Bullhorn or custom CRM? The honest answer for boutique recruitment firms
The comparison nobody publishes because everyone is selling one side of it. When Bullhorn (or Vincere, or JobAdder) is the right answer, when custom on Microsoft 365 is, the actual 5-year cost math both ways, and the lock-in question every owner should ask before signing.
Read the post →EU Pay Transparency Directive: what recruitment firms must do before 7 June 2026
The directive transposes in 14 days. As of late April 2026, no Member State has fully completed transposition. Here's what changes for boutique recruitment agencies in DE, AT, CH, HR and SI — and the five mistakes I'm seeing firms make. Practical 14-day compliance checklist included.
Read the post →5 signs your recruitment firm has outgrown spreadsheets
Most boutique agencies wait too long to migrate off spreadsheets and email. The cost doesn't show up as a line item — it shows up as placements you never knew you missed. Five honest, sourced signs your firm has crossed the threshold, plus when staying with spreadsheets is still the right answer.
Read the post →The €1.2M in your archive — what 20,000 unsearched CVs are actually worth
For a ten-desk firm with a ten-year archive, the conservative math comes out to €1.2 million in re-placeable candidate value sitting in folders nobody can search. The math shown, the caveats spelled out, and the cases where archive reactivation fails entirely.
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