Rekbot: Built in the Customer’s Lab to Solve Recruitment’s Silent Revenue Leak
Since launching the prototype, I’ve had the privilege of sitting down with recruitment founders, talent acquisition leaders, and individual recruiters—people at every layer of the recruitment machine. One thing has become abundantly clear:
There’s a widening gap between experience and execution.
I’ve spoken to recruiters billing £150K+ annually… who still skip the fundamentals. I’ve seen new hires thrown into the deep end, handed logins, a LinkedIn license, and told to “go figure it out.” I’ve walked through agencies where the training program is a Google Doc last updated in 2019—and the best recruiter in the room is the only source of learning.
The result?
The Silent Revenue Leak That’s Killing Your Bottom Line
This oversight has become cultural in some businesses—and it’s contagious. When bad habits aren’t corrected early, they get passed down to new hires. It’s like a virus in the culture. You can hire the best talent, but if they walk into a room where speed trumps process, where automation replaces skill, and where KPIs are driven by panic rather than planning, you will leak revenue without realizing it.
And here’s the kicker:
- Recruiters skipping the basics aren’t just underperforming— they’re setting the tone for the next generation in your agency.
- Time-to-fill increases, cost-per-hire balloons, and ROI per desk tanks.
- The AI tools you’ve bought to “fix” things? They automate inefficiency. You’re scaling bad habits faster.
A Harvard Business Review study found that companies with poor onboarding lose up to 17% of new hires within the first 3 months. And research from Brandon Hall Group shows that effective onboarding improves new hire retention by 82% and productivity by over 70%.
The Myth of the AI Silver Bullet
Too many recruitment leaders are hunting silver bullets—tools that promise automation, lead gen, interview scheduling, screening, sourcing.
But if your recruiters don’t know:
- How to qualify a candidate properly…
- How to build and manage hot lists…
- How to run a BD call that uncovers real pain…
- How to pipeline for 6 months, not 6 days…
…then what are you automating?
Rekbot was built in the lab of the customer—literally.
Every iteration of the product has been informed by conversations with recruitment teams facing these exact challenges. We didn’t build in isolation—we built with you, based on what hurts the most.
What We're Fixing (With Hard Numbers Behind It)
🔹 AI in recruitment can reduce hiring costs by up to 60% – but only when paired with skilled human execution. (Peoplebox.ai)
🔹 Companies with structured training see 218% higher income per employee than those without it. (ATD Research)
🔹 Poor recruitment processes lead to an average 3% drop in profitability. (CVViz)
🔹 The cost of a bad hire at mid-level is often 30% of their annual salary – and nearly always traced back to weak qualification, poor onboarding, or rushed processes. (Recruiter.com)
What Rekbot Delivers
- Mastery of Fundamentals: Because being brilliant at the basics is the foundation of the £200k club.
- Structured, Repeatable Onboarding: No more “figure it out” culture. Everyone learns the right way, from Day 1.
- Live Practice Scenarios: Recruiters rehearse real calls with AI-powered simulations and get immediate feedback.
- Manager Dashboards: You’ll see who’s coachable, who’s coasting, and where to step in before it costs you deals.
🚨 If You’re Running Before You Walk, You’re Running Toward a Wall
In business—and in recruitment especially—scaling chaos is the fastest path to irrelevance.
Rekbot isn’t just a training platform. It’s a revenue protection engine. A culture reset button. A skills laboratory designed to help recruitment businesses grow their EBITDA, reduce waste, and finally close the execution gap.
📩 Want to see what Rekbot could look like inside your business? Drop us a message. We’ll show you where you’re leaking revenue—and how to plug the gap.
