Recruitment & Staffing Agency Software Development
A custom applicant tracking system and recruitment CRM for staffing and recruitment agencies: candidates, clients, jobs, placements, timesheets and portals, shaped around your desks and your compliance checks.
When the ATS does not fit how your agency works
Recruitment platforms are built for the average agency. Temporary staffing, healthcare or other regulated placements, international candidates and managed-service contracts all add steps that generic tools handle with workarounds: compliance documents tracked in spreadsheets, timesheets by email, and client updates typed by hand.
A custom system, or a custom layer around the ATS you already use, follows your actual placement process and connects to job boards, payroll and client systems.
What we build
Candidate database and CV parsing
Searchable candidates with skills, availability and documents, with CVs parsed from PDF and Word.
Client and job CRM
Clients, contacts, vacancies and pipelines by desk, with activity and follow-up tracking.
Compliance tracking
Right-to-work, certificates, references and expiry alerts per candidate and placement.
Timesheets and placements
Temp shifts, timesheet approval and data ready for payroll and invoicing.
Candidate and client portals
Candidates upload documents and see shifts; clients approve timesheets and review shortlists.
Integrations and AI
Job boards, email, calendar, payroll and AI screening summaries with human review.
What it costs
Recruitment systems are custom CRMs. DevGlim CRM projects start from $1,500, and a normally scoped CRM typically falls in the range of $1,500–$4,000. Portals, payroll integration and compliance workflows are quoted as phases.
What you always get
- You own the source code, the data and the accounts the system runs on.
- A written scope with a price and timeline per phase before work starts.
- Working software to review at every milestone, not one reveal at the end.
- Documentation, so another team could maintain the system later.
Frequently asked questions
Should a staffing agency build its own ATS?
Only when off-the-shelf tools force heavy workarounds, for example for temp shifts, compliance checks or client-specific processes. Otherwise configuring a product is cheaper. A custom layer around your existing ATS is often the middle ground.
How much does a custom recruitment CRM cost?
DevGlim CRM projects start from $1,500 and usually fall between $1,500–$4,000. Portals, payroll integration and compliance modules add to that.
Can it integrate with our current ATS such as Bullhorn?
Where the product offers an API, yes. We confirm what the API allows during scoping.
Can AI screen candidates?
AI can summarise CVs and flag likely matches, but hiring decisions should stay with your recruiters. We build it as an assistant with review, not an automatic filter.
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Pricing
Custom CRM development from $1,500
Typical investment: $1,500–$4,000
Final pricing depends on features, integrations, design complexity and project requirements. Complex projects are quoted based on scope.
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