Recruitment teams are under constant pressure to hire faster, reduce costs and do more with the resources they already have.
For many businesses, that means looking for ways to reduce reliance on recruitment agencies while removing the manual admin that slows internal teams down.
Across Occy’s customer base, we’ve seen teams do exactly that.
From cutting external agency suppliers by 85% to freeing up 30% of recruiter time, Occy helps internal hiring teams build faster, more efficient recruitment processes — without losing the human side of hiring.
85% reduction in external agency suppliers
Whistl reduced its external agency suppliers by 85% within 12 months of moving more of its recruitment in-house.
£10,000 agency cost per HGV driver
Before changing its approach, Whistl was spending close to £10,000 per driver when recruiting through agencies
Faster time to hire across the board
Customers including Whistl and Trescal report significantly improved responsiveness and decreased time-to-hire after introducing Occy.
Different businesses. Different industries. Different recruitment challenges.
But the same underlying opportunity:
Reduce the work that slows recruiters down.
Build stronger internal candidate pipelines.
Respond to candidates faster.
Reduce unnecessary reliance on external agencies.
Give hiring teams more time to focus on people.
Occy brings these processes together in one ATS, helping internal recruitment teams automate repetitive tasks while maintaining control over their hiring process.
From £10,000 agency hires to an in-house recruitment engine
Whistl needed a more sustainable way to recruit its large network of HGV drivers.
Agency recruitment was expensive, with the business spending close to £10,000 per driver through agencies.
At the same time, its internal recruitment process was creating delays. Job adverts were being reviewed manually by hiring managers when time allowed, contributing to candidate drop-off and making it harder to move applicants through the process quickly.
Whistl decided to rethink how it recruited.
With Occy, the team was able to build a stronger candidate pipeline, advertise across multiple channels and respond to applicants faster.
The result?
Within 12 months, Whistl had cut its external agency suppliers by 85%.
The business now has a recruitment process designed to support its network of around 340 drivers, while reducing its reliance on expensive external recruitment.
Natalie Cain — Head of Recruitment, Whistl UK
Faster responses. Faster hiring.
For Trescal, one of the biggest challenges was a lack of candidate management and limited visibility across the recruitment process.
Occy helped the team expand its advertising reach, introduce structured screening and automate candidate communications.
The result was a more organised recruitment process — and faster responses to candidates.
Emilie Lopes — UK&I HR Business Partner, Trescal
When recruitment gets complicated, automation matters
Integrated Security Consultants had a recruitment process that was labour-intensive, time-consuming and difficult to manage.
Their challenge wasn’t simply attracting candidates. They needed to manage screening, forms, checks and other stages of the hiring process across a large and changing portfolio of requirements.
Occy’s automated workflows helped ISC streamline those processes and remove repetitive manual work.
The result was a faster, simpler hiring process. while saving money by removing the need to hire additional recruitment staff.
Agency fees aren’t the only cost of an inefficient recruitment process.
Consider the combined impact of:
Agency fees
Paying thousands for individual placements can quickly become expensive at scale.
Recruiter admin
Hours spent on repetitive tasks reduce the time available for candidate engagement and strategic recruitment.
Hiring delays
Slow processes can cause good candidates to drop out or accept another offer.
Additional headcount
When recruitment admin becomes unmanageable, businesses may need to add more resource simply to keep up.
Candidate drop-off
The longer candidates wait for responses, interviews or decisions, the greater the risk of losing them.
Occy is designed to tackle these inefficiencies at their source.
Whistl cut its external agency suppliers by 85%.
Trescal reduced its time-to-hire by becoming more responsive.
ISC streamlined a labour-intensive process without needing additional recruitment staff.
These aren’t theoretical benefits.
They’re examples of what internal recruitment teams have achieved with Occy.