Recruitment agencies must catch up and engage with existing and emerging technologies or risk giving employers the upper hand in the so called ‘War for Talent’, according to consultancy Bornto.

Director Colin Minto (pictured), who is joined by former REC managing director Gareth Osbourne, says: “Recruiters were quick to acknowledge the importance of recruitment software to streamline their operational processes and the efficiencies job boards and CV databases could bring to their candidate accrual activity. However, it is employers now who are embracing and implementing the latest innovations in integrated recruitment and employment technology.

"How many recruiters can claim they have in place a fully integrated end to end technology suite giving them a job board style corporate website, advert creation and approval mechanism, multi-posting functionality, CV parsing, databasing, matching and selection abilities and fully automated back end processes?”