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Let’s be honest—placing top talent isn’t just about sourcing and sending CVs. It’s about building smart, fast, and proactive processes to manage both your candidates and your clients. And if you’re using Bullhorn, you already have the tools—you just need to use them!
Part 4 of our "Optimise Bullhorn" webinar series is for busy recruiters who need to protect and drive their placement processes. Leaving it to candidates and clients is not a great strategy!
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Bullhorn Tips to Drive Placement Success
Recruitment is fast-moving, competitive, and let’s face it, a little chaotic at times. If you’re not managing your placement processes effectively, you’re likely either making life hard for yourself or losing out. The data from Bullhorn / CIPD / LinkedIn tells us:
📉 57% of candidates say they lose interest when communication drops off. That’s over half your shortlist potentially ghosting you.
⏳ The best candidates are off the market in just 10 days—meaning delayed client feedback or disjointed processes can kill your placement before it even starts.
💼 80% of placements come from just 20% of your Bullhorn database—so if you’re only looking outward and not reactivating past candidates, you’re leaving money on the table.
🎯80% of candidates expect to be placed in less than 20 days.
🧠 60% of clients say they want better communication from their recruiter. Not more CVs—more value.
💑 Only 29% of customers are fully engaged.
All of these stats have one thing in common: you need to take control of your process, and not assume that the candidate / client has your (or even their) best interest at heart!
And that starts with better Bullhorn usage.
🧠What You’ll Learn in the Webinar
Part 4 of our "Optimise Bullhorn" webinar series is packed with tips you can use immediately to manage your time, tasks, and targets.
✅ Smarter candidate engagement: How to set tasks and workflows that make follow-up a breeze (and stop candidates slipping through the cracks).
✅ Client comms that convert: Use Bullhorn to track touchpoints, get reminders, and maintain proactive communication that wins trust and repeat business.
✅ Automation that actually works: We'll talk about how automation can free you up to make more placements.
💪Stop Playing Catch-Up
If you and your team is spending too long on admin, or even too long placing, or struggling to manage candidate and client expectations and experience —this free Bullhorn Tips webinar is for you.
Your Bullhorn CRM should be your greatest time, task, and target management tool—not a dumping ground. Let’s "work it"!
Watch the "Place Faster and Easier with Bullhorn" Webinar Now
PS. Want to go even further? Check out our full "Optimise Bullhorn" webinar series.
🔍 Engage, nurture, place, and re-place. Watch the recording
💬 Source faster and easier. Watch the recording
📈 Sell faster and easier. Watch the recording
💡 Place faster and easier. Watch the recording
🎯 Easy BD. Watch the recording
💪 Easy Candidate Management Watch the Recording
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We help you weaponise your people, data, time, and tech, so you can recruit and sell!
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