An expert in recruitment technology has warned the staffing industry that it risks falling behind clients in the drive to harness the power of IT to reach candidates. Echoing a trend reported in Recruiter, 28 October, Raymond Pennie, commercial director of IT outsourcing specialists Kamanchi, as well as co-chair of the Association of Professional Staffing Companies’ Technology Forum, says that recruitment clients are investing in technology to build their own candidate databases.