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Technical SEO audit
Crawl, render, schema, Core Web Vitals, log file analysis. A full read of where the site is bleeding.
Service · Organic search & AI search
SEO designed for the way candidates and clients actually search.
Technical SEO, content strategy and AI search optimisation built for recruitment websites. Pay guides, role pages, sector content and structured data that ranks and converts.
What this is
SEO for recruiters, done properly.
Recruitment is one of the highest-intent search categories there is. 'Senior Java engineer salary London', 'best executive search firm', 'permanent jobs Manchester'. Real demand, every day.
Most recruitment sites capture none of it. Thin content, poor IA, broken job feeds, no schema. The site fights the algorithm instead of working with it.
We build SEO programmes for recruitment firms that earn rankings on commercial terms, attract candidates on role and pay queries, and show up in AI search results as the cited source.
Why founders bring this to us
The brief is usually the same.
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We rank for our brand and nothing else
Brand keywords don't grow you. We go after commercial, role and sector keywords with real intent.
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Content is thin and inconsistent
200-word blog posts every six weeks. We build a content engine that compounds.
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Job pages are duplicate and unindexed
Most ATS-driven job pages are SEO disasters. We rebuild them with proper schema, content and canonicals.
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We are invisible in AI search
Perplexity, ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews are the new front page. We optimise for citation, not just ranking.
What you get
Deliverables, not retainers in disguise.
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Keyword and intent mapping
A mapped strategy across commercial, sector, role, pay and location queries, with priority and effort scoring.
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Content production
Pay guides, role explainers, sector overviews, market maps, hiring playbooks. Two to six pieces a month.
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On-page SEO fixes
Title, meta, internal links, schema, content rewrites on existing pages. Quick wins shipped weekly.
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AI search optimisation
Structured data, factual content, citations and entity work to earn citations in AI search results.
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Monthly reporting
Rankings, traffic, conversions and AI mentions. Tied back to placements and briefs where possible.
How it runs
A clear sequence, no surprises.
Every engagement runs through the same studio process. You always know where we are, what is coming next, and what we need from you.
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Audit and strategy
Four weeks of deep audit work and strategy build. We don't ship until we understand the site.
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Foundations fixed
First 60 days: technical fixes, schema, on-page rewrites and IA improvements.
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Content engine on
Month three onwards: a steady content cadence focused on the highest-value clusters.
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Compound
Six months in, traffic and rankings start to compound. Twelve months in, you have a defensible organic channel.
"Recruitment is search-led whether you invest in it or not. The only question is who captures the demand."
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What good looks like
The outcomes we design for.
- Top-three rankings on commercial keywords in your sectors
- Compounding organic traffic from pay and role queries
- Citations in AI search and answer engines
- Cleaner technical foundations and Core Web Vitals
- A clear link from organic traffic to briefs and placements
Next step
Speak to our team.
Every engagement starts with a 20-minute call. We map the brief, the timeline and the right team, then come back with a clear proposal.
Book a callQuestions on seo for recruiters
The honest answers.
How long until we see results?+
Technical and on-page wins land in the first 60 days. Real traffic growth from content takes four to six months. SEO is compounding, not instant.
Do you write the content yourself?+
Yes. Our writers know recruitment. We don't outsource to generic content farms or pure AI-generated content.
What about job board pages?+
We rebuild the job page template properly, with schema, content, internal linking and indexability controls. It is one of the biggest wins on most sites.
Does AI search really matter?+
Yes. AI Overviews already affect 20 to 40 percent of recruitment-adjacent queries in 2026. Being cited matters as much as ranking.
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Ready to ship seo for recruiters that actually moves the brand?
Tell us about the firm. We will come back with a clear plan, timeline and proposal within 24 hours.