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Dead Lead Resurrection Engine for Staffing & Recruiting Agencies

Your best recruiting clients aren't new logos. They're the ones who went quiet.

Reclaim monitors what's changed at every cold client and prospect since they went dark — then writes a reactivation message timed to the exact moment their hiring needs just became real again.

Signal-matched reactivation. Not a "do you have any open roles?" blast.

Reclaim pulls your cold client and prospect list every day, selects the next company, researches what's changed since they went quiet, then generates a reactivation message built around something real happening at their business — not a calendar nudge from your ATS.

Upload — Drop in your cold list: contact name, company, last touchpoint, what roles or functions they were hiring for, and why the engagement paused — "hiring freeze," "went with another firm," or "went quiet" all work.

Research — Reclaim scans each company for the signals that flip a hiring freeze into a hiring surge: new funding, headcount expansion in their job postings, leadership hires in the functions you place, a new office or market expansion, or a product launch that creates immediate team-building needs.

Score — Each company is ranked by the strength of the hiring signal and how directly it maps to the roles you placed or pitched. The most ready-to-engage clients and prospects rise to the top.

Write — A ready-to-send reactivation message is generated for each contact, referencing the specific signal — not a generic "checking in on your hiring needs" but a message that lands because it's clearly about them, right now.

Deliver — A prioritized daily report lands in your inbox: which company to contact today, what changed, and the message to send them.

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Every placement fee in your cold list is revenue you've already earned the right to.

The BD cost on a reactivated client account is effectively zero.

Hiring needs don't disappear. They get postponed — then they come back urgent.

A company that froze hiring eight months ago didn't stop needing people. They stopped having permission to hire. That changes — and when it does, it changes fast. The team that reaches out the same week a funding round closes, a new division launches, or a VP of Sales gets hired is the team that gets the search. Not the one that sent a quarterly "staying in touch" email.

New Funding Round — Hiring freeze is over. They now have a headcount plan, a burn rate, and a board expecting to see it execute. The searches are getting scoped this week.

Senior Leadership Hire — A new VP, Director, or C-suite hire almost always triggers a team rebuild beneath them. That's multiple searches, and they're starting from scratch on agency relationships.

Market or Product Expansion — New vertical, new geography, new product line. They need a whole new function built out — fast. This is rarely a "let's post on LinkedIn and see what happens" situation.

Surge in Job Postings — They're hiring but struggling to fill roles internally. That's the exact moment a staffing or recruiting firm becomes the obvious solution — even for companies that said "we handle it in-house."

Prior Agency Underdelivered — They went with a competitor. The search dragged out, the placements didn't stick, or the communication went dark. Now they need a firm they can actually trust.

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The hiring need was always going to come back. The question is who they call first.

Reclaim makes sure that's you — every single time.

What lands in your inbox every day.

Not a "touches due" report from your ATS. A prioritized brief on which cold account just lit up with a real hiring signal — and exactly what to say to get back in front of them today.

Prioritized Account

One company from your cold list, fully researched and ranked by hiring signal strength, with a reactivation message ready to send today.

Company Signal Summary

A brief on exactly what changed — the specific event that makes reaching out now far more compelling than any quarterly touch-base you've been scheduling.

Ready-to-Send Message

A reactivation message built around the trigger — not "hope you're well, do you have any open roles?" but "saw you just closed your Series B and brought on a new VP of Sales — typically that's when the team build-out starts moving fast."

Google Sheets Status Log

Every account tracked with signal type, last contact date, reactivation status, and outcome. Your dormant client pipeline manages itself in the background while your team focuses on active searches.

Your next search assignment is already in your ATS. You just haven't sent the right message yet.

A single retained search runs $20,000–$50,000. A contingency placement at a reactivated account can close in weeks. The relationship already exists — they know your firm, your process, and your results. You're not cold outreach. You're a known quantity reaching out at exactly the right moment. That's the easiest search assignment you'll ever win.

Runs every day — upload your list once, get a prioritized account to reach out to every day.

No contracts. Cancel before your next billing cycle and you won't be charged again.

$397/mo for any staffing or recruiting firm with a client history, an ATS, or a list of accounts that went cold.

FAQs

How is this different from the BD touch sequences in my ATS?

ATS sequences fire based on time — "30 days since last contact, send a check-in." Reclaim fires based on what's actually happening at the company. A message that opens with "saw you just raised a Series B and hired a new VP of Engineering — that usually kicks off a significant team build-out" lands in a completely different way than "hope you're doing well, wanted to check in on your hiring needs." The signal is what makes it work.

What information do I need to provide for each account?

A simple export from your ATS works — company name, contact, last activity date, what functions or roles you were working on together, and why the engagement paused. "Hiring freeze," "went with another firm," "never responded after the intro call" — all of it is useful context. We'll walk you through formatting during onboarding.

What if some of our dormant accounts are from several years ago?

Those are often worth the most. A company that went through a hiring freeze two years ago has almost certainly been through a funding event, a leadership change, or a significant growth phase since then. Older accounts mean more time for the situation to have changed — which means more signal to work with and a more compelling reason to reach back out.

Do I review the messages before they go out?

Yes, always. Nothing goes out without your review. Each day's report shows you the signal, the account context, and the suggested message. Most recruiting teams send with light edits or none at all — but you're in control of what goes out and when. You'll always know exactly why you're reaching out before you do.

Can I cancel anytime?

Yes. No contracts, no lock-in. Cancel before your next billing cycle and you won't be charged again.

The search is out there. You just haven't sent the email yet.

Every dormant account in your ATS is a company with hiring needs that haven't gone away — they've just been on hold. The freeze lifts. The round closes. The new VP starts and immediately starts building their team. Be the firm that shows up that week with a reason to talk. Not the one that checked in three months later.

See what your dead leads are still worth

You already paid to generate every lead in your CRM. The discovery calls, the proposals, the follow-up emails — that's real money spent acquiring people who were interested enough to talk to you. Most of them didn't say no forever. They said not yet. Fill out what you know below and we'll show you how much recoverable revenue is sitting in your ignored lead history.