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Recruitment Agency SEO

Fill Both Sides From Search.

Rank for the employers who need talent and the candidates worth placing — two funnels, one engine.

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The Opportunity

Why Search Works Differently in Recruiting.

TWO MARKETS

Clients and Candidates

“IT staffing agency [city]” and “[role] jobs” are different funnels with different economics. The agencies that win build for both deliberately.

THE NICHE EDGE

Specialists Out-Rank Generalists

“Healthcare recruiters,” “SaaS sales staffing” — vertical pages meet employers already sold on a specialist, at a fraction of the generic competition.

THE JOB-PAGE TRAP

Expired Listings Rot Rankings

Job posts expire and leave thin dead pages behind. Evergreen role and vertical hubs hold the authority listings alone bleed away.

Who You Work With

Recruiting SEO,
Done Directly.

Hey, I'm Connor.

Recruiting SEO is a two-sided architecture — vertical hubs that win employer searches, role content that attracts placeable candidates, and none of the expired-listing rot.

I run a one-person SEO practice in Tampa and work with agencies nationwide. When you hire me, you get me: I do the keyword research, write the pages, build the links and put together your monthly report myself. No account manager in between, no handoff to a junior team.

If you want to know where you stand, I'll run a free audit and tell you exactly what I'd fix first. No pitch, I promise.

ConnorConnor Cedro SEO · Tampa, FL
  • Semrush Certified Agency Partner
  • MBA, SMU Cox
  • Clients since 2021
Client Results

Real Clients.
Real Numbers.

Deliverables

Everything You Need to Rank.

01

SEO Audit

A full audit of your site, job pages and listings to find why employers and candidates aren't finding your agency first.

02

Keyword Strategy

Both funnels — “staffing agency [city],” “[role] recruiter,” and the job searches candidates type every day.

03

Technical SEO

Clean job pages with structured data, fast loading and expired-listing handling that keeps your site healthy.

04

Content Strategy

Specialty pages, salary guides and hiring resources written for employers and job seekers separately.

05

Authority & Links

Links from industry associations, local business groups and trade publications in the sectors you place.

06

Vertical & Role-Hub SEO

Evergreen hubs per vertical and role family — the structure that survives every listing's expiration.

Process

Three Steps to More Placements.

1

SEO Opportunity Audit

I review your technical health, rankings, backlinks, and competitors to find the biggest opportunities — the platform supports the audit; the judgment is mine.

2

Prioritized Growth Plan

A clear roadmap: keyword targets, project pages to build, technical fixes, and link strategy — in the order that moves revenue first.

3

Monthly Execution & Reporting

Month-to-month execution with plain-English reporting. You always know what was done, what moved, and what's next.

Fit

Built for Recruiting Firms.

By Firm

  • Staffing agencies
  • Executive search
  • RPO & embedded
  • Niche recruiters

By Funnel

  • Employer-side visibility
  • Candidate attraction
  • Vertical hub pages
  • Placement conversion
Engagement

Simple,
Transparent Pricing.

Work directly with me. No contracts — cancel any time. Every engagement starts with the free audit, and I'll recommend the right tier for your firm's authority.

Bronze

AI + SEO Visibility Package
$2,000/month
Best for firms with a website DA under 10
  • 8 SEO blog posts, written & optimized
  • 4 white-hat backlinks (DA 40+)
  • 5 pages re-optimized · on-page across 25
  • 3 low kd keyword clusters · 1+ internal links per page
  • Private client portal, updated as the work happens
Purchase Bronze
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Silver

AI + SEO Visibility Package
$4,000/month
Best for firms with a website DA of 10–20
  • 12 SEO blog posts, written & optimized
  • 8 white-hat backlinks (DA 40+)
  • 10 pages re-optimized · on-page across 50
  • 6 medium kd keyword clusters · 2+ internal links per page
  • Private client portal, updated as the work happens
Purchase Silver

Gold

AI + SEO Visibility Package
$6,000/month
Best for firms with a website DA of 20–30
  • 20 SEO blog posts, written & optimized
  • 16 white-hat backlinks (DA 40+)
  • 20 pages re-optimized · on-page across 100
  • 12 high kd keyword clusters · 4+ internal links per page
  • Private client portal, updated as the work happens
Purchase Gold

Diamond

AI + SEO Visibility Package
$8,000/month
Best for firms with a website DA of 30+
  • 30 SEO blog posts, written & optimized
  • 24 white-hat backlinks (DA 40+)
  • 30 pages re-optimized · on-page across 150
  • 18 high kd keyword clusters · 6+ internal links per page
  • Private client portal, updated as the work happens
Purchase Diamond

90-Day Guarantee. A 20% lift across the five key visibility metrics in your first 90 days. Month to month, cancel any time. Price is set by your Domain Authority, not your budget. Not sure where you land? Take the free DA quiz.

The Playbook

The Recruitment Agencies Playbook.

THE OPPORTUNITY

Employer Searches Pay the Fees

Client-side terms are where revenue lives and where most agencies barely compete — a vertical page per specialty wins retained work.

THE MECHANISM

Hubs Outlive Listings

Role and vertical hubs accumulate authority that individual job posts can't — and every new listing plugs into structure instead of starting from zero.

VS. THE ALTERNATIVE

Job Boards Own the Aggregated Game

You won't out-rank the boards for generic job terms — and don't need to. Specialty and employer searches are the winnable, profitable layer.

In Depth

How Recruiting Search Actually Works.

Two audiences, two page types

Recruiting companies serve two groups that search in completely different ways. Employers search for a staffing firm by specialty and place: “IT staffing agency Tampa,” “healthcare recruiter.” A job seeker searches by role, pay and location. Trying to serve both on one page weakens both. Strong agencies build employer pages by specialty and industry, and candidate pages by role and city, then link them where it makes sense. That separation is the foundation of SEO for a staffing agency.

Job listings need structured data to show up

Google shows job openings in a dedicated experience that reads structured data from your job pages. Listings without it rarely appear there. Each opening should carry the title, location, pay range where you can share it, and an expiration date, and expired roles should be removed or marked closed so the site doesn't fill with dead pages. Getting this right brings organic search traffic from candidates without paying a job board for every click.

Content that shows your vetting process

Employers choose an agency on trust: how you find people, how you screen them and how fast you fill roles. A clear page explaining your vetting process, time-to-fill and guarantee period often converts better than any sales page. Salary guides and hiring-market updates for your specialties attract both sides and earn links from local media and business groups.

A note on “SEO staffing” searches

Some searches that look relevant — like “SEO staffing” or “SEO recruiting” — are really about hiring SEO professionals, not about marketing a recruitment agency. I don't chase those terms for this page; the goal is employers and candidates in the sectors you place, where the searches turn into placements.

Common Questions

Questions
Before You Book.

Does SEO work for recruitment agencies?

Yes — especially employer-side: vertical staffing searches carry retained-fee intent and thin competition, while candidate content compounds the database.

What should a recruiting firm rank for?

Vertical + location staffing terms, role-family hubs, and salary or hiring-guide content both sides actually search.

How should job listings be handled for SEO?

Inside evergreen hubs with proper expiration handling — so authority accrues to pages that persist, not posts that vanish.

How long until an agency sees results?

Vertical employer terms often move in 2–4 months; candidate-content flywheels build across quarters.

Do you require contracts?

No. Everything is month-to-month, and every engagement starts with the free audit so you can see the opportunity before spending anything.

Who does the work?

I do. You work with me directly — no account managers, no outsourcing. That's the entire model.

Can SEO help a staffing firm compete with the big job boards?

Yes, in the searches that matter most for an agency: specialty plus location on the employer side, and specific roles in your market on the candidate side. Job boards win broad terms; a focused staffing firm wins the specific ones.

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