLHORN ROI