Outbound for recruiting firms

The outbound agency that books clients who are hiring right now

Done-for-you outbound for recruiting and staffing firms, targeted on live job postings and hiring signals.

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From €3,300 a month, everything included. See pricing

Cold email and LinkedInEvery reply handledInterested leads called personallyMeetings booked into your calendar
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How we build your outbound engine, explained in 3 minutes

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The GTM stack we operate every day

ClayClay
ApolloApollo
lemlistlemlist
SmartleadSmartlead
InstantlyInstantly
HeyReachHeyReach
HubSpotHubSpot
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AttioAttio
RB2BRB2B
TrigifyTrigify
AirScaleAirScale
ClayClay
ApolloApollo
lemlistlemlist
SmartleadSmartlead
InstantlyInstantly
HeyReachHeyReach
HubSpotHubSpot
n8nn8n
AttioAttio
RB2BRB2B
TrigifyTrigify
AirScaleAirScale

An outbound agency for recruiting firms builds a client acquisition system around the strongest signal in B2B: live job postings. KNK Outbound targets companies actively hiring for the roles you place, reaches the hiring decision makers across email and LinkedIn, handles every reply and books the calls, so your recruiters only take the conversations.

Why most outbound fails

You sell hiring help.
So why pitch companies that aren't hiring?

Recruiting outbound fails when it ignores the one signal that matters. Open roles are public, timestamped buying intent, and most agencies still blast static lists.

Static lists in a live marketHiring need changes weekly, so last quarter's list pitches companies whose roles are already filled.
Racing every other agency inboundWaiting for companies to come to you means competing on terms against ten other firms.
Recruiters doing BDEvery hour your best biller spends prospecting is an hour not filling roles.
One channel, no persistenceA single cold call or email loses to the agency that shows up across email and LinkedIn for weeks.
The KNK system, live

From your market to your calendar

We work through your market, handle every reply, call everyone interested and book the conversations.

Your target marketLive
1,800

companies in progress

Covered14 %
Cold email
Sent today
452
Replies
14
ClaySmartleadInstantly
LinkedIn
Delivered
92
Conversations
9
LinkedInHeyReach
Ads & ContentLinkedInMeta

Warm up the same accounts

Reply handling
AAlpina SEInterested
Answered today
23
Done by KNK
Warm call
0:12
Reached
4
Within minutes
Your calendar+3

Only qualified conversations

Tue 10:00Nordtec AG
The done-for-you system

The client engine we run for recruiting firms

Job-posting signals in, retained clients out. We build, run and optimize the whole system, handle every reply and book the calls for you.

Offer brief
AngleHiring signal
ICPB2B, 50 to 500
HookPipeline gap

Strategy & ICP

Lead list264
Weber GmbHChecking
Nordtec AGFits
Alpina SEChecking

List building

ClayApollo
Valid emailOK
Role confirmedOK
LinkedIn profileOK

Data validation

ClayLinkedIn
N
HiringNew siteFunding

Buying signals

TrigifyRB2B
Offer brief
AngleHiring signal
ICPB2B, 50 to 500
HookPipeline gap

Strategy & ICP

Lead list264
Weber GmbHChecking
Nordtec AGFits
Alpina SEChecking

List building

ClayApollo
Valid emailOK
Role confirmedOK
LinkedIn profileOK

Data validation

ClayLinkedIn
N
HiringNew siteFunding

Buying signals

TrigifyRB2B
Your results timeline

What happens after onboarding

01
Week 1 & 2

Define & set up

We align on who to target, build your lists, write your messaging and set up domains and mailboxes. By the end of week two everything is live, with one shared dashboard so you see every send, reply and meeting.

ICP and target lists
Domains and mailboxes warmed
Messaging approved by you
Live shared dashboard
ToolsClaySmartlead
02
Week 3 & 4

Create & launch

Your first campaigns go live on cold email and LinkedIn. We handle every reply, call everyone who is interested and book the first meetings into your calendar. Ads and content run alongside where it makes sense, warming the same accounts.

Campaigns live on email and LinkedIn
Every reply handled by us
Interested leads called
First meetings booked
ToolsInstantlyHeyReachLinkedInMeta
03
Month 2

Amplify & convert

By now we know which angles get replies. We scale them, expand your lists and keep calling interested leads quickly, so more conversations turn into booked meetings.

Winning angles scaled
Expanded target lists
Fast follow-up on interest
Steady meeting flow
ToolsClayCalendlyRB2B
04
Month 3+

Learn & scale

Focus shifts from testing to repeatability. The plays that work become your documented playbook, volume grows behind them, and qualified meetings keep landing in your calendar without extra work on your side.

Documented outbound playbook
Quarterly growth roadmap
Replies and calls handled for you
Compounding meeting flow

Swipe through the weeks

1M+
cold emails sent
30+
outbound engines built
21
days to live campaigns
100%
done for you
Why teams pick KNK

The fastest path to predictable pipeline

Most teams weigh three options. Here is how the same goal plays out across each one.

Recommended

KNK Outbound

Done for you, live in weeks

  • Live campaigns in about 21 days
  • Clay, Smartlead, HeyReach and the rest included
  • We build, run and optimize the whole engine
  • Outbound, paid ads and content in one system
  • Transparent reporting, every send visible
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In-house SDR team

Slow and expensive to build

  • 3 to 6 months before the first real meetings
  • You buy and learn the whole tool stack
  • Hiring, ramping and managing is on you
  • Usually one channel at a time
  • Fixed payroll whether it performs or not

Typical agency

Hit or miss, little visibility

  • Generic sequences, blast and pray
  • Vanity metrics with little transparency
  • Reports instead of meetings that close
  • Single channel, rarely joined up
  • Long lock-in contracts

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Outbound built for recruiting

Job postings are buying intent. Use them.

No other industry gets a public, timestamped list of its prospects' pain. Every job posting is a company saying we need hiring help, with the role, seniority and location attached. We monitor posting velocity and growth signals across your niches, score which companies are hiring beyond their internal capacity, and reach the decision makers, HR leaders, hiring managers, founders, while the roles are still open.

The pitch is not we are a recruiting agency. It is a specific note about the roles they are struggling to fill, in a market you demonstrably know. Combined across email and LinkedIn with follow-up over weeks, you become the firm that was already in the inbox when the internal pipeline ran dry.

And we do all of it for you, from signal tables and sending to every reply and the booked call. For a staffing firm, that means your recruiters spend their hours filling roles, while only qualified client conversations land in the calendar.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

How is outbound for recruiting agencies different?

Recruiting has the clearest buying signal in B2B: live job postings. A company with open roles is a company that needs hiring help this week. We build your targeting around posting velocity, growth signals and hiring patterns, so you pitch firms that are actively feeling the pain.

Can you target specific niches we place in?

Yes, and you should. We segment by the roles you actually place (tech, finance, industrial, healthcare) and by the companies hiring for them right now, so every email speaks to a live need instead of a hypothetical one.

We already do BD calls. Why add this?

Your recruiters' time is worth more on candidate and client delivery. The system does the top of funnel, finding companies in hiring pain and opening conversations, and your team closes. No BD hires needed.

How are the terms structured?

A monthly retainer with a three-month build phase to start, then month by month. It covers everything: lists, infrastructure, copy, sending, LinkedIn, reply handling and booking, so your team only takes the conversations.

The next step

A call you leave with a concrete plan

Book a free 60-minute call. We tear down your current outbound, map your signals, and show you the exact system we would install. You leave with a plan either way.

Free, no obligation60 minutesA concrete system draft
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