Employers and candidates want genuinely different things from the same website — serving only one undermines the whole business.
A single shared homepage forcing both employers and candidates through the same content serves neither well — clear, immediate paths for each let visitors self-select into the relevant experience within seconds.
Employers want evidence of sector expertise, placement success, and process reliability — content built around hiring confidence, not job-seeking encouragement.
Candidates want to see live, relevant roles and get a sense of how they'll be represented to employers — genuinely different priorities from what reassures an employer considering the agency.
A recruitment business depends on both sides simultaneously — a site that clearly favours one audience risks weakening the pipeline on the other, even if that wasn't the intent.
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