Your clients want speed. Your candidates expect quality. Kiku delivers both.

Kiku automates first-stage screening so your recruiters can handle more roles without the need for extra headcount. More placements per consultant means stronger margins and clients who keep coming back.

The agency challenge

Recruiting at volume is getting harder to do profitably.

Clients expect faster shortlists. Candidates expect a proper process. Recruiters are caught in the middle, spending hours on first-stage screening that adds cost without adding placement value.
The agencies growing margin aren't hiring more consultants. They're making each consultant more productive.
Candidate volume

High-volume roles generate hundreds of applicants. Manual screening doesn't scale.

A single role can attract 300 applicants in 48 hours. Screening them manually means your recruiters spend days reviewing candidates for one role, falling behind on everything else. Volume is only an advantage if you can process it.

Candidates you can screen in 24 hours

Manual
8
With Kiku
All your applicants screened instantly. A recruiter manages 8 in a day.
Client pressure

SLA expectations keep tightening. Slow shortlists cost you accounts.

Clients benchmark your speed against every other agency they use. A two-day shortlist that used to be acceptable is now a reason to go elsewhere. The agencies keeping clients long-term are the ones delivering first-stage results faster than anyone else.

Client satisfaction score by shortlist delivery time

Same day
88%
24 hrs
71%
48 hrs
44%
72+ hrs
21%
Recruiter capacity

Screening and admin eat the time your consultants should spend on placement.

The average recruiter in a high-volume agency spends over 60% of their week on work Kiku can handle automatically. First-stage screening runs without them. ATS records update the moment a candidate completes their interview. Your consultants get that time back for the conversations that actually close placements.

Average recruiter time allocation without automation

Screening
42%
ATS admin
23%
Clients
20%
Placement
15%
Screening and ATS admin (65% of recruiter time) automated by Kiku
Margin squeeze

Adding headcount to handle volume kills the margins you're trying to protect.

The reflex response to more volume is more people. But each new hire adds fixed cost before they generate revenue. For a team of 15 recruiters handling high-volume screening, the difference between hiring more staff and using Kiku runs to over €800K in annual cost. Same output. A fraction of the overhead.

Estimated annual cost to match Kiku's screening output, team of 15

Headcount
~€825K
Kiku
Fraction

What changes with Kiku

Three outcomes your consultants will feel from week one.
Speed
Shortlists in hours, not days.

Kiku screens every applicant automatically, the moment they apply. Your recruiters get a ranked shortlist with completed interviews attached, ready to act on.

No scheduling. No chasing. No delay.
Productivity
More placements per consultant.

When first-stage screening runs automatically, your consultants spend their time on the work that drives revenue. More roles handled per person means higher output without adding headcount.

Same team. Stronger margin.
Integration
Fits the workflow you already have.

Kiku connects to your ATS and pushes completed screening data back automatically. Your team keeps working the way they work. The AI handles the volume in the background.

No disruption. No retraining.
80%

reduction in time-to-shortlist

80%

Quicker screening means quicker shortlisting.

more roles handled per consultant

Consultants can take on more roles without sacrificing quality.

60%

of candidates screened outside working hours

60%

Candidates can complete screening 24/7. Not confined to 9–5.

96%

candidate satisfaction

96%

Candidates love being able to move through a process quickly.

81%

lower screening costs

81%

Automated screening reduces the time and cost spent on screening.

80%

reduction in time-to-shortlist

80%

Quicker screening means quicker shortlisting.

more roles handled per consultant

Consultants can take on more roles without sacrificing quality.

60%

of candidates screened outside working hours

60%

Candidates can complete screening 24/7. Not confined to 9–5.

96%

candidate satisfaction

96%

Candidates love being able to move through a process quickly.

81%

lower screening costs

81%

Automated screening reduces the time and cost spent on screening.

Ready to recruit smarter?

Let us show you how AI can relieve your everyday and free up your time.