What slows an assignment down at an agency
- A huge talent pool nobody can mine. Years of candidates you've met, impossible to find at the exact moment a client hands you an assignment.
- Prescreening over the phone. Every assignment means reaching dozens of people to check availability, pay expectations and willingness to relocate.
- Submissions to reformat. Every client submission means redoing the resume in the agency's format and adding a summary.
How the Bullhorn integration works
- You authorize the connection. A Bullhorn administrator grants access from Delectus during setup.
- Talent pool and assignments synced. Job postings, applications and resumes arrive in Delectus, read-only.
- From assignment to client submission. Talent pool search, prescreening by the agents, the interview and the submission all happen in Delectus.
Why agencies choose the Delectus Bullhorn integration
Bullhorn is widely used by recruitment agencies and staffing firms to manage candidates, clients and assignments. In this business, value comes down to how fast and how good the shortlist is. What takes the most time is still manual and repetitive: searching the database, reaching candidates, formatting submissions.
Delectus takes care of those steps. The synced talent pool is read by AI, every profile becomes searchable by skills and experience, and the prescreening agents reach out to candidates while your recruiters are in client meetings.
Mining your Bullhorn talent pool for every assignment
Every synced resume is turned into a structured profile with its roles, industries, skills and tenure. When an assignment comes in, you describe it, and Delectus ranks the profiles in your database with a match score and the reasons behind it. You can also query the talent pool in plain language, for example "financial controllers in manufacturing, 5 to 10 years of experience, Lyon area", then filter by experience, skill or location.
Past candidates who fit a new assignment are suggested without you having to think of them. Each profile's summary, its strengths and gaps for the role, and the AI chat you can ask questions let you judge quickly before reaching out to anyone.
Prescreening Bullhorn candidates by text and phone
For shortlisted candidates, the SMS prescreening agent introduces itself as an AI, asks for the candidate's consent and asks the assignment's questions: availability, pay expectations, relocation, or day rate for a contractor. It follows up when one answer contradicts another. The conversation can also happen on WhatsApp.
If there's no reply after two reminders, the voice prescreening agent calls. If the person still can't be reached, the recruiter is alerted. Candidates who are a fit book an interview in your real open slots, thanks to the calendar synced with Outlook and Teams. For an independent recruiter or a small team, these agents work as a prescreening assistant.
Interviews and client submissions ready to send
The interview takes place over video in Delectus, with a question kit built from the assignment, a live transcript and a report organized by topic. When the client asks what exactly the candidate said on a point, you find the passage instead of digging through your notes.
The candidate submission is then generated in the agency's branding, from the profile and the interview. The recruiter adds their own assessment, proofreads it, then sends it as an export or a share link the client opens without creating an account. Every submission keeps its versions, and can be anonymized if the client asks.
For IT consulting firms that use Bullhorn
An IT consulting firm faces the same constraints, with its consultants on top of candidates. Delectus finds the consultants and past candidates in the database who fit a client need, the SMS agent checks their availability and day rate, and the consultant profile is generated in the firm's format. Before the client meeting, the consultant can practice with a mock interview.
Rolling out the Bullhorn integration without disrupting your recruiters
The simplest approach is to start with one team or one type of assignment, for example finance searches or IT contracts. The recruiters involved work their new assignments in Delectus, while everyone else keeps working in Bullhorn as before, since nothing is changed there. After a few assignments, you know what talent pool search and agent prescreening change for the team, and you extend it to the rest of the agency.
What the Bullhorn sync doesn't change
The sync is read-only: Delectus reads job postings, applications and resumes without writing anything to Bullhorn or changing its data. Your CRM and sales pipeline stay in Bullhorn. Synced data is hosted in the European Union and is never used to train models.
Frequently asked questions
Does Delectus replace Bullhorn?
No. Delectus works alongside Bullhorn for talent pool search, candidate prescreening, interviews and client submissions. Bullhorn remains your tool for managing assignments and clients.
Does Delectus change data in Bullhorn?
No. The sync is read-only; nothing is written or changed in Bullhorn.
How do I connect Bullhorn to Delectus?
During setup, a Bullhorn administrator authorizes the connection from Delectus. Your talent pool, job postings and applications then sync automatically.
Can I send an anonymized submission to the client?
Yes. The candidate submission can be exported or shared by link without the candidate's name or contact details.
Does the Bullhorn integration work for an IT consulting firm?
Yes. Delectus finds the consultants and candidates who fit a client need, checks their availability and day rate, and generates the consultant profile in the firm's format.
