A complete Wix to WordPress rebuild for a multi-division recruitment agency — featuring an integrated job board with Google for Jobs schema, AI-powered chatbot, internal staff portal with candidate management, and local SEO targeting two office locations across the UK.
Resolve Recruitment Services is a multi-division staffing agency with offices in Bristol and Wigan, supplying temporary and permanent staff across driving, industrial, healthcare, hospitality, and professional services. With a 169,000+ candidate database and over 50 years of combined industry experience, they needed a website that could keep pace with the operation.
The existing Wix site was holding them back. No job board integration, no backend systems, limited SEO control, and no way to manage candidates or compliance through the website. Consultants were relying on scattered spreadsheets, JotForm links, and manual processes.
They needed a complete digital platform — not just a brochure site, but a working system with an integrated job board, AI chatbot for 24/7 candidate engagement, internal staff portal, and proper SEO targeting across every division and location they serve.
We designed and built a fully custom WordPress theme with dedicated pages for each of the five recruitment divisions — driving, industrial, healthcare, hospitality, and professional services. Each division page features role listings, service breakdowns, and location-specific content targeting both the Bristol and Wigan markets. The design is professional, fast, and mobile-first, built to convert both candidates and clients.
We built a fully integrated job board directly into WordPress using a custom post type — no third-party plugins, no iframes, no monthly fees. Each listing includes structured fields for salary, location, hours, division, and employment type. Every job automatically outputs Google JobPosting schema markup, so roles appear in Google Search and the Google for Jobs panel. Candidates can filter by division, location, and type, and apply directly through a Quick Apply form that feeds into the staff portal.
We implemented an AI chatbot that acts as a 24/7 recruitment assistant. It answers candidate questions about available roles, guides them through the registration process, explains compliance requirements, and routes enquiries to the correct division. For clients, it handles initial staffing enquiry qualification — capturing requirements, urgency, and contact details before a consultant follows up. The bot works around the clock, ensuring no enquiry goes unanswered even outside office hours, weekends, and bank holidays.
We built a secure, role-protected staff portal where consultants manage their entire candidate pipeline. The portal includes candidate profiles with compliance status tracking, document uploads (right to work, DBS, licences), competency assessments, timesheet submissions, and change-of-details forms. Applications from the job board feed directly into the portal, giving consultants a single system to manage everything — replacing JotForm, spreadsheets, and manual processes.
With two offices covering the entire UK, SEO had to work at both local and national level. We created location-specific landing pages targeting key recruitment searches in Bristol, Wigan, Manchester, and surrounding areas. Every page includes comprehensive structured data. Google Analytics tracks job applications, chatbot interactions, and candidate source attribution by division. Full domain migration from Wix, email setup for both offices, SSL, and Search Console integration completed the launch.
Rebuilding our website from Wix to WordPress has been a game-changer. The new platform has made managing information easier, improved team efficiency, and increased our speed to hire by around 50%. Credit to Martin for understanding the business and building something that actually works for us.
Recruitment Agency Website Design Case Study: This case study details how Mako Digital designed and built a complete digital platform for Resolve Recruitment Services, a multi-division staffing agency with offices in Bristol and Wigan. The project included a full Wix to WordPress migration, custom theme development with dedicated pages for five recruitment divisions, a fully integrated job board with Google JobPosting schema for Google for Jobs visibility, an AI-powered chatbot for 24/7 candidate and client engagement, and an internal staff portal with candidate pipeline management, compliance tracking, document uploads, timesheet handling, and application processing.
If you run a recruitment agency or staffing business and need more than a brochure website, our approach delivers working backend systems built directly into WordPress — job boards, candidate management, AI chatbots, compliance tracking, and analytics. No third-party plugin dependencies, no monthly platform fees, and full ownership of your data. Every project includes our 10-point delivery checklist covering design, CRM, security, SEO, performance, analytics, and ongoing support.
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