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Turn your Bullhorn into a referral engine.
RefeRec plugs straight into Bullhorn, so referred candidates land in your recruiters' ATS automatically and referrers see live progress. No double entry, no duplicates, no new workflow to learn.
Also integrates with JobAdder.
Does RefeRec integrate with Bullhorn? Yes, directly and two-way.
Referral programmes lose momentum when they sit apart from the tools recruiters use every day. A platform that hands you spreadsheets is a silo. RefeRec writes referrals into your ATS, where the work actually happens.
How does the Bullhorn integration work?
Five steps keep RefeRec and Bullhorn in step, automatically.
Connect once, securely
You authorise RefeRec through Bullhorn's standard secure sign-in. The connection is held server-side, and you can see its health at any time.
Jobs come in, on your terms
You choose which roles flow into RefeRec with configurable filters. The sync then runs automatically every day, so referrers see real, current jobs, never a stale list.
Referrals flow back
When someone refers, RefeRec creates the candidate and submission in Bullhorn automatically, inside your recruiters' normal workflow. Duplicate detection stops double-ups.
Status stays live
Submission progress syncs back on a regular cycle, so referrers and candidates see the current stage without anyone chasing updates.
Recruiters stay in charge
RefeRec honours recruiter ownership rules, so a candidate already being worked is handled correctly, and every hiring decision stays with your team in Bullhorn.
What flows between RefeRec and Bullhorn?
| Direction | What moves | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| Bullhorn to RefeRec | Open jobs | Referrers see real, current roles to refer against. |
| RefeRec to Bullhorn | Referred candidates | They enter the recruiter's workflow automatically. |
| RefeRec to Bullhorn | Submissions | Referrals are recorded against the job in the ATS. |
| Bullhorn to RefeRec | Submission status | Progress is reflected back to referrers and candidates. |
| Bullhorn to RefeRec | Recruiter activity (read only) | Ownership and eligibility rules are respected. |
Referrers see real, current roles to refer against.
They enter the recruiter's workflow automatically.
Referrals are recorded against the job in the ATS.
Progress is reflected back to referrers and candidates.
Ownership and eligibility rules are respected.
Why plug referrals into your ATS at all?
Because referred candidates are the best candidates you'll ever place. They hire faster, stay longer, and come from the part of the market job boards can't reach. The only thing that holds referral programmes back is friction, and the integration removes it.
Is the Bullhorn integration secure?
It's usually the first question your IT team asks. Here are the straight answers. It's the same standard we hold across candidate safety and data handling.
Credentials stay server-side
ATS tokens are held securely on the server and never exposed to the browser or to referrers.
Standard secure sign-in
The connection uses Bullhorn's standard authorisation, scoped to your own Bullhorn account.
Tenant isolation
Every sync is scoped to one client. One client's ATS data is never visible to another.
No duplicates
Writes are controlled and repeatable, with duplicate detection. Re-running a sync won't create duplicate records.
Resilient by design
The integration handles rate limits and transient errors gracefully. It won't overload your Bullhorn or drop data.
Connection visibility
You can see whether your Bullhorn connection is healthy at any time.
Bullhorn integration FAQ
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