A meticulous approach to your data, combined with the power of AI and automation, can elevate your business to unprecedented heights. Below, read insights from a conversation between Bullhorn experts Erik Mateev, Kat Lazzaro, and Tom Washington on building a clean database – and the tools you can lean on to keep it that way.

The unseen impact of dirty data

Data hygiene, at its core, is about ensuring your database contains information that is clean, accurately formatted, and complete. It’s about having all the right information exactly where your team needs it to succeed.

Why is this so crucial, especially now?

• Speed and efficiency: Incomplete records cripple your team’s ability to work with data. Searches become less effective, automations stumble, and even your analytics can produce skewed results.
• Trust and adoption: If your recruiters don’t trust the data, they’ll abandon your ATS and resort to external sources – often rediscovering information you already own, leading to wasted time and unnecessary costs.
• Enhanced business processes: Clean, complete profiles enrich your understanding of candidates, clients, and jobs. This improves everything from business development to the core recruitment process, making everyone’s life easier.

The recruitment market is undeniably tough. Our annual GRID Industry Trend Reports have revealed a steady decrease in revenue growth for agencies since 2022. Companies are cautious with hiring, and candidates prioritise job security. Yet, some agencies consistently outperform the market. 

What’s their secret? They’re focused on improving candidate experience, matching talent to jobs more effectively, and drastically reducing time-to-fill. They’re achieving this by upgrading their technology, particularly in automation and AI.

Automation: The engine of clean data

Poor workflows and manual data entry are notorious culprits behind bad data. Recruiters, understandably, prioritise revenue-generating activities over admin tasks. This is where automation becomes your secret weapon.

Consider these game-changing automation use cases:

• Automated status updates: Instead of relying on individual recruiters to manually update candidate or sales contact statuses, build business rules within your automation platform. For instance, if a candidate hasn’t had a note or submission in a set timeframe, their status automatically shifts from ‘active’ to ‘passive.’ This removes subjectivity and ensures consistent data.
• Consolidating candidate skills: Recruiters often input variations of the same skill (e.g., “Java,” “J2EE,” “Javascript”). Automation can standardise these, consolidating them under a singular, uniform skill. This makes searching for talent significantly easier and more accurate.
• Self-service data hygiene: A significant portion of your ATS candidates might be “dead” – their information is outdated, rendering them effectively unreachable. You can leverage automation to build lists of these dormant candidates (e.g., last note date over 24 months ago, no submissions, never placed). Then, launch an automated engagement campaign, sending surveys that prompt candidates to update their resumes or missing contact details. This maximises your existing investment in candidate acquisition and reactivates valuable talent. Traditionally, uncontactable candidates were archived, but with AI, that’s no longer the only option.

AI: Beyond automation – enriching and optimising

While automation handles the “how,” AI takes on the “what,” “where,” and “why.” Recruitment AI tools are capable of going beyond simple rule-based actions to intelligent data enrichment and optimised matching.

Here are a few powerful ways AI is transforming data hygiene and recruitment:

• Enriching candidate and job data: Many ATS records are missing critical information (e.g., candidate email, phone number, current employer, or job salary, start date). This data often exists elsewhere in your system, like in a candidate’s CV, but isn’t parsed into the correct fields. An enrichment agent can automatically extract this information from places like the CV and populate the right fields. This instantly makes previously uncontactable candidates reachable, dramatically improving searchability and recruiter engagement. Think of it in two phases. Phase one cleans up what you already have, and phase two then leverages automation for re-engagement campaigns, asking candidates for fresh details directly.
• Creating intelligent candidate summaries: Recruiters spend precious seconds (four to seven, on average!) scanning CVs to assess fit. This approach risks missing great candidates or pursuing unsuitable ones. With AI, you can create a new data point: a concise candidate summary. This summary, generated by an AI enrichment agent, pulls key information from the CV and other relevant fields to provide a snapshot of a candidate’s strengths and ideal job types. This summary can be prominently displayed at the top of the candidate profile, accelerating candidate review and improving recruiter efficiency. It also provides a pre-built summary for client pitches, further streamlining workflows. This is scalable; the AI runs continuously in the background, summarising every new candidate.
• Optimizing search and match: The biggest blocker to internal database usage is often trust in the data. Search and match technology tackles this head-on by fostering a “database-first” mindset. Here’s how:
  • Intelligent search construction: Search and match takes key job information, expands it with synonyms, and builds a complex Boolean search.
  • Machine learning ranking: Results are then passed through a machine learning model trained on billions of data points. This model understands historical ideal candidate profiles for specific job types and ranks candidates based on actual outcome-specific data, not just keywords.
  • Convenience and efficiency: The top 10 recommended candidates are surfaced directly within the job record, providing instant insights. Recruiters can expand this search to see all matched candidates, ranked for their convenience. Crucially, if they do need to go to external sources for candidates, search and match technology replicates the search across integrated job boards and highlights candidates who already exist in your Bullhorn database, preventing duplication and wasted spend.

Your path to staying ahead of the curve

By embracing robust data hygiene practices, leveraging automation to streamline workflows, and deploying AI to enrich data and optimise matching, you’re not just solving existing challenges – you’re differentiating your business and staying ahead of the curve. It’s about empowering your recruiters, maximising your existing talent pool, and ensuring your business is ready to thrive in the future of recruitment.

To learn more and see these solutions in action, check out the full webinar.

This blog offers a snapshot of these key releases. For full details and expected dates, please visit the Bullhorn Product Release Portal in Bullhorn Hub and check the Bullhorn Release Calendar. 

Missed the product updates last month? Check out the May 2025 release highlights while you’re here.

Bullhorn Amplify enhancements

Bullhorn Amplify

• Support all fields for AI Assistant: We’ve significantly enhanced the AI Assistant by expanding the fields available for its use. You can now leverage almost every field in your AI Assistant workflow, moving far beyond our previous limited selection. This update includes support for commonly-requested fields such as comments, internal description (job), and custom fields, though confidential fields will continue to remain unavailable. To utilise these new fields, they will need to be added via the Admin Prompt Studio. This expanded capability empowers you to maximise the AI Assistant’s effectiveness and tailor it more precisely to your specific needs.

Bullhorn Automation enhancements

Bullhorn Automation

• Mass mail opt out ATS Sync:  If you have the Update Mass Mail Opt Out feature enabled and a record opts back into mailing in the ATS, that opt-in workflow now syncs back into Bullhorn Automation and updates the record’s subscription status to Mailable.

Updates to Bullhorn ATS & CRM

Bullhorn ATS

• Support for CareerBuilder job board: External Source now supports CareerBuilder. You can enter your credentials to include these job boards in your External Source searches. For customers using these job boards, this enhancement allows you to optimise your workflows by searching for CareerBuilder candidates alongside their other integrated job boards directly within Bullhorn.

Bullhorn Analytics product updates

Bullhorn Analytics

• Support for additional placement entity fields: Our Placement Entity Model in Analytics has been updated to the Generic Entity Model, significantly expanding its capabilities. This enhancement allows you to leverage 80 additional fields (up from 28) for Placement-related metrics, offering greater flexibility for filtering and creating custom metrics within Analytics. This upgrade not only will save you time by reducing your reliance on Support for specific data needs, but also unlocks new analytical possibilities previously unattainable.

Product updates for Bullhorn VMS Sync

Bullhorn VMS Sync

• Draft submittal records add/update ATS submission records: You can now manage your ATS Submission Records directly when saving a Draft Submittal. This action will either create a new ATS Submission or update an existing one associated with the draft. You can also utilise Submittal Status Mapping to assign a specific status to these ATS Submissions.

Updates to Bullhorn Onboarding solutions

Bullhorn Onboarding

Talent Platform

• Quick Search now supports home phone number lookup: You can now search for candidates in Talent Platform using full or partial home phone numbers. Searches should be entered as numbers only, excluding the “+” sign.  This enhancement makes it easier to quickly find the right profiles using the information you have on hand.

For a complete look at June product updates, please visit the full release notes.

What is Bullhorn Amplify?

Bullhorn Amplify is a new kind of AI solution built exclusively for recruitment firms. It automates sourcing, screening, and submissions—so your team can fill roles faster, hire smarter, and grow your business without increasing headcount. 

Built on Agentforce, Salesforce’s trusted AI infrastructure, Amplify for Recruitment Cloud is designed to be flexible, not one-size-fits-all. Rather than a rigid solution, Amplify delivers a configurable set of AI-powered recruitment agents that can be tailored to your workflows, roles, and verticals—all within your existing Salesforce environment.

Amplify for Recruitment Cloud delivers suites of agents, including relevant skills, actions, and topics purpose-built for four different recruitment sectors: 

• Professional
• Healthcare
• Light industrial
• Executive search

Each agent comes with built-in skills, sector-specific taxonomies, and can be further customised to reflect your agency’s unique processes and client needs.

Out-of-the-box AI skills, built for you

Whether your agency focuses on professional, executive search, healthcare, or light industrial recruitment services, Amplify delivers AI skills optimized for your specific workflows. Out of the box, you get:

• Matching: Instantly surface high-quality candidates 
• Screening: Score and shortlist top talent through automated conversational screening
• Outreach: Generate personalised outreach and nurture sequences at scale

These preconfigured skills are designed to work right away—but they’re also fully configurable to your firm’s needs.

In addition, many more skills are in development, including data enrichment, intake, scheduling, and submission.

Flexible by design. Scalable by choice.

Amplify is built to meet you where you are. You can start small—automating just a single task or role—or scale AI across your entire operation. Because these agents are deeply embedded in Salesforce, they operate seamlessly with your existing workflows and data, helping you maintain visibility and control.

Why Bullhorn Amplify?

With Amplify, you can:

• Deploy recruitment agents quickly with starter capabilities like matching and screening already built in
  
• Customise workflows to reflect your firm’s unique processes and sector-specific nuances
  
• Personalise outreach at scale by tailoring prompts and messaging to your tone, vertical, and client expectations
  
• Operate around the clock with AI agents that extend your team’s capacity 24/7
  
• Build on Agentforce, combining Salesforce’s trusted AI infrastructure with Bullhorn’s deep recruitment expertise

Start amplifying your team business

Bullhorn Amplify is here to help your recruiters focus on what they do best — building relationships, closing reqs, and driving results. Want to see it in action or learn how to get started?

Contact your account team to learn more.

Missed the product updates last month? Check out the April 2025 release highlights while you’re here.

Bullhorn AI agents and automation enhancements

Bullhorn AI agents and automation

AI Assistant

• AI Assistant on Contact record:  Bullhorn’s AI Assistant is on the Client Contact record. This new entry point to AI Assistant allows users to get the assistance they need while on the Contact record, rather than having to start from a Candidate or Job, helping save them time. Access to prompts on the Contact record is limited to clients with the full AI Assistant (not Starter).

Bullhorn Automation

• New hours interval in date-based automation: This update improves our customers’ ability to provide better interview and appointment reminders for applicants and internal users. 
• Match candidate step now includes default submission source: Customers can now better report on the AI Match activity from Automations that create submissions back into the ATS. 
• New auto-detecting steps out of order service: We now auto-disable Automations that were previously causing issues when steps were out of order, requiring development intervention. This results in better customer self-service and lower internal ticket volume for support and development.

Updates to Bullhorn ATS & CRM

Bullhorn ATS

• Appointment tracking for attendees: An appointment is now created and visible in the Activity tab for Candidates, Contacts, Leads and Opportunities when multiple Attendees are added to it. Previously the Appointment tracked only for the first Attendee listed.This supports visibility of the Appointment including for future operational analysis of sales and recruitment teams. 
• LinkedIn resume parse: CVs/Resumes can now be parsed from LinkedIn Easy Apply workflow and fill out relevant candidate data in Bullhorn. Candidate data will be created if record doesn’t exist in BH or fields will be updated if there is an existing record. This ensures there’s one source of truth.

Updates to Bullhorn Onboarding solutions

Bullhorn Onboarding

Onboarding365

• New configuration: candidate country customisation of residence selections: We have added a new configuration added to the General Settings tab in Onboarding365. This update allows client customisation of countries which may be selected as a country of residence by candidates. Additionally, clients can remove countries in which they do not conduct business to reduce onboarding friction.

Talent Platform

• Branding: Available now, customers can now choose whether to include their logo on the skills checklist. Logos are shown by default, but this flexibility supports vendor-neutral requirements from VMS providers.

For a complete look at May product updates, please visit the full release notes.

Missed the product updates last month? Check out the March 2025 release highlights while you’re here.

Bullhorn Automation (Global)

• Enhanced distance filtering for AI Matching: Available now, we have updated our Auto-Match & Semantic Match services to allow customers the ability to not only filter on max distance but also set a minimum distance. In addition, we have also added support for customers to ignore distance altogether by allowing them to disable the distance filter.
  • Greater flexibility: Recruiters can fine-tune match results by specifying both a minimum and maximum distance—or choose to ignore distance entirely.
  • Remote & relocation support: Ideal for roles like remote jobs or travel nursing where location is flexible or secondary

Updates to Bullhorn ATS & CRM

Bullhorn ATS

• LinkedIn job status update button:  Available now, we have introduced a LinkedIn Job Status button via action menu. Allows recruiters to manually check the LinkedIn Apply Connect sync status of any Job within Bullhorn ATS.
• Recent search selection should direct to criteria builder: Available now, when selecting a recent search from the Quick Search dropdown, you’ll be directed to the criteria builder instead of immediately launching the search. This change allows you to review and refine your search parameters before executing a saved search, giving you greater control and flexibility.

Bullhorn Analytics product updates

Bullhorn Analytics

• Credentialing metrics: A standard set of Candidate and Placement credentialing metrics have been included as standard for Analytics Enterprise clients who are using Credentialing within ATS. These metrics give clients visibility and allow reporting on essential information with credentials for candidates, including tracking of expiring and expired credentials.

Product updates for Bullhorn VMS Sync

Bullhorn VMS

• Position list export: Available now, the Position List search results can now be exported in JSON or CSV format.  The export is emailed to the requesting Admin Tools user. This is enabled for all users, allowing for large dataset analysis and decision-making.

Updates to Bullhorn Onboarding solutions

Bullhorn Onboarding

Onboarding365

• Confirmation step added for document replacement in Onboarding365 integration with eRecruit: Available now, when replacing a document in the Onboarding365 integration with eRecruit, users must check a confirmation checkbox before proceeding. The “Yes” button remains disabled until the checkbox is selected, ensuring intentional action. Additional guidance is provided for the document sync process. Customers not using eRecruit will see no changes to their document replacement experience.

Talent Platform

• I-9 dashboard: Available now, I-9 Dashboard 2.0 now features an Activity Range selector in the top-left corner, enabling users to filter data by a date range of up to 120 days. This improvement enhances performance, making it easier to quickly access relevant information.
• Tax form updates: We have updated six 2025 US Tax Forms. For the full list, please visit the Product Release Portal. 

For a complete look at April product updates, please visit the full release notes.

The LinkedIn Apply Connect integration will help streamline the application process and empower recruiters to work smarter, not harder. By bridging the gap between LinkedIn and the Bullhorn ATS, this integration delivers a seamless experience for both candidates and recruiters—reducing drop-off, boosting efficiency, and improving your bottom line.

A seamless candidate experience

Today’s talent are looking for simplicity and speed; according to Bullhorn’s most recent GRID Talent Trends Report, 80% of candidates expect to be placed in less than 20 days. With LinkedIn Apply Connect, job seekers can apply directly on LinkedIn via Easy Apply, with their application data automatically synced to the Bullhorn ATS in real time, eliminating friction in the application process. If your company is using LinkedIn Recruiter, your candidates receive automatic status notifications, ensuring transparency and keeping them informed throughout the hiring journey—boosting both satisfaction and trust in the recruitment process.

An easier recruiting workflow

For recruiters, this integration eliminates manual data entry, ensuring that every LinkedIn application is captured instantly in the Bullhorn ATS. With real-time job syncing, recruiters no longer need to manage job postings separately within LinkedIn. Any changes to job descriptions, status updates, or details in Bullhorn ATS are instantly reflected on LinkedIn, providing a single source of truth for all job postings.

A few benefits this integration brings for recruiters include:

• Instant application syncing – No more manually adding candidates from LinkedIn.
• Enhanced applicant insights* – View real-time LinkedIn profile data within Bullhorn ATS for better candidate evaluation.
• Improved efficiency – Less administrative work means recruiters can focus on high-value tasks like candidate engagement and client relationships.
• Automated candidate notifications* – Keep candidates informed automatically when their applications are viewed, resumes are downloaded, or decisions are made.

*Requires LinkedIn Recruiter license

A competitive advantage

In a recruitment landscape where every second counts, agencies leveraging Bullhorn’s LinkedIn Apply Connect integration gain a significant competitive edge. By reducing candidate drop-off, increasing recruiter efficiency, and offering an enhanced application experience, agencies using Bullhorn ATS will stand out from competitors still relying on fragmented, manual processes. Additionally, according to data from LinkedIn, Apply Connect attracts up to three times more qualified applicants compared to offsite applications.

Get started today

Bullhorn’s LinkedIn Apply Connect integration is now available for recruitment agencies on the Bullhorn Platform and ready to modernise their hiring processes. To enable the integration, talk to your Bullhorn Account Executive and ensure you have:

• A Bullhorn Front Office or Bullhorn ATS product
• A LinkedIn Agency Account with available job slots
• A LinkedIn company page
• A career portal website

Check out the video below to see the LinkedIn Apply Connect integration in action:

This integration—along with other enhancements like a new search experience, parsing updates, and AI-powered enhancements—is now available to all Bullhorn Front Office users. Stay tuned for further investments into the Bullhorn Platform to help you and your team work faster and smarter.

Want to take your recruitment strategy to the next level? Contact your Bullhorn representative today to activate LinkedIn Apply Connect.

It doesn’t have to be a daunting process that requires you to hire a Prompt Engineer or AI Wizard.

Bullhorn’s AI Assistant is designed to be incredibly easy to implement – it enhances rather than disrupts processes, helps consultants use the CRM effectively, and reduces admin time. Unlike traditional rec-tech tools, it’s incredibly low cost and therefore doesn’t come with the pressure of needing immediate majority user adoption. 

Ready to get started? Here are five ways you can start using AI in Bullhorn today:

1. Using Bullhorn AI Assistant to summarise profiles

From within the candidate entity, the AI Assistant can summarise candidate profiles quickly and effectively. Out of the box, this can be done as a quick list of bullet points, which is great for reminding yourself of someone’s key expertise or for including in a message.

If you need a more tailored approach, you can create a custom prompt to generate a concise one or two-paragraph summary. Could this speed up your processes for creating cover sheets for CV send outs? Could this help remind you of the experience you should highlight when on the phone with a potential hiring manager?

2. Using Bullhorn AI Assistant to suggest other job titles to include in a search

If you use SourceBreaker by Bullhorn, you might already be familiar with the AI-powered query builder. However, when starting a new search, you want the search to be as broad as possible while remaining relevant. Do you know every job title you should include in the search? How could you research alternative job titles that could be relevant?

Using the custom prompt builder in the AI Assistant (within the job entity), we can create a prompt that, with the click of a button, will suggest additional job titles to include. By creating a custom prompt with the perspective of an experienced recruiter who specialises in your industry, you can clear mental blocks and uncover alternative titles. This is especially helpful when exploring new markets or dealing with clients who use creative or unconventional job titles.

3. AI-anonymised candidate summaries

One of my favourite things about Bullhorn is its seamless integration with brilliant Marketplace partners. One example is HireAra (sitting in the candidate entity), a tool we use to elevate how we present candidates and call out key information for hiring managers to make their review efficient.

HireAra also allows you to create custom prompts that utilise the CV content, including anonymising details like company names, educational institutions, and other identifying information to quickly and reliably create specs. Not only does this help save time for our consultants, but it also promotes consistency and automatically saves the formatted CVs directly back into Bullhorn, streamlining the process (and reducing friction for consultants).

4. Writing rejection messages

Rejection messages are a critical yet often overlooked part of the recruitment process. Tailored, considerate rejection messages improve the candidate experience and ensure applicants aren’t left in the dark. A poor candidate experience doesn’t just affect the candidate; it often spreads through word of mouth, damaging your employer brand. Worse still, many candidates may also be your customers – risking not just reputational harm but potential sales as well.

Using Bullhorn AI Assistant in the candidate entity, you can generate thoughtful, relevant rejection messages that can be refined further with meeting notes, interview feedback, and call details. This approach makes the process faster, reduces the barrier to sending personalised feedback, and ensures candidates are treated respectfully.

5. Custom prompts – letting your creativity run wild

Custom prompts allow you to fully leverage Bullhorn AI Assistant in much the same way as ChatGPT, but within your CRM. This motivates consultants to stay in the system and helps ensure that data isn’t shared irresponsibly.

It also removes the need for outdated templates as more relevant ‘first drafts’ can be created in seconds. By utilising the rich data already in Bullhorn, you can enable consultants on the desk to create tailored AI-powered prompts on the go that address specific needs and workflows. 

Getting started

You might be thinking, “Our data isn’t good enough for this.” However, tools like Bullhorn AI Assistant provide an excellent incentive for consultants to take more ownership of data and help to improve data quality.

The best time to get started is now! Remember, AI should be used as a tool, and our recruiters should feel empowered by it. When recruiters see the tangible benefits of having better data, they’re far more motivated to keep the CRM updated and accurate.

Bullhorn AI Assistant makes it easy to start making a real impact on user experience and consultant productivity. Implementing AI doesn’t have to be complicated.

Imagine having all your resources—Bullhorn Launch training, product updates, support cases, and more—available in one easy-to-access place. The Bullhorn Hub is built to empower your self-service experience, putting everything you need right at your fingertips. 

What is the Bullhorn Hub?

The Bullhorn Hub is a centralised platform that streamlines access to resources, tools, and insights, empowering customers to maximise their productivity and optimise their Bullhorn experience. With the Bullhorn Hub, you can: 

• Discover the latest product updates and enhancements easily in the Product Release Portal, your go-to resource for staying informed.
• Visit Bullhorn Launch and learn at your own pace with on-demand learning designed to teach you in-demand skills. 
• Easily submit a support case and get the help you need, fast.

With the Hub’s advanced search capabilities, you can uncover what you need faster than ever before.

How can I access the Bullhorn Hub?

You can access the Bullhorn Hub using two methods:

1. Single Sign-On (SSO): Sign in through your Bullhorn ATS account.
2. Direct Login URL: Visit help.bullhorn.com.

Have a question? Follow these instructions to access the Bullhorn Hub today or check out our FAQ or How-to video! 

We can’t wait for you to see what is in store at the Bullhorn Hub!

Missed the product updates last month? Check out the February 2025 release highlights while you’re here.

Bullhorn automation and AI agents enhancements

Bullhorn AI agents and automation

AI Assistant

• Conversational AI Assistant: AI Assistant is now conversational! The existing workflow has been moved from within the AI Assistant card to a slide out experience. There is a new AI Assistant button on Job and Candidate records, and a dismissable warning when you leave or start a conversation over.

AI Search & Match

• AI Search & Match improvements: Customers can now take advantage of AI Search & Match improvements. Previously, search queries connected keywords with “OR,” generating broader results that included candidates matching any of the terms. With this update, our AI Build service has been enhanced to refine keyword usage, ensuring that keywords are now connected by “AND.” This improvement delivers more precise search results by only including candidates who match all specified keywords.

Bullhorn Automation

• Score writeback to Bullhorn Recruitment Cloud: Available now, Bullhorn Recruitment Cloud customers can configure the Bullhorn Automation Score to write back to a custom field on their Candidate records in Bullhorn Recruitment Cloud which allows them to better identify the most engaged Candidates in their ATS.

Updates to Bullhorn ATS & CRM

Bullhorn ATS

• Novo candidate list is now generally available: We’re excited to announce that the Novo Candidate List is now generally available, bringing enhanced search capabilities and a more intuitive experience to your candidate database. With this update, you can confidently and efficiently search for records without dealing with complex interfaces. Clients can upgrade by submitting a support ticket. Later this year we will begin automatically upgrading clients.

Bullhorn Analytics product updates

Bullhorn Analytics

• Metric editing: Available now, Enterprise Edition clients can now create new metrics based on Metric Types by navigating to Admin > Metrics > Edit Metrics, removing the need to always duplicate or inherit from an existing metric. Users can now control the aggregation options for existing and new metrics, selecting from options such as count, sum, min, average, etc. This update continues to allow our Analytics customers to make self-service changes in their environment without reliance on Support.

Product updates for Bullhorn VMS Sync

Bullhorn VMS

• Submittals attachment type filter: Available now, attachment type is now an alphabetised type ahead filter. This update lets users quickly find and assign a file type to an attachment.

Updates to Bullhorn Onboarding solutions

Bullhorn Onboarding

Onboarding365

• Tax form updates: We have updated 5 2025 US Tax Forms and 6 2025 Canadian TD1s. For the full list, please visit the Product Release Portal. 

Talent Platform

• Tax form updates: We have updated eleven 2025 US Tax Forms. For the full list, please visit the Product Release Portal. 
• E-Verify further action notice (FAN) process: We’ve streamlined the E-Verify Tentative Non-Confirmation (TNC) process by integrating the FAN workflow directly into Talent Platform. Recruiters can send the TNC FAN to candidates from the E-Verify details panel, eliminating the need for manual intervention outside Talent Platform. Candidates will receive a task in the candidate portal, allowing them to take action. The signed FAN will be accessible in workforce manager, ensuring clear audit tracking and compliance.
• Date formatting: Enhanced the workforce manager to support date formats based on customer location and user preferences, ensuring consistency in key areas of the platform. Users can now customise their date format through the Account settings in the upper right corner of the workforce manager. The system prioritises the user’s selected format first, followed by the default format for their location, providing a seamless and regionally appropriate experience.

For a complete look at March product updates, please visit the full release notes.

Lay the foundation with VMS job automation

Sync your VMS jobs to your ATS so that you can simply see the job come in and not waste any bandwidth on making sense of each VMS job, all while Bullhorn automates VMS jobs in the background. Bullhorn VMS Sync captures VMS jobs data and creates a job record in your ATS. VMS Sync then normalises the VMS data so it contextualises jobs across all VMSes, so everything looks the same regardless of which VMS the job is coming from. Have the information you need coming in where you expect it to be, with VMS Sync mapping VMS fields to ATS fields and applying business rules and routing logic your admin can set.

Source, screen, and qualify candidates with AI

Spend less time searching for qualified candidates and more time building relationships with the best ones with AI. AI agents automatically enrich each job, build the public job description, categorise the job by AI, and automatically add screening questions. Then, AI agents automatically build search queries and match candidates to the job using our machine learning models. From there, automation engages with and sends personalised messages to candidates. Then, those candidates are screened by an AI agent, and the ones who are the best fit for the role are invited to book time on a recruiter’s calendar.

The last mile: Submit candidates faster to your VMS

Bullhorn is committed to fully closing the ATS-VMS loop by deepening VMS Sync Submittals functionality. In addition to continuing to support new integrations for VMS candidate submissions and innovate on VMS Sync jobs, we’ve added three new features based on customer feedback to submit candidates faster. 

1. Enhanced submittal mapping

Get as close as possible to a 100% submission form completion to reduce manual work and reduce copy/paste from your ATS to VMS. We’ve greatly expanded this so an admin can map any ATS field on the company, job, or candidate to the client submission form, which is especially useful if you’ve done a lot of custom work to your ATS.

2. Auto-populate based on last submission

Reduce repetitive data entry, typos, and speed up the submission process when auto-populating based on last submission. When you’re in the ATS to submit a candidate, it’ll alert you that we’ve found a previous submission. You can choose to start from scratch or use the same exact data that you submitted a few days or hours ago.

3. Draft submissions

If you have an account manager who must review every submission before getting the candidate over the VMS, recruiters can quickly create a draft submission. This draft submission can then be slotted in a queue for the account manager to quickly review and then push off, ensuring you’re submitting your candidates correctly to increase the likelihood that your candidate submissions are accepted.

With AI agents and assistants amplifying your workforce, you can accelerate speed to market, boost recruiter efficiency, and strengthen strategic VMS relationships.

Watch our on-demand webinar to learn more about how VMS meets AI.