There’s some good news for recruitment businesses going into 2027.
According to the latest figures from the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC), recruitment activity is forecast to grow by 3.1% in 2027, following growth of 4.4% in 2026.
After a few challenging years in recruitment, that’s certainly something to be positive about.
As recruitment is going to get busier, now is the time to make sure your technology is ready for it.
Don’t wait until you’re busy
When the market picks up, the last thing you want is your team spending more time fighting with your systems, from ATS to your website job board.
Take a look at your ATS and ask yourself:
Is it actually working as hard as it could be?
Are you still manually updating hundreds or thousands of records? Could repetitive tasks be automated? Is your website making it easy for candidates to find and apply for jobs? Are your jobs syncing properly between your ATS and your website?
These things might be manageable when business is quiet.
When you’re busy, they quickly become a headache.
Get your recruitment tech ready now
There are plenty of relatively simple improvements that can make a big difference.
Refresh your website or job board
Your website is often the first place candidates and clients interact with your business. A modern, easy-to-use job board connected directly to your ATS can keep jobs up to date automatically, provide better search and make applications much simpler.
If your ATS is full of old records, duplicates or inconsistent information, now is a good time to sort it out. We use our scripts to mass-update and cleanse thousands of records far more quickly than doing it manually.
Recruiters should be recruiting, not spending hours every week doing repetitive admin.
From updating CRM records and sending emails to connecting systems such as Calendly, MailChimp and Teams, automation can take care of recurring tasks in the background.
Be ready for the growth
Nobody knows exactly what 2027 will bring, but the signs are encouraging.
If recruitment does get busier, the businesses that have already invested in their technology will be in a much better position to take advantage of it.
Don’t wait until your recruiters are too busy to fix the things that are slowing them down.
Now is the time to look at your ATS, website, job board and processes and ask:
“What could we automate, improve or simply do better?”
That’s exactly what we do at Recruitment SAK.
From recruitment website design and job board development to CRM data cleansing and bespoke automation, we help recruitment companies get more from the technology they already have.
Get your tech ready for 2027.