OwlSonar for recruiters

Read rival job boards like a client list

You can’t see which clients a rival agency signs — except you can: every mandate they post is a client they just won. OwlSonar watches their job board, specialisms, consultant roster and content, and turns it into BD intelligence your team can act on the same morning.

Tracked surfaces

Four pages that leak a staffing firm’s pipeline.

Added automatically when you paste a rival agency’s domain.

Live mandates

What we watch
  • New mandates by client, sector and seniority
  • Posting volume per week — momentum signal
  • Clusters: many roles, one client = key account
  • Withdrawn mandates and re-posts
Example alert

TalentBridge posted 9 roles for the same fintech — new key account likely

Specialisms & services

What we watch
  • New niche and sector pages
  • RPO, embedded and executive-search launches
  • Fee-model and guarantee changes
  • Geographic expansion pages
Example alert

New page: /specialisms/healthcare-it — they’re entering your niche

Consultant roster

What we watch
  • Consultant joins and exits
  • Desk and sector reassignments
  • Promotions — producer to manager shifts
  • Senior departures (client books in motion)
Example alert

Consultant page 24 → 21 — three seniors gone within a month

Content & employer brand

What we watch
  • Salary guides and market reports
  • Webinar and event cadence
  • Employer-brand campaign pushes
  • New lead magnets
Example alert

Published “2026 Fintech Salary Guide” — their lead magnet just refreshed

Sample feed

A week on a rival’s desk.

owlsonar / recruitment LIVE
Moncritical9 mandates posted for a single fintech client
TuemajorNew specialism page: Healthcare IT
WedmajorConsultant roster 24 → 21 — three seniors out
ThuminorPublished 2026 Fintech Salary Guide
FriinfoServices page now lists RPO
Why staffing firms switch

Their job board becomes your BD list.

Call the clients they just won

A company giving mandates to your rival buys staffing services — and most buy from more than one agency. Now you know who and when.

Defend your niche on day one

A rival’s new specialism page is your earliest possible warning that they’re coming for your vertical.

Track consultant churn as deal flow

Client books move with consultants. Three senior exits in a month is a window — for clients and for hires.

Recruitment FAQ

Specific to staffing tracking.

Yes. Any public URL is trackable, including careers subdomains and ATS-hosted boards. The diff engine normalises listings so you get per-role added/removed events, not page noise.

Yes. Job-board targets can be scoped to category or search URLs, and alerts summarise what changed — including clusters like “9 roles, one client”.

Yes — add any company as a competitor in another vertical and watch their careers page yourself. Many staffing firms track key accounts and rivals side by side.

Every mandate they post is a lead for you.

Add your first rival agency in five minutes.