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Navigator

Continuous Improvement Engine for Staffing Firms

Turn your Bullhorn ecosystem into a performance engine.

Most staffing firms lose 30+ hours per week to inefficient tech, fragmented processes, and under-adopted platforms. Navigator converts that lost time into margin.

74%

of staffing firms say recruiters are not proficient in their ATS

84%

report technology underutilization is actively hurting performance

8–10

hours lost per recruiter, per week, to preventable administrative work

What you will walk away with

Technology decay starts the day you go live

Every month you do not optimize, ROI quietly leaks away. Most firms do not have a technology problem, they have a technology optimization problem.

Technology decay starts the day you go live. Every month you do not optimize, ROI leaks away. Navigator exists to stop that decay and replace fragile administration models with continuous, measurable improvement.

Admin Dependence

Single-admin risk, PTO coverage gaps, and knowledge loss during turnover leave your operations exposed. One person holds the keys to everything.

Support vs. Outcomes

Reactive tickets get resolved. But resolving tickets is not the same as improving operations. Vendor support stops at the issue not the opportunity.

Underutilization

Most firms activate less than 70% of Bullhorn’s capabilities. AI features, automations, and data pipelines paid for and not used.
What Is Navigator?

Your Continuous Improvement
Engine

Navigator is a proactive, structured continuous-improvement-as-a-service framework that keeps your staffing operations on track.

It is not a support service or a one-time implementation. It is a monthly operating cycle that keeps your Bullhorn stack strategically efficient and measurably ROI-positive, without added headcount or reactive scrambles.

Navigator brings an outside perspective as a fractional, embedded optimization team dedicated exclusively to maximizing your Bullhorn investment. We optimize your AI, data, processes, and continuously advance it, strategically, proactively, and measurably.

“An embedded tech performance team focused on continuous improvement and ROI, partnering with your internal team.”

Responsive Support

Immediate Improvement

Continuous Improvement

The Monthly Cycle

ROI is tracked, reported, and guaranteed every month.

Performance Accountability

What Is Next

Additional initiatives can be layered in as needed, without disrupting the core optimization cadence. Scoped and priced separately at a preferred rate.

How Navigator Works

Simple. Predictable. Proven.

Delivered using Newbury Partners’ Solution Services execution model on a continuous, scheduled cadence, not ad-hoc engagement.

Navigator Diagnostic

First 90 Days

Committed Continuous Optimization

Monthly

ROI Review &
Roadmap

Quarterly

Optimization continues as your business evolves. If you need ad-hoc work outside the proactive cadence, Navigator can be complemented with Solution Services.
Your Dedicated Team

Built by former staffing operators. Refined across
3,000+ engagements.

Solutions Consultant

Your day-to-day POC, driving the continuous improvement framework

Staffing
SMEs
Covering all disciplines across the Bullhorn ecosystem

Engagement Executive

Strategic lead for your engagement

Outside Perspective

An independent view that identifies what internal teams miss

Expert
Network

The full Newbury Partners network behind every engagement

Results That Speak for Themselves

Different firms. Same result.

Efficiency gains and margin lift that compound over time.
Hours saved annually

IT Staffing Firm

One full-time employee’s worth of capacity returned to revenue-generating work.

Elimination of single-admin dependency

Multi-Brand Firm

No more PTO panic or turnover risk.

Faster placements through automation

Healthcare Staffing Firm

More fills, faster cycles, happier clients.

Reduced support costs

Professional Staffing Firm

Half the overhead, double the efficiency.

Why Navigator Is Different

Staffing-native. Outcome-obsessed.

Dedicated Continuous
Improvement Team

Focused exclusively on optimization. No competing priorities or internal distractions.

Embedded Staffing
Expertise

Solutions aligned to real staffing workflows, not generic software fixes.

Automation
Deployment

Reduces manual work, duplicate effort, and error-prone processes month over month.

Staffing-Native
Operators

Our team has implemented and operated Bullhorn environments across thousands of staffing firms.

Proactive
Optimization

Eliminates admin backlog and stalled workflows before they impact your team.

Zero Single Points
of Failure

A dedicated team with shared context, built to eliminate coverage gaps, knowledge loss, and admin dependency.

Investment & ROI

Predictable Investment. Measured ROI. Guaranteed Return.

Monthly retainer; profile-based pricing aligned to your firm’s complexity and scope. Navigator typically delivers 30–40% savings versus internal models.
We deliver ROI. We measure ROI. We guarantee ROI.
Tracked monthly. Reviewed quarterly with executive involvement. Volume discounts available as you scale.

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Navigator

How is Navigator different from hiring an internal Bullhorn admin?
Navigator provides a full team with specialized expertise across every Bullhorn discipline, eliminating single points of failure, PTO gaps, and turnover risk, while costing less than a single full-time hire.

We track time saved, automations deployed, workflow efficiency gains, and support cost reductions. Results are reviewed quarterly with full transparency and executive involvement.

We conduct a full diagnostic audit, interview key users, identify workflow bottlenecks, and deploy your first three high-impact automations. You will see measurable wins within the first quarter.

Navigator grows with you. As you add users or expand operations, we adjust optimization focus and automation strategy to match your evolving needs.

Additional initiatives can be layered in as needed; integrations, new module installs, and wholesale process re-engineering without disrupting the core cadence, scoped at a preferred rate.

Bullhorn support resolves tickets. Navigator is focused on continuous improvement, proactively advancing your system, not reacting to issues after they occur.

Get Started

Chart Your Course with Navigator.

Start with the Navigator Diagnostic and establish your ROI baseline. Continuous improvement is how staffing firms survive and scale.
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The Future of

Staffing Technology is Here

Newbury Partners has acquired Sixcel LLC to deliver unmatched innovation, expanded capabilities, and AI-driven solutions for staffing firms.

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