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Should we hire at all?
Cost-per-hire, breakeven productivity, alternative-arrangement comparison (contract, agency, fractional).
/ Snap suite · SME Recruitment · Hiring · Free
RecruitSnap, Hire decision + cost-per-hire down.
RecruitSnap is the free UK decision-support app for owner-managed hiring. Decide on hire-or-don't, set the right pay band, surface the visa and IR35 implications, and model the real cost-per-hire, built for SME owners who hire 1-20 people a year without an in-house talent function.
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SME hiring decision-support
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Built by ATTOH Digital · UK SME-focused
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Built by ATTOH Digital · UK SME-focused
/ Free tool · Temp pay-bill margin
What is your real margin on this placement?
Enter the charge and pay rate. RecruitSnap adds the true employer on-costs, holiday, NIC and pension, so you see the margin that survives, not the gap on paper. Instant, in your browser, on 2025/26 rates.
Local estimate
Estimate only, not advice. On-costs on PAYE temps at 2025/26 rates: 12.07% holiday, 15% employer NIC above £96/wk (£5,000/yr secondary threshold), 3% pension on qualifying earnings above £120/wk. Excludes apprenticeship levy and any umbrella margin.
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/ What this app answers
Three questions, one app.
Every Snap is scoped to one operator decision. RecruitSnap answers three sub-questions that, together, give you the call you needed to make on sme recruitment · hiring this week.
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What is the right pay band?
Market rate, regional adjustment, the gap to qualified hire vs the gap to long retention.
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Visa, IR35, sponsor licence?
Skilled worker route fit, sponsor-licence requirement, IR35 if the role is contractor-shaped.
/ Who this is for
Built for the operators who actually have to decide.
SME owners and operations leads hiring 1-20 staff a year, without an in-house talent function, often advised by recruitment agencies whose interest is the placement fee, not the right decision.
/ How it works · 4 steps
From question to answer in under 10 minutes.
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Tell us about the role
Function, seniority, location, must-haves, current team.
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RecruitSnap runs the model
Market pay band, cost-per-hire, visa/IR35 fit, agency vs direct economics.
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Get the decision pack
Hire-or-don't recommendation, pay band, route (agency / direct / contract), risk flags.
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Implement or escalate
Inline job-spec template; agency-brief pack if you decide to engage an agency.
/ How it compares
Where Bullhorn runs the desk, RecruitSnap makes the call first.
Bullhorn is a paid recruitment ATS and CRM you license and run the desk on. RecruitSnap is the compliance and margin read before the placement.
Bullhorn
- A paid per-user ATS and CRM, no free trial
- Account, onboarding and the whole desk to set up
- IR35, AWR and margin sit in paid add-ons
RecruitSnap
- Free, no login, no account
- Built on right-to-work, AWR, IR35, NMW and pay-bill margin
- Sits in front and routes you to a human
Check whether a placement is legal and profitable free, before you license a recruitment platform. Decision-support, not a formal determination.
/ FAQ · before you ask
What people ask before they use RecruitSnap.
01 Will it stop me over-paying an agency? +
It will arm you. Agencies justify 15-25% fees; RecruitSnap helps you decide whether the agency premium is worth it for this specific role.
02 Does it cover sponsored-worker visas? +
Yes, Skilled Worker, Global Talent and the new High Potential routes are first-class tracks with sponsor-licence prep guidance.
03 Is the pay-band data current? +
Quarterly refreshed against ONS, sector reports and live recruiter data. Regional adjustment is built in.
04 Will it produce a job advert I can post? +
Yes, RecruitSnap pairs with HireForge for the full job-advert + interview-flow build.
Ready to ship your own Snap?
RecruitSnap is one of 22 free Snap apps. If your sector is not on the list, we will build one, scoped, shipped, supervised, in 4 to 8 weeks. Same engineering core, same source-freshness CI, your decision priced against the outcome it produces.