What Questions Will Your Recruitment Website Developer Ask You?

So you’re looking to get your recruitment agency website redesigned or maybe you’re launching a brand new recruitment business and need a website for it. So you just start phoning up a few web development agencies for a chat. Now they’re bound to have plenty of questions for you and some questions can catch you off guard and you may not have the answers readily available. It's the best use of your time going into a briefing call fully prepared, saving you time and ensuring you get the best possible experience from the process.

What's your timeline for the website?

When is the business being launched and when does the site need to be ready for? 

Do you have a website already? 

If you have a website already why are you looking to leave the previous web development company? 

What's your budget?

Which countries does the business / will the business be operating in? 

Who will be our main point of contact for the project? 

Do we need to liaise with a separate internal or external IT team? 

Has the domain been purchased already? Can we have access to this? 

Do you have emails already set up? 

Do you already have hosting already? Who is this with? 

Do you have an SSL certificate? 

What does your recruitment business do? What areas does it specialise in? 

When was the business established? 

Does the website need to be integrated with any other software? Telephone systems? Recruitment CRM? Chatbot? Virtual chat app? 

Does the website need to be integrated with any advertising tracking tools such as Google Analytics 4, Google Tag Manager, LinkedIn Campaign Manager? 

How many pages do you need and what are those pages? 

Have you written the content already? 

Do you have the social media URLs? 

Have you written the privacy policy, cookie policy, etc.? 

Do you need copywriting services for the website? 

Do you need professional SEO services? 

Do you need a UX / UI designer? 

Do you need a graphic designer for logos, fonts, colour palettes, etc? 

Do you have images already in mind? 

Do you have inspiration in mind? Are there any websites you like that we can draw inspiration from? 

What colour palette do you have in mind? 

What font(s) would you like to use on your website? 

How much editing control do you need over the website? 

Working with a digital design agency that specialises in the recruitment sector can help greatly as they can guide you through some of those questions, suggest recruitment software that may be worth looking into, suggest pages you need to include, specialised recruitment copywriters or graphic designers and a whole lot more.