UK Recruitment Benchmarks 2026: Fees, Time-to-Fill & Conversion Rates

It’s important to know the recruitment benchmarks. Most recruiters don’t actually know how they’re performing. They’ve got a feel for it: …but ask them for actual numbers? It gets a bit… vague. And that’s where a lot of agencies get

Recruitment Revenue in 2026: How to Grow It Without Just “Working Harder”

Most recruiters don’t have a revenue problem…They have a strategy problem. When people talk about growing recruitment revenue, the default advice is always the same: “Do more BD”“Send more emails”“Make more calls” Which basically translates to, Do more stuff and

Recruitment Business Development in 2026: A Practical Strategy

Most recruitment business development strategies aren’t strategies at all… They’re a mix of hope, habit, and “I’ll send a few emails and see what happens”. That might have worked before. But in 2026? Not a chance. Clients are more selective.

Recruitment Process

Why Recruitment Process Should Come Before Technology

Thinking about getting new recruitment tech? Hold up. The secret to success isn’t always the latest shiny tech; start by looking at your process. Nail that first, and tech actually works for you. Why Process Comes First We see it

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Why Your Recruitment Emails Go to Spam (And 5 Fixes Recruiters Must Implement Today)

Let’s be honest… There is nothing more soul-destroying in this job than spending hours crafting the perfect business development sequence… Sourcing the data… Personalising the openers… Checking the LinkedIn profile to find that one nugget of gold… Hitting send… And

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How Recruitment Agencies Can Use Email Templates to Save Time

If you’re running a recruitment agency, you already know how much of your day is spent inside your inbox. From chasing feedback to following up with candidates and clients, writing email after email is just part of the job. But

Candidate Source

Job Board Discount: Candidate Source and Giig Hire Integration

Finding good candidates isn’t easy, and it definitely isn’t getting any cheaper. Between rising job board costs and low application rates, it’s never been more important to make every penny work harder. That’s why we’re buzzing to share this one.

How to Grow a Recruitment Agency Without Hiring More Staff

How to Grow a Recruitment Agency Without Hiring More Staff

The question is how to grow a recruitment agency; previously, there was one answer: “hire more consultants“. But times have changed. In today’s tech-enabled world, you can grow a recruitment agency without constantly expanding your team. In fact, many of

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New Features Added To Giig Hire Recruitment ATS/CRM in Q2–2025

At the start of the year I made a commitment that every quarter I would come back and update you on the changes we have made to the Giig platform and here I am.  Sometimes it’s easy to say you

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How to Build a Smooth Recruitment Workflow That Works

Let’s face it: recruitment can get messy. Between tracking applicants, managing client expectations, scheduling interviews, and juggling job boards, it’s easy for things to fall through the cracks. But it doesn’t have to be that way. With a well-oiled recruitment