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12-month revenue forecast — with vs without Raffi.

Plug in team size, target roles per recruiter, close rate, and avg fee. See the month-by-month cumulative revenue projection with Raffi-augmented screening capacity vs your baseline.

TL;DR

Recruitment agencies routinely under-forecast their own growth ceiling. The blocker is almost always per-recruiter capacity — first-call screening hours that don’t compound into placements. Bullhorn’s 2025 GRID report finds 67% of staffing-firm leaders cite recruiter capacity as their #1 growth constraint.

This forecaster models the trade explicitly: with Raffi running first-call screening, each recruiter handles ~1.5× more active roles, applied per-month for 12 months. Net of Raffi’s subscription + per-minute screening cost, agencies in the 5-30 recruiter range typically project +$500K to +$2M in annual revenue lift at the same headcount. Read the chart, adjust the multiplier to your team’s realism, pilot one role to confirm.

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12-mo revenue · baseline

$1,440,000

8 placements/mo × $15,000 fee

12-mo revenue · with Raffi (net)

$2,055,612

12 placements/mo · less $104,388 Raffi cost

Annual revenue lift

+$615,612

+43% over baseline · same headcount

12-month cumulative revenue

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Baseline (without Raffi)With Raffi (net of cost)

By month 12, the Raffi-augmented projection accumulates +$615,612 over the baseline — same recruiters, same close rate, +1.5× per-recruiter throughput.

Method:baseline = recruiters × roles-per-recruiter × close rate × fee. Raffi side = baseline × capacityMultiplier (default 1.5× per Bullhorn 2025 + pilot data) net of Raffi monthly cost (Growth $599 + $0.45/min × applicants × 12-min interview). Holds close rate constant; in practice agencies running Raffi often see close rates rise 5-10% because senior recruiters reallocate freed time to client meetings + final-round work. We didn’t bake that in — would be double-counting the lift. Agency Capacity Calculator covers the same multiplier in a single-period frame.

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Methodology & honest assumptions

Baseline formula.Monthly placements = recruiters × target roles-per-recruiter × close rate. Monthly revenue = placements × avg fee. Annual = monthly × 12.

Raffi-augmented formula.Raffi monthly placements = baseline placements × capacity multiplier (default 1.5×, range 1.0-3.0×). Raffi cost = Growth $599/mo + $0.45/min × (active roles × applicants × 12-min interview). Net monthly revenue = gross monthly revenue minus Raffi monthly cost.

Constants held.Close rate (in practice rises 5-10% with Raffi but we don’t bake it in — avoids double-counting). Onboarding ramp (real-world 30-60 days; model assumes steady-state from M1). Recruiter headcount. Avg fee. Adjusting any of these inputs re-runs the forecast in real time.

What this doesn’t model. Hire-quality differences, client retention lift from faster turnaround, market downturn risk. All real but excluded for clean comparison. Pair with the capacity calculator (same multiplier in single-period frame) and the margin calculator (per-placement cost lens) for the full picture.

Directional planning tool. Realistic forecasts anchor against M6-M12 numbers; M1-M3 is the transition window. Pilot one role through Raffi to validate close rate + turnaround before committing to a full rollout.

Frequently asked questions

Why a 1.5× capacity multiplier — not 2× like the LinkedIn ad copy?
The 2× headline is a max-end pitch; the 1.5× default is the conservative middle. Bullhorn's 2025 GRID data + our pilot cohort show agencies that automate first-call screening typically see 1.3-1.7× per-recruiter capacity. Best-in-class teams reaching 2× had also tightened their entire pipeline (faster client communication, structured shortlist reviews, scheduled closing cadence). Adjust the slider to your team's realism.
Does the forecaster hold close rate flat? What about quality changes?
Yes — close rate is constant in the model. In practice agencies running Raffi-augmented screening often see close rates rise 5-10% because recruiters reallocate freed screening time to client meetings + final-round work + actual closing. We deliberately didn't bake that in. Doing so would double-count the lift and overstate the projection.
Why does Raffi cost scale with volume in the forecaster?
Because screening calls do. Raffi's subscription is fixed at $599/mo (Growth) but per-minute call costs scale with applicants. As your team takes on more roles, you screen more applicants, more screening minutes — straight-line cost relationship. The chart shows the NET revenue line (gross revenue minus Raffi cost) so you see what actually hits your P&L.
What does month 1 look like — does the lift start immediately?
The model assumes steady-state from month 1. In real-world rollouts, expect a 30-60 day onboarding ramp: brand setup, candidate database prime, recruiter habit shift away from manual screens. By month 3, agencies typically hit steady-state Raffi-augmented capacity. We don't model the ramp explicitly — anchor against month 6-12 numbers as the realistic forecast and month 1-3 as the transition period.
Does this account for the time we'd save by not paying agencies for our overflow work?
No — this calculator forecasts an AGENCY's own revenue lift from Raffi-augmented screening. For in-house teams considering replacing external agency commissions, see the Placement-Fee vs SaaS ROI Calculator instead. Different question, different math.
Why does the chart show cumulative — not per-month?
Cumulative is more decision-actionable. Per-month bars all look roughly the same height (because the model holds rates constant). Cumulative shows the compounding gap that builds month-over-month — and the trajectory of investment payback. The headline message is the M12 delta.
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