Build a Recruiting CRM: Candidates, Pipelines, and Placements
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Custom CRM vs. off-the-shelf
A recruiting desk has two sides — a candidate pool and client roles — and candidates go cold when there's no pipeline per role and no reason to keep warm the people you nearly placed.
You adapt your business to their fixed fields and objects.
Built to your exact workflow — your pipeline, your stages, your fields.
Your records are locked inside their cloud.
Your data lives in your own per-app database — exportable anytime.
Per-seat pricing that grows with every new hire.
Flat — build it once, add your whole team, no per-seat tax.
Wait for their roadmap, or pay a consultant to customize it.
Ask the AI in plain language and it's done in minutes.
Painful migration the day you decide to leave.
Export the code to GitHub anytime — no lock-in.
Skip the $50k custom-CRM dev agency — the AI builds it.
Your CRM, your data
It's a real app that belongs to you — the code, the database, and the domain — not a rented seat in someone else's platform.
You own the code
Your CRM is a real app you can export to GitHub — not a config trapped inside someone else's platform.
Your own database
Records live in your app's own database, not pooled in a vendor's cloud with everyone else's.
Your own domain
Publish on your custom domain so it's your CRM, on your brand — not a subdomain of theirs.
No per-seat lock-in
Add your whole team without per-seat pricing, and leave anytime with your data intact.
Built around how recruiters really work
A recruiting CRM has two sides: candidates and clients. You're sourcing and nurturing candidates while managing the roles clients want filled, then moving people through submission, interview, and placement. Describe your desk and the AI builds a CRM around candidates, job pipelines, and placements instead of a single flat list.
Run a pipeline per open role sourced → screened → submitted → interview → offer → placed, so every job has clear status.
Keep candidates as a searchable pool tagged by skill, seniority, and availability — your database is the asset.
Track both sides client companies with their open roles, and candidates who can fill them.
Log every touchpoint so candidates you placed (or nearly placed) stay warm for the next role.
Record placement details (start date, fee, guarantee period) so you can see revenue and manage fall-offs.
Tag candidate source (referral, LinkedIn, inbound) to double down on the channels that actually place.
A real app, not a spreadsheet
Your CRM runs like software your team already knows — a clean dashboard with your records and your stages. This is an illustration; the AI shapes the real layout around how you work.
- Your data and your fields — nothing generic
- Live on the web, on any device
- Refine it by chatting — no config screens
Everything a CRM needs
The core building blocks, ready out of the box.
Pipeline
Deal stages you define, not a fixed funnel.
Contacts
Records and fields that match what you track.
Automations
Reminders and follow-ups fire on schedule.
Dashboards
Pipeline, revenue, and what's due at a glance.
Permissions
Roles and logins that fit your team.
Mobile
Runs in any browser, on any device.
Connects to your stack
Tell the AI which tools to wire in and it builds the integration — no waiting on a marketplace for a connector that doesn't exist.
How it works
Describe it, refine it, publish it. No schema design, no setup phase before you start.
Describe your workflow
Tell Kleap what you track — clients, pipelines, renewals, whatever your business runs on. Plain language, no schema design.
Kleap builds the CRM
The AI turns your description into a working CRM with the right records, stages, and fields for your industry.
Refine and publish
Keep chatting to adjust anything, then publish. Your CRM is a real app you can use and share.
Frequently asked questions
What is a recruiting CRM?
A recruiting CRM manages both sides of the desk — a searchable candidate pool and client roles — with a pipeline per job from sourced to placed. Kleap builds one around how you recruit.
How is it different from an ATS?
An ATS is fixed around job applications; a recruiting CRM built with Kleap models your candidate pool, client companies, pipelines, and placement fees exactly — and you own the data and code.
Can it track placements and fees?
Yes. It records placement details like start date, fee, and guarantee period so you can see revenue and manage fall-offs.
Can Kleap really build a CRM for recruiters?
Yes. Build a Recruiting CRM: Candidates, Pipelines, and Placements works by turning a plain-language description of how you operate into a working CRM — the contacts, pipeline stages, tasks, and reminders that fit recruiters, not a generic contact list.
How much does it cost to build a custom CRM?
A traditional custom-CRM build with a dev agency can cost tens of thousands of dollars. With Kleap you describe what you need and the AI builds it — free to start, so you skip the agency invoice.
Is it free to start?
Yes. You can describe your workflow, generate a working CRM, preview it live, and keep refining it in chat for free. Advanced options like a custom domain and the enterprise build service are paid.
Do I need to design a database or write code?
No. You describe what you track in your own words and Kleap builds the app. You refine it by chatting — no schema design, no spreadsheets, no code.
What if I want experts to build and run it for me?
That's Kleap Enterprise. Our team scopes, builds, and maintains the CRM for you with custom integrations, SSO, dedicated support, an SLA, and a custom plan. Use the enterprise form on this page to start.
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- Dedicated build team that scopes, ships, and iterates the CRM for you
- Custom integrations with the tools your team already runs on
- SSO, role-based access, and workspace governance for IT
- Priority support with an SLA and a named point of contact
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