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Client: Creative-Job GmbH
A candidate reporting tool for the Zurich recruitment firm in finance and real estate: instead of an Excel sheet, consultants record their candidates in a web app, and pipeline, forecast and target progress are available live for the team and management. Plus a website redesign, a salary calculator with market benchmarks and a job board fed from the existing HR software.
Case study
Since 1990, CJ Recruitment has placed specialists and managers in fiduciary services, accounting, controlling and real estate. Reporting ran on an Excel file into which candidates, companies presented to and interviews were entered by hand. None of it was live: a clean overview for staff and management only existed once someone compiled the figures. At the same time, the old website addressed candidates and companies the same way, and inquiries came in unstructured.
The reporting tool runs in the website's back office. Data entry follows the previous Excel sheet, only cleaner: role, region and education come as choices from the salary matrix, so every row can be analysed and the salary comparison is visible right at entry. The pipeline shows each candidate with a sub-row per company and the stages interview 1, interview 2, contract offer, placement or rejection, each with a stored probability. Fixed rules keep the data clean: from interview 1 a company is mandatory, and a rejection needs a reason. The placement fee is suggested based on the fee schedule and can be overridden. From this the report calculates placements, expected placements, revenue and weighted forecast for the individual, the team or the whole department, every tile with drill-down to the candidate and exportable as PDF. Consultants only see their own figures and their team, enforced on the server. On the website, separate paths lead candidates and companies; the salary calculator compares a salary with the market median and range, and the job board pulls open positions every eight hours from the HR software HR4YOU.
Architecture
The building blocks behind Creative-Job GmbH and how data flows between them.
Site structure
Flow
Business
Choose role, region and education from lists; the salary comparison appears instantly.
Business
The candidate is presented to companies; the fee is suggested based on the fee schedule.
Business
Interview 1, interview 2, contract offer: status, probability and target month right in the list.
Business
Placement with the winning company or rejection with a reason; the figures update automatically.
System
Placements, forecast and target progress appear instantly in the report, by person, team or department.
Business
Set monthly targets, drill down to the candidate with a click and share the report as PDF.
Step by step
Real screenshots along the flow.
The salary calculator on cj-recruitment.ch, captured on 12 October 2026 with sample values. No contact details were submitted. The reporting tool runs behind the login; there is no capture with sample data only yet.
Views with customer data show sample data or are redacted.
Step 01 / 04
All steps
Separate paths for candidates and companies, and the salary calculator is reachable as a floating button on almost every page.
The calculator first asks whether someone wants to check their own salary or a company is reviewing a position, and adapts text and result accordingly.
Field, role, experience, education and region as chips and custom pickers, plus the current annual salary. Every input matches a value in the salary matrix.
The benchmark with median and market band appears after name and email, followed by an appointment or callback. Filled with sample data for this capture; name and email were not submitted.
Swipe sideways for the next step.
At the front, a calculator that gives specialists and companies an honest benchmark. Behind it, a custom dashboard where every use, lead and appointment arrives.
Screenshot of the live website, 23 September 2026
A rebuilt sample view to try out: filter by candidates or companies and pick a lead to see the inputs and the market comparison result. All names and numbers are made up.
Demo data — sample view, no real client data
Stated salary is within the market band.
Made-up sample values, not CJ Recruitment market data.
Features
The start page shows recent weeks as columns: newly added, presented to companies, active and closed. One click on a week opens figures and candidate lists.
Entry follows the previous Excel sheet, but with choices from the salary matrix for role, region and education. Every row can be analysed, and the salary comparison sits right next to it.
Kanban or list with a sub-row per company, status and probability editable in place. From interview 1 a company is mandatory, a rejection needs a reason, and at placement the winning company is chosen.
Placements, interviews, expected placements, revenue and weighted forecast for a person, team or department. Every tile opens the list behind it, and list and figure match exactly.
A purpose-built PDF in CJ's design, downloaded directly without a print dialog. Plus a text export for emails.
Monthly targets per consultant with actual, percentage, remaining amount and days left. Management sees all targets on a shared scale.
Management and consultants with views separated on the server, finance and real estate departments with teams. A demo mode with made-up data is used for training.
Choose field, role, experience, education and region and compare the salary with median and range. The result unlocks after name and email, followed by an appointment or callback.
Open positions are pulled every eight hours from the client's HR software. Every position has its own URL with JobPosting schema for Google for Jobs; applications go through HR4YOU.
For management: from visit to completed calculator to lead and appointment, by entry point and channel. Inquiries from the 5-step wizard sit in the same place.
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