Free checklist for UK recruitment agencies

Win back recruitment admin hours without losing the personal follow-up

Small recruitment agencies compete on speed, clarity and relationship quality. The difficulty is that every application, interview, vacancy update and placement creates another manual message for a consultant to remember.

When follow-up relies on memory, good candidates wait too long, clients chase for updates, and contractor admin lands in the middle of fee-earning work.

This free checklist gives you a practical way to decide which recruitment touchpoints should be templated, triggered or reviewed by a person. It opens directly, with no details required. The form is only if you want to request a conversation about your workflow.

What is inside

  • Candidate acknowledgement steps for new applications, CV submissions and shortlist updates
  • Interview confirmation and post-interview follow-up rules linked to ATS status changes
  • Offer, rejection and client vacancy update prompts that reduce manual chasing
  • Post-placement check-ins, contractor timesheet reminders and renewal alerts

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When you're ready to fix it

The Operations Blueprint for recruitment agencies

More placements without another hire. We measure the recruiter time tied up in sourcing, screening and submittal preparation, then map what to fix first.

  • Fixed £500 fee, paid before the session
  • Written Blueprint within 3 working days of the session
  • Desk-research starting point: around 50 hours a month to investigate, not a statistical result
  • Your estimates are based on your own team and workflows, not a fixed promise
  • If you start a Cortel retainer within 14 calendar days of the written Operations Blueprint being delivered, the £500 Blueprint fee is credited against your first retainer invoice.
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