Bullhorn ROI Tips, Tricks and Training

Automation RoI Webinar Series: Unlock Bullhorn ~ Generate Leads and Revenue: Part 1

Generating more sales, and creating robust pipelines is a top priority for recruiters and recruitment leaders. Recruitment has never been so competitive - even your own clients are competing with you to place candidates. You're likely a recruitment leader and / or automator looking to supercharge your team’s performance, generate more leads, and ultimately drive revenue. So, don't miss our upcoming series of Automation RoI Tips Webinars! REGISTER NOWAutomation Myths In today’s fast-paced recruitment world, automation is essential. It saves time, improves efficiency, and drives better results. But often we hear: I don't want to roboticise my business. I don't need automation - it won't work in my sector. Automation is just for mass mailing - we don't do that. These statements couldn't be more wrong... Automation: Cleans data💩 Removes admin😱 Creates opportunities and call lists😇 Generates leads🤑 And more... if you know how to weaponise it! Register Now for our "Show Me the Money" Automation Webinar Don't buy Bullhorn, not optimise it, then frown at the lack of RoI. Don't create "busyness" with ineffective workflows, dirty data, and poor performing recruiters, and thus a lack of RoE. What you’ll learn on our series of upcoming Automation RoI webinars: 🔍 24 April 2025: Automate sourcing to find qualified candidates faster and with less effort. 💬 Date TBC: Engage with candidates on autopilot and nurture relationships effectively. 📈 Date TBC: Boost lead generation using automation to improve conversion rates. 💡 Date TBC: Streamline your recruitment processes for maximum efficiency and profitability. Whether you’re new to automation or looking to refine your recruitment automation strategy, this webinar will provide you with actionable tips and real-world insights that can immediately benefit your recruitment team. By the end of our 4 Automation RoI sessions, you’ll have the tools and knowledge to: Save time on repetitive tasks ⏳ Engage more candidates 🤝 Place easier and faster and increase your revenue 💸 Don’t miss out! Register now to secure your spot in this free, must-attend event. We look forward to showing you how automation can elevate your recruitment RoI (return on investment) and RoE (return on effort) and drive growth!REGISTER NOWAutomation BuddyWe are Bullhorn Automation and Bullhorn experts. We are Automation Buddies set on helping ambitious recruitment businesses who want to increase speed and sales.We coach to inspire, and / or build your automations so you can recruit and sell!READ ABOUT OUR AUTOMATION BUDDY SERVICE
Automation ROI Webinar Series: Data = Clean and Monetised! Part 2

Is your recruitment data trusted, and worth something? Or are you struggling with dirty, outdated CRM data?Is admin a drag, sourcing time consuming, and you're having to pay LinkedIn and Job Boards for the privilege of accessing data you already have in your Bullhorn system? Then this 2-part webinar series is for you!In part 1 of our Clean Data Series we discussed the "WIIFM" of recruitment data hygiene and the challenges dirty data brings. What should your standards be, and where do you start? Next? Part 2 will explore some great automation ideas to help you clean and monetise your recruitment data.Click to watch part 1Scroll down to watch Part 2...Your Most Valuable Recruitment AssetYour recruitment database is your most valuable asset—but only if it’s clean, accurate, and up to date. Too often, recruiters can’t trust their own data, leading them to waste time, money, and energy sourcing rather than closing deals. Opportunities are missed and lost and pipelines are riskyBut... Did you know? Two recruiters generated £1.2M in perm revenue simply by using clean, automated data workflows! Imagine what you and your team could achieve with a Bullhorn they trust and use effectively!Part 2: Automation Ideas to Help Your Clean and MonetiseThis power-packed recruitment automation webinar will cover:✅How to Automate Data Cleansing– Keep candidate and client records fresh without lifting a finger.✅Building Transparent and Accurate Job Pipelines– No more ghost jobs clogging your system.✅Automating Data Enrichment– Keep placements and contact details updated automatically.✅Spotting Dirty Data– We’ll share 4-5 pre-built lists to identify old, incomplete, and duplicate records.✅Keeping Recruiters Focused on Live Jobs– Say goodbye to old, inactive roles distracting your team.✅Updating Placement Data Effortlessly– Automate updates to current company, job title, salary, and employment preferences.By the end of this webinar, you’ll have a clear, actionable strategy for keeping your Bullhorn data in tip top shape—without adding more work to your recruiters' desks.🚀 Who Should Watch Our Automation RoI Webinar?This webinar is designed for:✔️ Recruitment Leaders and Owners – Maximise Bullhorn value and increase revenue.✔️ Recruiters – Reduce admin, find candidates faster and make more placements.✔️ Ops and Tech Teams – Improve CRM efficiency and automation.🎯 Watch Our Automation RoI Webinar... Take Control of Your DataDon’t let bad data hold your recruitment business back. Watch and learn how to turn your Bullhorn CRM into a revenue-driving machine!Let's get clean, monetised and ready to "thrive in 2025!"Automation 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
Productivity Webinar Series: Tips for Job-Short Recruiters - Easier Sales!

As a recruiter, you know that finding more jobs to work on is the key to consistent billings, stronger client relationships, and faster placements. But are you fully leveraging your Bullhorn database to uncover new opportunities and make selling easier?Watch our Recruiter Productivity webinar, where we’ll show you how to master Bullhorn and unlock more jobs to work. If you're tired of relying solely on job boards or struggling to find quality job leads, this session is a must-watch!Unlock More Jobs on Bullhorn and Place and Sell Faster😵We know that you either are job-poor or perhaps sometimes work the wrong jobs.🙈You may be too busy to see what's right there in front of you.📉On average if you have 5 jobs you only place 2! (One client recently told me it was 0.8 out of 5 - oh my!)🤑Your business is likely either over-investing in LinkedIn and job boards, or wasting precious time on the free versions, or both!😱Many jobs are being worked by more than 1 recruitment business. First past the post isn't a sustainable process!Who Should Watch this Bullhorn Tips Video?Recruiters and Resourcers looking to work on more jobs with less effort.Business Development and Sales Teams who want to win new clients faster, whilst also protecting their existing accounts.Recruitment Leaders aiming to maximise their team’s productivity and efficiency with Bullhorn.Why this Webinar MattersToo many recruiters spend hours searching for jobs, perhaps losing deals, and competing with hundreds of others for the same roles. Meanwhile, the smartest recruiters are using Bullhorn to uncover exclusive, high-value opportunities before they’re widely available.If you want to spend less time searching and more time placing, this session is for you. We’ll equip you with practical tips, real-life case studies, and a step-by-step guide to turn your Bullhorn data into your most powerful sales tool.Watch Our Bullhorn Tips for Job Short Recruiters - Easier Sales!Recruitment 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
Protect Your Pipeline with this Antidote to Backdoor Placements

Backdoor placements are often an "invisible" pipeline killer. Yet they are also a great opportunity to recover lost revenue. Silver linings! Are you missing out on smashing target by not actively managing backdoor placements? 20 Years Ago, in a Land Far Away...In Lisa and my younger days (20 years ago), we created a report to track theoretical backdoors, and had a team calling candidates at the employer they'd recently had an interview with. If they answered, they were put through to the recruiter to begin recouping the lost fee.Surely time has moved on and there are more effective and tech-driven ways of doing this? Plus, surely recruiters are better at sales admin and relationship management now, so back doors are less common? I'm not so sure... If anything more data and tech has actually created a less robust process in many firms.Let’s explore why tracking backdoor placements is critical and how to implement best practices and technology for spotting and reducing them.The Financial Impact of Backdoor PlacementsWhen a candidate you’ve introduced to a client is hired without your knowledge or agreement on fees, you lose the fee. This often happens when terms of business aren’t adhered to, or when a client chooses to go behind your back. Consider this: one recruiter we’ve worked with reported uncovering at least one lost fee per consultant annually. For a team of 30 recruiters, that’s a staggering £150,000 in potential net revenue. In one instance, a single backdoor placement resulted in a recovered fee of £32,000. These numbers are too significant to ignore.Additionally, recruiters often spend resources sourcing candidates from external platforms instead of leveraging their databases. Tracking and addressing backdoor placements encourages better use of internal resources while ensuring you recapture fees rightfully owed to your business.Building Trust and Strengthening Your Recruitment ProcessClients: Actively managing backdoor placements helps you optimise your client relationships. Clients who circumvent your terms of business do not value your partnership. Using Bullhorn to flag these incidents creates transparency and helps you spend time on clients who value you.Candidates: Additionally, having a proactive backdoor placement management process complements your silver medalist strategy. Silver medalists are candidates who reached advanced stages of the recruitment process but were not placed. By regularly engaging these high-potential candidates through your tracking systems, you keep them warm for future opportunities while minimising your reliance on external sourcing.Best Practices for Managing Backdoor PlacementsTrack Every Interaction: Ensure your CRM system captures interview stages and outcomes, even for candidates rejected at early stages. Use detailed note types like “Rejected at Interview” or “Rejected at CV Send” to maintain a clear record.Standardise Your Terms: Attach your terms and conditions to every client communication. This ensures clients can’t dispute fees later and provides you with a reliable audit trail.Monitor Data Ownership: Many lost placements are tied to inactive users or former consultants. Assign ownership of these candidates to managers to maintain visibility and accountability.Automate to Remove Human Error: Implement automation to consistently track candidate progress and flag potential backdoor placements. This minimises manual errors and improves data integrity.Automation - The Antidote to Backdoor PlacementsDuring a recent Bullhorn Automation User Group, I was asked about my top 3 ways to use automation. Backdoor placement management is one of those 3 ways. These 2 automations are a must of you are set on prevention and pipeline maximisation:Interview Confirmation automation: If you already use these automations, add a notification step, x months after the interview date. Choose a timeframe which suits your sector the best.Check Past Interviews (Backdoor): If you don't use Interview Confirmation automation, create a stand alone automation that tracks the interview date and does not have placement. Add a wait step x months later to send a notification to your recruiter to check-in with the candidate and check they don't have a new job. You could even do what Lisa and I set up in a previous life and call the employer and ask to speak to the candidate. If they answer... bingo!Process and Tech Is KeyUse tech to prevent them.Use tech to spot them.The bottom line is that backdoor placements aren’t just about recovering lost revenue; they’re an opportunity to refine your recruitment strategy, strengthen client and candidate relationships, and ensure your systems are robust enough to thrive in a competitive market. Take control, and turn these challenges into wins for your recruitment / staffing agency.And if you need help on your processes, your data, and your Bullhorn adoption / ROI - call us - we can help.Automation and Bullhorn1stWe are Automation Buddies and Bullhorn Experts set on helping ambitious recruitment businesses who want to increase speed and sales.Automation: We coach to inspire, and build your automations so you can recruit and sell!Bullhorn: We optimise, train, and improve RoI from your key recruitment system.READ ABOUT OUR AUTOMATION BUDDY SERVICERead about our Bullhorn 1st Service
How Can You Revolutionise Your Recruitment Business with Data?

Recruitment leaders and their recruiters who want to explore how data can transform their desks, pipelines, and recruitment businesses need to listen to / watch this video about how data in recruitment.The innovative SourceFlow invited me to chat with my long-time Star Wars buddy, Matt Comber.Watch / listen for ideas on the impact data can have on recruitment processes and how staffing firms can leverage it for greater success. Here are the key takeaways from our discussion.Why Data is Crucial for Recruitment and Staffing FirmsData is the backbone of modern recruitment. By embracing data, recruitment and staffing firms can:Boost Efficiency: Automate time-consuming tasks to focus on strategic efforts.Strengthen Relationships: Enhance connections with both candidates and clients.Make Informed Decisions: Use data to guide smarter, more effective choices.Data - Driving RoE (RoI is So Yesterday!)We chatted about the concept of Return on Effort (ROE), a more meaningful metric than ROI, and...Getting started with data, by understanding your market, and your niche and tapping into industry's data to uncover new opportunities and trends.Leverage existing tools before diving into new data sources. Make the most of the tools already available to you, like Bullhorn, and use automation intelligently to create opportunities - more time and deals!Managing data effectively. Declutter your database and avoid hoarding disorganised data. Prioritise quality over quantity to ensure your data is useful and actionable, and keep data healthy with regular cleans and meaningful workflows driving hygiene and monetisation. Stay connected!Nurturing relationships by using meaningful data points, such as interests or milestones, and personalising interactions.Monetise your recruitment website. Treat it like a goldmine, not just a digital brochure.5 Key Takeaways to Use Data to Revolutionise Your Recruitment BusinessClean, organised data is far more valuable than a vast quantity of it.Focus on building relationships through personalised engagement.Use tech to enhance human interactions, not replace them.Develop scalable, long-term data strategies to support your growth.Use your recruitment website to gather actionable insights and drive engagement, not just clicks!Dive deeper! Watch the full episode of Matt (Jedi-Master!) and my conversation for actionable insights on leveraging data for a strong (and exciting) year!Automation and Bullhorn1stWe are Automation Buddies and Bullhorn Experts set on helping ambitious recruitment businesses who want to increase speed and sales.Automation: We coach to inspire, and build your automations so you can recruit and sell!Bullhorn: We optimise, train, and improve RoI from your key recruitment system.READ ABOUT OUR AUTOMATION BUDDY SERVICERead about our Bullhorn 1st Service
Bullhorn Tip - Sell What Your Contacts Desire

We've got a desirable Bullhorn 1-minute tip to help you easily sell more candidates to your clients. We know that BD is a critical recruitment task, but often you have too many options to help you sell more - it can be paralysing!This tip will help you speedily match candidates to clients, so your sales time is targeted and effective. Sell what Your Contacts Desire!If you "work" Bullhorn so that it knows the skills that your contacts need, you can source candidates that they want to buy!Easy! So - rather than trying to generate loads of cold leads which may be hard to convert, instead you could be calling lots of warm clients who need what you have! Isn't that what being a recruitment consultant is all about? Watch this 1-minute Bullhorn tip - then log in to Bullhorn and ensure that your sales contacts are coded up to allow you to speedily match them to your candidates. Watch Our 1-Minute Bullhorn Tip to Help You Sell What Your Clients DesireNeed 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 WEBINARSRecruitment TrainingWe deliver the best Recruitment and Bullhorn training through live webinars and our online training platform, Recruitment HIIT.It's perfect for new starters, experienced recruiters, and leaders who need to onboard quicker and improve productivity.TRY HIIT FREE HERE
Bullhorn Tip - Silver Medal Recruitment - Easy Placements

We've got a sterling silver Bullhorn 1-minute tip to help you easily place more candidates. Winner! There are plenty of candidates in Bullhorn that you can place... Find and place the silver medallists who were 2nd in line to a placement you made.Place More Candidates - Easy!Focussing only on your gold medallists, the candidates who were offered and placed, is short-sighted!Actively working, and placing, your silver medallists is SMART!Just because they were rejected, may not mean that they are unplaceable. Watch my 1-minute Bullhorn tip - then log in to Bullhorn and find your silver medallists. How many do you have? Which jobs can you put them forward for? Could you spec them out to clients? Watch My 1-Minute Bullhorn Tip to Help You Place Silver Medal CandidatesNeed 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 WEBINARSRecruitment TrainingWe deliver the best Recruitment and Bullhorn training through live webinars and our online training platform, Recruitment HIIT.It's perfect for new starters, experienced recruiters, and leaders who need to onboard quicker and improve productivity.TRY HIIT FREE HERE
Automation Tip - Nail Your Date Ranges in Automation Lists

We've got an automation tip to help you ensure that you can really target the data (candidates and clients) you need to source, sell to, and place.We help recruiters to source quicker, and sell more, through our Automation Buddy program. Automation can positively transform a recruitment business - when it works. But when it doesn't work it feels like it simply costs money and keeps you reliant on Linkedin, Job Boards and other expensive data sources and tech.Don't Miss Out On a Hot Date (Or Sale)!When you build automations, they can be date-related, but I often see lists that aren't quite right, date ranges are setup incorrectly, and this means that you'll be missing out on vital sales (and candidate) opportunities. This can really affect automation ROI (and RoE - return on effort!)Damn!In my recent "5 Automations to Make You Money" webinar I explored how to create good quality lists to target your time and attention and keep hungry recruiters busy with the right calls. For example, you'll want to target lapsed clients, wake them up, and get them back into paying clients. These automations really need to work!But I have a fix for you to ensure that your lists and automations really drive revenue.Watch My Quick 1-Minute Automation Video, Nail Your Date Ranges, and Make More MoneyAutomation 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
Bullhorn Tip - Speedily Match Candidates to Jobs

We've got a great 1-minute Bullhorn tip to help you speed up your sourcing!Sourcing candidates and speedily placing them before your competition needs tenacity and skill. But we have a Bullhorn tip for you to give you the edge!There's plenty Bullhorn can do to help you source, secure, and maximise your chances of placing and selling - and it can help you manage a candidate shortage - on speed!You needn't advertise on expensive job boards, or search LinkedIn, when 72% of the candidates you place are (on average) already on your Bullhorn CRM.It's Time to Match!When you add a vacancy to Bullhorn you can run a candidate search from that vacancy.Nice!Watch my 1-minute Bullhorn tip - but be sure to look out for a crucial trick you need to do for this speedy sourcing tip to work for you!Watch My Bullhorn Tip on How to Source Candidates to Match Your JobsNeed more candidate sourcing tips? Watch our Bullhorn1st Candidate Shortage Webinar.WATCH OUR SOURCING TIPS WEBINARBullhorn TrainingWe deliver the best Recruitment and Bullhorn training through live webinars and our online training platform, Recruitment HIIT.Our recruitment training helps new and experienced recruiters qualify their jobs, speedily source and advertise, and improve their screening. It boosts CV to interview ratios, whilst giving great tips to prevent counter offers, and secure the placement and beyond.Plus, if you have Bullhorn, Analytics, Automation, SourceBreaker, LinkedIn, Calendly, Teams, Daxtra, Broadbean, idibu, Hinterview, Paiger, we train on those too!TRY HIIT FREE HERE
Automation ROI Webinar Series: Data = Clean and Monetised! Part 1

Attention Recruitment Leaders and Recruiters! Are you struggling with dirty, outdated CRM data? Tired of wasting time on manual admin and spending too long sourcing instead of making placements? Then this 2-part webinar series is for you!Join us for the next 2 webinars in our Automation RoI Webinar Series and learn how automation can clean and enrich your Bullhorn data, ensuring you and your team works smarter, not harder.Scroll down to watch Part 1...Part 1: Why Does Data Health Matter?Your recruitment database is your most valuable asset—but only if it’s clean, accurate, and up to date. Too often, recruiters can’t trust their own data, leading them to:❌ Spend unnecessary time sourcing instead of closing deals.❌ Miss out on placements because candidate and client records are outdated.❌ Struggle with inaccurate job pipelines and revenue forecasting.❌ Lose money on bad data instead of monetising what’s already in their Bullhorn system.Did you know? Two recruiters generated £1.2M in perm revenue simply by using clean, automated data workflows! Imagine what you and your team could achieve with a Bullhorn they trust and use effectively!📅 What You’ll Learn in This WebinarThis informative recruitment automation webinar will cover:✅ Monetised Data: WIIFM?✅ Common challenges to data quality ✅ Where could/should you start? ✅ Standards - what are the ideal data standards for your recruitment business? ✅ Automation suggestions to help you clean your data By the end of this webinar series, you’ll have a clear, actionable strategy for keeping your Bullhorn data in tip top shape—without adding more work to your recruiters' desks.🚀 Who Should Watch this Webinar Recording?This webinar is designed for:✔️ Recruitment Leaders and Owners – Maximise Bullhorn value and increase revenue.✔️ Recruiters – Reduce admin, find candidates faster and make more placements.✔️ Ops and Tech Teams – Improve CRM efficiency and automation.Next? Part 2: Automation Ideas to Help Your Clean and MonetiseClick to Watch Part 2Automation BuddyWe are Automation experts and 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
Bullhorn Tip - Saved List Layouts Hack - Get Productive!

We've got a great 1-minute Bullhorn tip to help you source, sell, and generally work faster. Saved list layouts in Bullhorn are absolutely invaluable. But I often find in my Bullhorn Training that recruiters do not know about them or have forgotten to set them up. Let's increase speed and get more productive!Layouts - Saved!This Bullhorn tip is great for:Sourcing candidates.Candidate management.Client management.Job management.Keep on top of your 3Ts - tasks, time, targets!Watch my 1-minute Bullhorn tip - then go to Bullhorn and save some layouts. And note that you can create different layouts according to what type of recruitment you are doing - nice! Watch Our Bullhorn Tip to Save Your List LayoutsNeed 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 WEBINARSBullhorn TrainingWe deliver the best Recruitment and Bullhorn training through live webinars and our online training platform, Recruitment HIIT.Our recruitment training helps new and experienced recruiters qualify their jobs, speedily source and advertise, and improve their screening. It boosts CV to interview ratios, whilst giving great tips to prevent counter offers, and secure the placement and beyond.Plus, if you have Bullhorn, Analytics, Automation, SourceBreaker, LinkedIn, Calendly, Teams, Daxtra, Broadbean, idibu, Hinterview, Paiger, Adapt, we train on those too!TRY HIIT FREE HERE
Productivity Webinar Series: Speedy Sourcing Tips for Recruiters

Recruiters, let’s talk about working smarter, not harder.Did you know that 70-80% of candidates placed are already sitting in your Bullhorn CRM? Before you spend time, money, and energy sourcing from LinkedIn or job boards, start with the talent you already have at your fingertips.Let’s be honest – no one gets out of bed excited to write job adverts or sift through piles of irrelevant applications. So, why not skip the hassle and get straight to sourcing efficiently?Keep reading and watch our webinar recording below...The Power of Bullhorn: Find Hidden Gems FasterOur Productivity Webinar Serieshas already covered game-changing topics in business development, account management, sales, cost reduction, and time management. Now, it’s time to turbocharge your sourcing strategy.Here’s the truth: Winning more recruitment sales opportunities means nothing if you’re losing time and money on ineffective sourcing – or worse, failing to place at all.Watch Our Webinar for Supercharged Sourcing TipsSpeed: Learn how to source candidates from Bullhorn faster than from external platforms.Smart Searches: Master clever techniques to unearth hidden gems and those elusive “purple squirrels.”Efficiency in 2025: Thrive by sourcing smarter, quicker, and more cost-effectively.Thrive in 2025 - Source Quicker and Place Faster!Boost your productivity with this Bullhorn Sourcing video - plus go super-turbo and register for / watch our Automation ROI webinar and get some vital takeaways to help you source quicker and faster with automation.Watch at least 5 tips to help you source quicker and smarter with BullhornRecruitment 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