Topcalls for Recruiting Agencies: Efficient Candidate Outreach
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The short version
Recruiting is a phone business wearing a software costume. A req comes in, a hundred resumes land, and the placement goes to whoever calls the shortlist first, but a recruiter can only dial so many before the day is gone. Thousands of past candidates sit unworked in the ATS while good people go cold between stages. Topcalls runs the first-pass screens, books the interviews, and keeps candidates warm, so recruiters spend their hours on the people worth talking to.
What Topcalls does for recruiting agencies
- Runs first-pass screening calls that check availability, salary, location, and work authorization.
- Schedules and reschedules interviews straight into the hiring team's calendar.
- Makes confirmation and reminder calls the day before an interview.
- Handles post-interview feedback calls and follow-up nudges.
- Re-engages passive candidates and silver-medalists sitting in your ATS.
- Confirms reference-check availability and schedules the calls.
- Warm-transfers a strong or urgent candidate to a recruiter while they are engaged.
The problems this solves
- Recruiters lose hours dialing a shortlist instead of closing placements.
- The candidate who answers first often gets the offer, so speed loses to volume.
- Interview scheduling ping-pong drags days into a fill.
- Follow-ups slip and good candidates go cold or accept elsewhere.
- Thousands of past candidates sit unworked in the ATS.
- Screening quality drifts between recruiters and rushed calls.
What you get
- A transcript and recording of every screening call.
- Structured dispositions (qualified, not interested, callback, wrong fit) written to your ATS.
- The same screening questions asked the same way on every call.
- Interviews booked and confirmed without recruiter phone time.
- ATS or CRM sync so candidate status stays current.
- One $0.35/min all-inclusive bill, billed by the second, with no per-seat fees.
How it works
- 1Connect Topcalls to your ATS or CRM, or upload a candidate list.
- 2Set the screening questions and scheduling rules per role.
- 3Set calling hours and what should transfer to a recruiter.
- 4Topcalls screens and books at sub-500ms response latency, in the candidate's language when needed.
- 5Strong or urgent candidates warm-transfer to a recruiter in real time.
- 6Review qualified candidates, transcripts, and analytics synced to your ATS.
Frequently asked questions
Does the AI sound robotic?
No, Topcalls uses advanced voice models for natural, human-like conversations and responds in real time at sub-500ms response latency.
Does it integrate with our ATS?
Yes. Topcalls syncs candidate status and structured dispositions back to your ATS or CRM, and books interviews into the hiring team's calendar.
Is candidate outreach compliant?
Yes, Topcalls has built-in support for TCPA, TSR, DNC, and GDPR, keeps a recording of every call, and lets you set calling hours per campaign.
What happens with a strong candidate?
A strong or time-sensitive candidate warm-transfers to a recruiter in real time, so you speak to the best people while they are still engaged.
How much does it cost?
One all-inclusive $0.35/min, billed by the second, covering the voice model, telephony, recording, and transcription, with no per-seat or setup fees.
Can it screen candidates in other languages?
Yes. Topcalls screens across 32 languages and switches to the candidate's language on the call.
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