Salesforce Isn’t Hard
Why Salesforce Gets a Bad Reputation Spend a few minutes on Reddit and you’ll see it: “Salesforce is clunky.”“Salesforce is slow.”“Salesforce is painful to use.” Yet the same platform runs some of the world’s most efficient sales, service, and operations teams. So what gives? The uncomfortable truth is this: Salesforce isn’t hard, bad implementations are. […]
Why Salesforce Feels Expensive (And How to Make It Worth Every Pound)
Introduction: “Salesforce Is Too Expensive” — Is It Really? One of the most common criticisms of Salesforce — especially on Reddit — is cost. Licenses feel high.Consultants feel expensive.Customisation feels never-ending. It’s easy to conclude that Salesforce simply costs too much.But in reality, Salesforce only feels expensive when it’s not delivering value. At JSBC Labs, […]
What Salesforce Actually Does and Why Serious Businesses Still Choose It
Why Everyone Talks About Salesforce…But Few Explain It Well Ask ten people what Salesforce does and you’ll get ten different answers. Some say it’s a sales tool.Others call it a database.On Reddit, you’ll often see people asking “Why is it so expensive?” or “Why does every company use it?” The confusion exists because Salesforce isn’t […]
Why Recruitment Feels Harder Than It Used To
On paper, recruitment should be easier than ever. There’s more technology, more data, more automation, and more tools designed to support recruiters at every stage of the process. Yet speak to almost any recruiter and you’ll hear the same thing: “It feels harder than it used to.” That feeling isn’t imagined, and it’s not because […]
What Happens Between Placement and Payroll
For many recruiters, the job feels done at placement.
The role is filled, the offer is accepted, and attention quickly moves on to the next brief. But in reality, placement is only the midpoint of the recruitment lifecycle, and what happens next is often where the most friction, risk, and inefficiency sits.
This “in-between” stage rarely gets talked about, yet it has a direct impact on candidate experience, client trust, and operational stability.
Real-World Salesforce Agentforce Use Cases for Sales Teams
Agentforce isn’t theoretical — it’s already transforming how sales teams operate. The key is using it where autonomy adds value, not chaos. Use Case 1: Lead Qualification Agent No SDR bottleneck. No delays. Use Case 2: Deal Risk Monitoring Agentforce continuously evaluates: Then acts, notifies, or escalates automatically. Use Case 3: Forecast Confidence Agent Rather […]
The Hidden Cost of Bad Recruitment Systems
Most recruitment businesses know when something isn’t working, but few can quantify the cost of it.
Bad recruitment systems rarely fail in obvious ways. They don’t usually crash or stop teams from working altogether. Instead, they quietly slow things down, introduce friction, and create inefficiencies that compound over time.
For recruiters, that hidden cost adds up faster than many realise.
What Recruiters Actually Need From Recruitment Technology
Too often, systems are built around reporting and oversight, rather than the realities of day-to-day recruiting.
Vertical-Specific Software — The Future of Business Tech in 2026
Most off-the-shelf platforms try to serve recruitment, healthcare, education, logistics, retail, finance, all with the same tools. That leads to workarounds instead of workflows, endless custom fields with no logic, manual fixes for automated systems, and teams being trained to fight the software instead of use it. Instead of supporting operations, tech becomes another problem to manage.
The Talent Tech Horizon: Recruitment Software Trends to Watch in 2026
The recruitment landscape is a living, breathing ecosystem, constantly reshaped by technology, economic shifts, and evolving candidate expectations. As we look towards 2026, the evolution of recruitment software isn’t just about incremental updates; it’s about a fundamental shift in how talent acquisition teams operate, focusing on deeper insights, more human connections, and unprecedented efficiency. At […]
