Our business is helping your staffing business grow
Earshot turns your existing network of placements and contacts into a world class lead generation program. With Earshot you will hear about more leads, close more deals, and generate more revenue.
Zero friction. Maximum intel.
A 60-second text is all it takes to surface a $25,000 placement.
Your contractors are inside client offices every day — sitting in meetings, overhearing conversations, building relationships. They know things your sales team doesn't.
Earshot gives them a ridiculously simple way to pass that intelligence back to you — via a text message, no app download, no login required.
How it works
From earshot to closed deal in four steps
Earshot runs quietly in the background — no change management, no new apps, no training days.
Enroll your workers
Upload a CSV of contractors. They each get a personal welcome text. Done in minutes.
They text what they hear
Any time. No app. No login. Just a text to (425) 500-1556 whenever they hear something valuable.
AI extracts the lead
Our AI parses the message, asks smart follow-up questions, scores the lead, and routes it to your BD team.
Close and pay out
When the deal closes, the worker gets paid automatically. Leaderboards keep everyone motivated.
Why it pays for itself
Everything you need
Built for how staffing actually works
No CRM to reconfigure. No new workflow to adopt. Earshot plugs into how your team already operates.
SMS-native
Workers submit leads by text — no app download, no login, no friction. Runs on any phone.
AI lead parsing
Messy conversational texts become clean, structured lead records — automatically.
Leaderboards
Friendly competition keeps workers engaged. Weekly rankings via SMS — no dashboard required.
Smart routing
Leads go to the right BD rep based on client type, region, or role — configurable in minutes.
Automated payouts
When a deal closes, the worker gets paid. Payout tracking, history, and notifications all built in.
CRM integrations
Connects to Bullhorn, HubSpot, and Salesforce. Leads land in your pipeline automatically.
BORN FROM REAL-WORLD EXPERIENCE
Why we built Earshot
I ran a staffing and consulting firm for 15 years, so I've watched this happen more times than I can count: one of our contractors overhears that the client they're placed with is about to need X more people — or that the team down the hall is fed up with their current vendor. A real lead, overheard by one of your people inside the building.
And then nothing happens with it. The people best positioned to spot this work — the workers we'd already placed — had no motivation or simple way to get that lead to a person who could close it. And often, no reason to bother.
That second part is the one most firms miss. Many agencies actually have a referral incentive program in place (we did), but few employees remember it when it matters and the lack of results show.
So we built the thing we kept wishing existed. Earshot educates your workers, reminds them, and gives them a reason and a dead-simple way to submit a lead — and it pays them if it turns into a deal. It turns “that company makes money off me” into “I get a cut too,” and the lead that used to die before you even knew about it lands in your pipeline instead, tracked from the second it arrives.
The truth is that most staffing companies are relationship-based and your workers are extensions of those relationships. Turning your folks on the ground into an incentivized, gamified intelligence network — with a simple tool — means one new closed deal can pay for an entire year of Earshot. Our bet is simple: once you watch one come through, you won't go back to hoping someone remembers to mention it.
— The Team @ Earshot.club
Simple pricing
$3 per active worker, per month — usually paid back by one deal
A 100-worker roster runs $300/mo. One closed placement typically covers a full year. No minimums, no per-lead fees, no contracts.
Field Academy
Train workers to spot leads — without pulling them off the job
The Earshot Academy delivers bite-sized training by SMS, turning every contractor into an eyes-and-ears intelligence network for your staffing firm.
Trained in the field
Eight 30-second SMS lessons delivered right to their phone — no app download, no login, no time offsite.
Spot the 5 signals
Teach workers to notice the conversations already happening around them: slammed teams, expansion talk, hiring signs, and direct asks.
Coaching, not interrupting
A gentle drip sequence introduces the system over eight days. Workers learn by doing — submitting their first lead while getting up to speed.
Motivated by real rewards
Built-in bonuses and tiered recognition keep workers engaged. From Scout to Rainmaker — they see exactly what every lead earns.
Playbooks & guides
Latest from the blog
Bullhorn Referral Integration for IT Staffing Firms: A Practical Guide
How IT staffing firms wire a referral program into Bullhorn without breaking their pipeline — SMS intake, AI parsing, ownership rules, and payout tracking.
How to Structure Recruiter Referral Bonuses for IT Staffing
Flat, tiered, and percentage-based recruiter referral bonus structures for IT staffing firms — with 2026 benchmarks for perm, C2H, and SOW placements.
Employee Referral Program for IT Staffing: The 2026 Playbook
How IT staffing firms build an employee referral program that actually produces reqs — SMS intake, tiered bonuses, ATS sync, and the metrics that matter.
Your next deal is already in earshot.
Build the lead intelligence network your competitors don't have — gamified for your workers, optionally wired into your ATS or CRM.