Black Dragon Recruitment
Candidate search for specialist recruitment

Search done by software. Decisions made by people.

Black Dragon takes the slow, repetitive work out of finding specialist candidates. It searches, completes and screens profiles against the brief, then hands recruiters a ranked shortlist with the evidence attached.

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The problem

Most of a recruiter's day is admin.

Searching, copying, filling in gaps and reading profiles that don't fit. Black Dragon does that work in the background, so recruiters spend their time talking to the right people.

Without Black Dragon

  • Hours of manual searching for each role
  • Candidate lists built by hand in spreadsheets
  • Work histories and details tracked down one by one
  • Every profile read to judge the fit
  • Shortlists rebuilt from scratch for every role

With Black Dragon

  • One job description starts a full search
  • Every profile found is kept in a shared library
  • Missing details are filled in automatically
  • Each candidate is graded against the brief, with evidence
  • Recruiters review a ranked shortlist and decide
The market

Why specialist search needs a different approach.

Recruiters lose hours to manual work, employers struggle to find skilled people, and many of the best candidates aren't actively applying.

17.7 hrsof manual work per vacancy, on average, for UK hiring teamsSource: Totaljobs, What's slowing down your hiring? (2025)
73%of UK employers report difficulty finding the talent they needSource: ManpowerGroup, Global Talent Shortage (2026)
50%of employees worldwide are watching for or actively seeking a new jobSource: Gallup World Poll (2025)
20%of the working week saved by recruiters using generative AISource: LinkedIn, The Future of Recruiting (2025)
Black Dragon in numbers

A library that grows with every search.

52,000+candidate profiles in the Black Dragon library
100%of profiles found are kept for future searches
Everyshortlisted candidate comes with the evidence behind the match

Talk to us about your next search.

Tell us about the role and we'll show you how we'd approach it.