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Streamline hiring with recruitment software

Attract and retain the best candidates in a competitive job market. Save time and effort with smart, cloud-based HR recruitment software for any size of business.
Sage HR and Sage People are driving recruitment and staff management for brands like:

What are the benefits of recruitment software?

End-to-end recruiting software streamlines candidate applications and tracking, CV reviews and interview scheduling, reducing time-to-hire.

Manage your recruitment pipeline

A recruitment pipeline can involve multiple candidates at different stages of evaluation, which can become confusing. Keep track of each candidate and coordinate assessments with a tool that handles interview planning and follow-ups.

You can improve recruiter productivity by 40% and boost new hire retention by 15%* with recruitment software.

*Statistics based on studies conducted by Aberdeen Group.

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Engage applicants with a career portal

Candidates need to easily find job listings and details about the role. Hiring software provides templates for a candidate portal, which hosts relevant information in one place while also linking to application forms and updates.

Satisfy candidates' curiosity and showcase your company’s culture and values using a careers portal - 56% of applicants* use these insights in deciding to apply.

Source: LinkedIn Global Talent Trends report

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Schedule interviews intuitively

Setting dates for interviews often involves inefficient back-and-forth messaging, wasting everyone's time. Use dynamic recruitment software to schedule interviews directly from the system and automatically sync with online calendars. This enhances the candidate experience, reducing no-shows and accelerating hiring.

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Score candidates objectively

Quickly assess suitability with our candidate matching and scoring tool. Analyse candidate characteristics fairly and consistently, with the freedom to adjust ranking criteria as needed.

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Recruiting software: key features

Sage recruitment software incorporates features that can help transform your hiring processes.

Applicant tracking

Track candidates through all hiring stages, with instant access to applicant information and communication tools.

Candidate scoring

Evaluate applicants based on predefined criteria, ranking by variables such as cultural fit or academic excellence.

Landing page designer

Make your business stand out and attract top talent with a unique landing page for specific campaigns.

Application form builder

Create bespoke application forms online, capturing all the information you need from your applicants.

Automated onboarding

Guide new hires through the necessary paperwork, training, and company orientation in their first few weeks.

Discover our HR recruitment software

Our HR recruitment software solutions are perfect for mid-sized and growing businesses. Start exploring our solutions today.

Sage HR

Flexible HR modules for small and mid-sized businesses.

For small to medium sized businesses that want a modular HR system that will simplify processes across the end-to-end employment journey.

  • Simplified end-to-end HR system that’s easy to administrate
  • Core HR and leave management with additional modules for performance, timesheets, shift scheduling, recruitment and expenses
  • Modular design, pricing and setup
  • Ready to go out of the box, no implementation required
  • Establish a single source of truth for all your employee data
  • Automate people processes to reduce admin and improve productivity
  • Easy to navigate employee self-serve for better employee experience
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Sage People

Flexible HR solution for global businesses with 500+ employees.

For medium sized businesses that want to manage global or multi-locational teams from a single, scalable cloud system.

  • Highly configurable HR and people solution managed by your HR team
  • Core HR, attendance and leave, performance and talent management, compensation management with additional recruitment module available
  • Built on Salesforce, an enterprise grade platform
  • Team of implementation experts to get maximum value, followed by a dedicated Customer Success Manager
  • Meet multi-national, multi-currency and multi-locational employee requirements
  • Advanced workflows and configurable reporting to meet specific business requirements
  • Customisable branding and content per business area for personalised employee self-serve

"We were able to onboard 100 people in 18 months without having to increase staff to handle it. Plus, onboarding was three to four times faster with Sage HR"

Valdas Simas
CEO, Reiz Tech

Sage People named by G2 as a leading solution for Applicant Tracking in the Winter 2025 report.

Sage recruitment platform FAQs

Hiring teams use a range of solutions to streamline the hiring process and develop staff, from application form builders and sourcing tools to application tracking, onboarding and talent management solutions.
 
Ideally, all these tools will be interconnected or hosted within a single platform to bring all of these capabilities together. This creates a powerful, integrated solution giving HR professionals online access to the full spectrum of recruitment tools/data at any time and from any location.

Recruitment automation software is designed to perform repetitive tasks such as CV screening, candidate communication, interview scheduling, and new hire onboarding. Automation greatly enhances the HR team's ability to rapidly assess candidate qualifications and prioritise top talent. 
 
By reducing the team’s manual workload, recruitment software allows staff to focus on strategic aspects, such as candidate engagement and cultural fit, making the hiring process faster, more accurate, and more cost-effective.

With Sage, what you pay will depend on which HR solution you opt for, as well as the number of employees in your operation and your specific business needs.
 
Sage HR is a modular HR solution that can adapt to fit the needs of small and medium sized businesses. You can add more modules as your needs evolve and bring all the HR tools into one platform.
 
The recruitment module within Sage HR costs £170/month, but that's on top of £4.60 per employee per month for Sage HR's minimum functionality (Core HR and Leave Management modules). 
 
The basic solution includes smart performance management features, as well as onboarding, expense management, time management, scheduling, attendance tracking, and more.
 
Sage People is ideal for mid-sized, global, or multi-locational organisations. It enables businesses to transform the way they attract, manage, engage, and retain people, wherever they are. Sage People is highly flexible and pricing is dependent on the number of employees, as well as the apps or features you choose. To discuss pricing options, please fill in our demo form and we'll be in touch via phone within 24 hours.
 
You can use our solution finder to figure out which product will be the best fit for you, or explore our support hub for answers to questions around our software and services.

In a nutshell, recruitment software helps you with the immediate process or sourcing candidates for current positions and onboarding them, while talent acquisition tools typically support more long-term, ongoing strategies around finding the right talent and expertise for your business.
 
Recruitment is an important part of talent acquisition, and many HR software solutions include capabilities to facilitate and fuel both your recruitment and talent acquisition processes.

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