https://useplacr.com/blog Guides, research, and product thinking for recruitment agencies. en-us Wed, 29 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://useplacr.com/blog/recruitment-business-development https://useplacr.com/blog/recruitment-business-development Clients are more selective and budgets are tighter, but agency BD has barely changed in a decade. Here's what still works, what stopped working, and the pipeline that most agencies are already sitting on. Guide The Placr team Wed, 29 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://useplacr.com/blog/recruitment-agency-terms-of-business https://useplacr.com/blog/recruitment-agency-terms-of-business Most agency terms are inherited from a template nobody has read in years. Here are the clauses that actually determine whether a placement fee is collectable, and where agencies most often give away margin. Guide The Placr team Wed, 15 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://useplacr.com/blog/recruitment-software-pricing https://useplacr.com/blog/recruitment-software-pricing Per-seat pricing is the smallest part of what you pay for an ATS. Here's how the major platforms price, the costs that appear after signature, and how to build a comparison that survives contact with a sales team. Guide The Placr team Wed, 01 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://useplacr.com/blog/ats-migration-guide https://useplacr.com/blog/ats-migration-guide Migration fear keeps more agencies on the wrong system than price ever has. Here's the sequence that works, the data decisions nobody warns you about, and the mistakes that cause the horror stories. Guide The Placr team Wed, 17 Jun 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://useplacr.com/blog/eu-ai-act-recruitment https://useplacr.com/blog/eu-ai-act-recruitment Recruitment AI is high-risk under the EU AI Act, and the headline August 2026 deadline has been deferred. Here's what is already binding, what changed, and what agencies should do regardless. Industry The Placr team Wed, 03 Jun 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://useplacr.com/blog/ai-written-cvs-screening https://useplacr.com/blog/ai-written-cvs-screening Application volume has roughly doubled while the signal in a CV has collapsed. The agencies handling this well have stopped trying to detect AI and changed what they evaluate instead. Industry The Placr team Wed, 20 May 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://useplacr.com/blog/ats-vs-recruitment-crm https://useplacr.com/blog/ats-vs-recruitment-crm In-house teams need an ATS. Agencies need both an ATS and a CRM — and running them as separate systems is why so much agency data goes stale. Here's how the two differ and what to look for. Guide The Placr team Wed, 06 May 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://useplacr.com/blog/recruitment-agency-kpis https://useplacr.com/blog/recruitment-agency-kpis Most agency dashboards track activity, not outcomes. Here are the eight metrics that predict billings, the benchmarks to measure against, and what each one tells you when it moves. Guide The Placr team Wed, 22 Apr 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://useplacr.com/blog/ai-agents-joining-recruitment-teams https://useplacr.com/blog/ai-agents-joining-recruitment-teams More than half of talent leaders plan to deploy autonomous AI agents in 2026. The shift is bigger than another tool — it changes what recruiters spend their day doing. Industry The Placr team Wed, 08 Apr 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://useplacr.com/blog/skills-based-hiring-for-agencies https://useplacr.com/blog/skills-based-hiring-for-agencies More employers now hire for skills over degrees. Here's what the shift means for sourcing, shortlisting, and the conversations you have with clients. Guide The Placr team Thu, 02 Apr 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://useplacr.com/blog/boolean-vs-semantic-search https://useplacr.com/blog/boolean-vs-semantic-search Boolean strings have been the default sourcing tool for decades. Semantic search is changing the game. Here's how they compare and when to use each. Guide The Placr team Wed, 18 Mar 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://useplacr.com/blog/why-candidates-abandon-applications https://useplacr.com/blog/why-candidates-abandon-applications Application drop-off is a solvable problem. Here are the specific friction points and what top agencies do to eliminate them. Guide The Placr team Sun, 15 Mar 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://useplacr.com/blog/why-clients-dont-use-portals https://useplacr.com/blog/why-clients-dont-use-portals Most client portals fail because they ask too much of the client. Here's how to design collaboration around zero-training, one-click behavior. Industry The Placr team Thu, 12 Mar 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://useplacr.com/blog/agency-tech-stack-2026 https://useplacr.com/blog/agency-tech-stack-2026 Most agencies run too many tools. Here's what you actually need, what you can consolidate, and where AI changes the equation. Industry The Placr team Tue, 10 Mar 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://useplacr.com/blog/reduce-time-to-fill https://useplacr.com/blog/reduce-time-to-fill Three operational changes that take the waiting out of a placement, without hiring more recruiters or working longer hours. Guide The Placr team Sun, 08 Mar 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://useplacr.com/blog/recruitment-strategies-that-work https://useplacr.com/blog/recruitment-strategies-that-work Practical sourcing, engagement, and process strategies for recruitment agencies operating in competitive talent markets. Guide The Placr team Fri, 06 Mar 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://useplacr.com/blog/recruitment-tech-2026 https://useplacr.com/blog/recruitment-tech-2026 How AI moved from a feature checkbox to the foundation of agency software, and what that changes for recruiters, clients, and candidates. Industry The Placr team Tue, 03 Mar 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://useplacr.com/blog/how-to-answer-tell-me-about-yourself https://useplacr.com/blog/how-to-answer-tell-me-about-yourself The most common interview question is also the most mishandled. Here's a clear framework for structuring a concise, relevant answer. Guide The Placr team Sun, 01 Mar 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://useplacr.com/blog/explainable-ai-matching https://useplacr.com/blog/explainable-ai-matching Inside the engineering decisions behind Placr's explainable AI scoring system and why transparency matters. Product The Placr team Wed, 25 Feb 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://useplacr.com/blog/ai-powered-sourcing-guide https://useplacr.com/blog/ai-powered-sourcing-guide A practical playbook for leveraging AI to find and engage top talent faster than traditional methods. Guide The Placr team Wed, 18 Feb 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://useplacr.com/blog/candidate-drop-off-study https://useplacr.com/blog/candidate-drop-off-study The friction points that drive candidate drop-off, and what a CV-first application flow changes. Industry The Placr team Tue, 10 Feb 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://useplacr.com/blog/introducing-client-portal https://useplacr.com/blog/introducing-client-portal A completely reimagined experience for hiring managers to review candidates and make decisions with one click. Product The Placr team Tue, 03 Feb 2026 09:00:00 GMT