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Why Recruiters Lose Half Their Week to Admin

You didn't get into recruiting to update records. Yet that's where the week goes.

Most recruiters lose the majority of their week to work that never closes a deal: sourcing, copying notes between systems, scheduling, chasing follow-ups, and admin. The actual revenue-producing work, real conversations, is a small slice buried under all of it. The fix is not working more hours. It is moving the repeatable, non-relationship work off your plate so the week is built around the conversations instead of squeezed between them.

Who this is for

Overloaded recruitersBoutique ownersAnyone drowning in admin

Why recruiters run with AISS

Where the recruiting week actually goes

What to take away

Frequently asked questions

Why is so much of recruiting admin?

Because the tools grew by adding steps, not removing them. Every system wants its own data entry, and it all lands on the recruiter. The work is repeatable, which is exactly why it can be offloaded.

What should a recruiter stop doing personally?

The repeatable, non-relationship work: bulk sourcing, scheduling, first-pass outreach, note-copying, and logging. Keep the conversations. Offload the rest.

Who built this

Lee Fossey, Founder of AISS
Lee Fossey
Founder, AISS · 30 years in executive search

Lee Fossey has spent nearly thirty years in executive search and talent acquisition, running business development, building desks, and billing at the top of the market. AISS is the system he built to run his own desk: the BD, sourcing, sequencing, and follow-up handled by an engine in his own voice, so his hours go to the conversations that actually close. He would rather show you the desk working than sell you on it.

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