Consultants back to placing, with the admin already done.
Consultants on the phone, not in the CRM. CVs parsed, calls logged and stalled candidates nudged, with every call about a person left to a consultant.
Ideal if your consultants spend more of the day in the CRM than on the phone, and the last migration is still a sore point.
- Every decision about a person, yours
- Screening prompts you can read
- Live beside Bullhorn or JobAdder
The job ads are back. The typing never left.
SEEK's June 2026 report has job ads at a three-year high and the applications per ad falling, so every role is a search rather than a sort. And the CRM your consultants work in was built to be filled in by hand: a CV re-typed before the first call, the same person three times over from Seek, LinkedIn and your own site, and a candidate sitting in Processing with nobody told. The tool meant to make placements is where the placing hours go. RIVER builds the layer that takes the typing, and leaves every call about a person to the consultant.
Your desk today
With RIVER
The same person applies through Seek, LinkedIn and your website, and becomes three records.
One record per person, with the duplicate found on arrival and a merge suggested for a consultant to confirm.
A consultant re-types the CV into the CRM before they can pick up the phone.
The CV parsed and the record created the moment it lands, from the job ad, the inbox or LinkedIn.
A candidate sits in Processing for three weeks and nobody notices until the client asks.
Time in stage on every candidate, and a nudge to the consultant when one stalls.
A stage move stays the consultant's call. The platform asks, it never moves anyone.
The shortlist is made in someone's head, and nobody could show how.
Matches ranked with the reasoning written down and the prompt visible, for a consultant to accept or overrule.
A temp's assignment ends on Friday, and the search for their next role starts on Monday.
Assignment-end alerts weeks out, with the next roles lined up from your Active pool.
Your consultants keep every decision about a person. The platform takes the admin.
What AI actually does here. Admin runs on its own. Decisions are recommended.
Intake, records and logging run automatically. Matching, stage moves, merges and outreach arrive as recommendations with their reasoning written down, for a consultant to accept or overrule.
Take the typing away first
The two drains every consultant names: getting a person into the system, and finding out they were already in it.
Intake · today
- Seek · Site Manager, Hamilton 3 applications parsed, records created4m ago
- Inbox · referral CV parsed, availability read: from 14 Oct22m ago
- LinkedIn · Payroll Lead applicant matched to existing record1h ago
- Website application parsed, Work Ready flag suggestedtoday
Then the matching and the pipeline
On clean records, the shortlist can be recommended with its reasoning shown, and the pipeline can tell you who has been sitting too long.
Who in the Active pool fits the Quantity Surveyor role at Kōwhai Build?
Four candidates fit. Ranked on QS experience, NZ site history and availability inside the client's start window. One needs a right-to-work check before submission.
Recommendation only. A consultant accepts or overrules, and both are logged with the prompt used.
And the record that keeps itself
Every conversation logged and every expiry watched, so a consultant's file is complete without them writing it up.
Record · T. Fonoti
- Call · 12 min summarised: keen on QS role, needs Thursday interview9m ago
- SMS interview confirmation drafted for consultant8m ago
- Email · client submission pack drafted, awaiting send1h ago
- WhatsApp logged: availability confirmedyesterday
You don't start from scratch. We tailor what's proven to your desk.
RIVER is over 100 prebuilt modules, tailored to your CRM and your pipeline in weeks - built to sit alongside Bullhorn, JobAdder and the job boards, not replace them.
Everything a client’s procurement review asks for is in our Trust Centre
- Admin runs on its own; every decision about a person arrives as a recommendation, logged with its reasoning.
- Sits alongside Bullhorn, JobAdder, Seek, Trade Me Jobs and LinkedIn - connected, never ripped out.
- NZ-hosted, aligned to the Privacy Act 2020 and the Unsolicited Electronic Messages Act 2007.
Start with one module. Prove it, then grow.
One outcome live in weeks - CV parsing into your CRM, or the time-in-stage nudge - then add the next when the consultants are asking for it.
The investment
One module live - CV parsing and intake into the CRM you run.
Or run it on the Retainer from $5,000 a month. If something isn’t delivered in a month, that month is free.
Every recruitment engagement includes
- A discovery that agrees your first win with the consultants who will use it
- A consultant's decision on every match, stage move, merge and message
- Every recommendation logged with its reasoning, and the screening prompts open to read
- NZ-hosted, aligned to the Privacy Act 2020 and the Unsolicited Electronic Messages Act 2007
- Connection to Bullhorn, JobAdder and the job boards you post to
- Your data, your IP, yours to keep
The questions people ask when they’re ready to move.
Parsing is the start, not the point. The CV lands as a record that has already been checked against every person you hold, matched to the open roles, and put in front of a consultant with the reasoning beside it.
- The duplicate is found on the way in, not months later.
- The match is a recommendation with its reasoning written down, and the prompt open to read.
- Bullhorn or JobAdder stays the system of record; nothing is written back until a consultant approves it.
No. It sits alongside the CRM you run, through its API. Your CRM stays the system of record; the platform reads from it and writes back only what a consultant approves.
- Bullhorn and JobAdder are the two we connect to first.
- Seek, Trade Me Jobs, LinkedIn and Indeed for posting once and collecting applications.
- If you do decide to move, we migrate the data with duplicate detection running on the way in, so the new CRM starts clean rather than inheriting the mess.
It can't screen anyone on its own, and you can read exactly what it was asked. Matching and screening produce a ranked recommendation with the reasoning written down; a consultant accepts or overrules it, and both are logged.
- The screening prompts are visible to you, so bias can be checked and changed rather than guessed at.
- A person's protected characteristics are never inputs to a match.
- The Privacy Commissioner's guidance on AI expects a human in the loop before acting on an AI output, and this is built to that standard.
Because it takes work off them rather than adding a screen. The first module is chosen with the consultants who will use it, and it runs inside the tools they already open - the CRM, the inbox, the phone.
- CVs parsed and records created without anyone typing.
- Calls and meetings summarised into the record, in-app SMS, email and WhatsApp logged automatically.
- The nudge arrives where they work, with the candidate's history attached.
Candidate data stays in Aotearoa, and every message is consented and logged. The platform runs in your cloud or NZ-hosted for you, aligned to the Privacy Act 2020 and the Unsolicited Electronic Messages Act 2007, and never trains a model on your candidates.
- Outreach carries consent and an unsubscribe, logged to the record.
- Visa and right-to-work expiry tracked, with the consultant alerted before the date.
- The Trust Centre carries the security detail a client's procurement review asks for.
Weeks, not quarters. The Starter module goes live in weeks including discovery, build and testing; a fuller rollout with a CRM connection and job-board posting takes a little longer.
Yes. The work is the same - intake, matching, a pipeline that stalls - and so is the fix. The connections change (your ATS and HRIS rather than an agency CRM) and the placement becomes an offer, but the human-in-the-loop rule and the modules carry straight across.
Easy to start. Fast to prove. Built to scale.
Tell us about your agency, and we’ll take it from there. Prefer to look first? Ask Moana, or take the free Readiness Check.
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Teams like yours, in their own words.
A decade of work, across health, sport, finance and the public good.
RIVER learnt our business inside out, and found growth we hadn't seen ourselves. That is what changed our ability to scale.
Jay HarrisonFounder, Edison Health · 2022We crunch through complex data to generate insights, and RIVER made it simple to work through, while keeping everyone aligned on our core value proposition.
Alex OsbornCTO, trev · 2024Our business runs on what RIVER built. They have been central to our technology and our growth, and it keeps driving results.
Mark BramwellDirector, Commercial Realty · 2024RIVER listens, understands what we actually need, and gives us our time back. That is what a good partnership looks like.
Tony NaiduDevelopment Manager, Auckland Badminton Association · 2025RIVER helped us validate our market and launch our platform, and they haven't stopped since. They've been with us every step.
Mike CollinsFounder, iMatch Sport · 2025RIVER has been a trusted partner from the start, and they exceeded what we expected. We're already seeing the difference their work is making.
Ellen LekkaProgramme Specialist, UNESCO & SVSG · 2025The team at RIVER has been an incredible partner from day one. Their ongoing support helped make our success possible.
Scott TownshendFounder, trev · 2022RIVER approached every detail with care. Every decision was made with consideration and purpose.
Daemon CoyleGM, Mental Health Foundation · 2021Our new brand is bold and effective, and customers love it. The website has driven a real increase in leads.
Marcus SinGM, Cleanly · 2020We have always been ambitious about what our site should do, and RIVER take on the hardest parts of it. They make it happen, no matter how complex.
Chris HartFounder, Real Groovy · 2021RIVER are responsive and always ready to adapt. We have never had to chase them, and their support has been critical as our needs changed.
Supriya Kulkarni-PadhyeM&E Coordinator, Oceania Football Confederation · 2020We love our new brand. It reflects who we are as a team and resonates with our customers. Thank you for bringing our vision to life.
Tracy BergeGM, Greentree Advisers · 2021