For recruitment and executive search firms in Europe

You pay for numbers. Half of them don't connect.

Your consultants live on the phone. Hiring managers, candidates, clients. But the mobiles you buy are often old, wrong, or not in service. Answrd checks every mobile before your team dials it, so their time goes on people who pick up.

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bd-hiring-managers.csvExample
Head of engineering, fintech+44 7 •• •• 52 19
Right person
HR director, manufacturer+49 1 •• •• 84 30
Wrong person
CFO, logistics group+33 6 •• •• 27 61
Personal mobile
Talent lead, retailer+31 6 •• •• 95 04
Not in service
3Xthe pickup rate, from the same list
~40%of bought numbers wouldn't connect, for one UK and EU recruitment team
~5%of mobile budget goes to numbers that aren't even in service

The problem

Recruiters pay twice for every bad number

First you pay the data provider. Then you pay in consultant time: dialing numbers that ring out, reach someone who left, or were never right.

Recruiters say it in their own words. The numbers are old. The numbers are wrong. A big share never connects at all.

Your consultants can't tell which is which until they dial.

"To get 110 contact numbers, we had to build a project of 1,100 on LinkedIn. We called all 110 numbers and circa 40% of them wouldn't connect."

A recruitment team in the UK and EU, about their data provider

Heard across Europe

It's the same story in every market

DACH

"For phone prospecting, the data quality was poor for us."

Managing director, recruitment firm, B2B DACH

DE, NL, UK

"A lot of the numbers are old or wrong."

Executive search agency

UK, EU

"Circa 40% of them wouldn't connect."

Recruitment team

Two consultants, one month

Same 1,000 BD calls. Three times the fees.

Two consultants each make 1,000 business development calls to hiring managers. Same list, same pitch, same skills. Every conversion rate below is the same for both. The only difference is the pickup rate.

Without Answrd
With Answrd
Calls
1,000
1,000
Pickup rateOnly difference
5%
15%
Conversations
50
150
Meeting rateSame
20%
20%
Meetings booked
10
30
Meeting to open roleSame
50%
50%
Roles won
5
15
Fee per placementSame
€30K
€30K
Pipeline
€150K
€450K
Fill rateSame
20%
20%
Placements
1
3
Fees
€30K
€90K

Example rates, the same for both consultants. Put in your own numbers with the pickup rate calculator.

Free bad-number audit

Don't take our word for it. Test your own list.

Send us 100 mobiles from the list your consultants are calling this week. We'll show you how many are dead, how many reach the wrong person and how many are private phones.

It costs nothing. You keep the results either way.

Test 100 numbers free
What other sales teams saw
Before6%
With Answrd17%
Engineering services team, Europe. Scale: 0% to 25% pickup

How it works

Keep your data provider. Check what it gives you.

1

Upload your numbers

A CSV export from whatever data provider you already use.

2

We check every one

Dead numbers come out. Wrong people get flagged. Personal mobiles get flagged.

3

Your reps call the ones that answer

The right person, on a line they actually pick up.

Where Answrd fits: numbers from your data provider go through Answrd verification, then into your dialer or CRM. Before, 1 in 20 calls picks up. After, 3 in 20.

Answrd is not a dialer and doesn't sell data. It works on the numbers you already have.

Questions recruiters ask

We already pay for a data provider. Why add Answrd?

Your provider finds numbers. It doesn't tell you which ones still work or reach the right person. Answrd works on top of the provider you have.

Does it work for candidate calls as well as BD?

Yes. A dead or wrong number wastes the same time whether you call a hiring manager or a candidate.

What happens to personal mobiles?

We flag them. We don't block them. For some calls a personal mobile is the line you want. Your team decides.

Do you sell data?

No. Answrd only checks the numbers you already have.

How fast do I get results?

A few days for the free test.

Will it work for my country?

If you target Europe, it will work for you.

Don't believe us. Try it.

Upload 100 mobiles from your current list. We'll show you how many are dead, how many reach the wrong person and how many are private phones.

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