Key takeaways
- Growth has two sides: candidates through the Job Acquisition Machine and clients through the Client Acquisition System.
- Ask for numbers per trade and region: cost per candidate and lead volume, not reach and clicks.
- Leadstars works with a results guarantee on the agreed lead volume and a 7 day delivery guarantee.
- Ownership of ad accounts, data and creatives belongs with the client, also after the engagement ends.
The question staffing owners ask us most is not which agencies exist, but who they should hire. A top 10 list does not answer that. A list sorts by name recognition; you have to sort by whatever is capping your growth right now.
Growth has two levers, not one
A staffing agency grows along two lines: enough candidates and enough clients. Most firms buy candidate recruiting only, then hit the other wall a year later: people on the bench, not enough job orders. The reverse happens just as often. The agency that grows you starts by identifying which lever is stuck today, and schedules the other one in advance.
Four questions that expose the difference
- Can you show numbers in my trade and my market: cost per candidate and lead volume, not reach and clicks?
- How often do you optimize, and who does that work after signing?
- What do you expect from my team on follow-up, and within what response time?
- Who owns the ad accounts, the data and the creatives if we stop?
The fourth question is the sharpest one. If an agency talks around it, you are not buying growth, you are buying dependency.
Why follow-up is the bottleneck more often than volume
Campaigns rarely fail on lead volume. They fail on leads called two days late. Whoever calls within the first hours talks to someone who is not yet in conversation with three other agencies. An agency unwilling to discuss your follow-up process is optimizing a funnel whose exit it has never seen.
How Leadstars solves this for you
At Leadstars both levers sit in one system: the Job Acquisition Machine for candidate flow and the Client Acquisition System for client acquisition. See our client results and our services. The model is a monthly or annual retainer with an implementation fee at the start, with a results guarantee on the agreed lead volume and a 7 day delivery guarantee.
Want to know which lever is stuck in your business? Book a no obligation strategy call and we will walk through your current candidate flow and job orders together.
Frequently asked questions
Leadstars solves this for you
More candidates or more clients? We build your acquisition engine on a retainer with a guarantee on the agreed lead volume, and delivery within 7 days. Book a free strategy call and we'll show you exactly how.
