Recruiting / Staffing · $500K-$2M
How a Recruiting Firm Automated Its Entire Job-Board to CRM Pipeline
Indeed and LinkedIn scrapers, Google Maps enrichment, Zoho sync, and an inbox with Claude-scored sentiment analysis.
The problem
A recruiting firm was manually pulling job postings, hand-entering them into Zoho, and relying on an overwhelmed inbox to decide which candidates to follow up with. Leads were slipping through the cracks daily.
The stack
n8n orchestrating everything. Custom Indeed + LinkedIn scrapers with rotating proxies. Google Maps for firmographic enrichment. Zoho as the CRM. Claude for sentiment analysis on inbound replies. SmartLead for outbound.
The architecture
The decision that saved this build was using Claude for sentiment analysis instead of a cheaper classification model. The founder cared less about "positive vs. negative" and more about "should I reply to this now, this week, or never." That nuance costs almost nothing at Claude Haiku prices and is the difference between a useful inbox and a noisy one.
The result
Every relevant Indeed/LinkedIn posting captured automatically. Candidates enriched with firmographic data before the first touch. Inbox triaged by reply urgency. Founder went from 90 minutes a day in the inbox to 15.
The cost math
Build cost: Medium-to-Heavy tier. Monthly run cost: under $200 including scraper proxies and Claude API usage. Saves: around 10 hours/week of manual data entry and inbox triage.