> This is the markdown version of https://www.classet.ai/blog/best-bullhorn-integrations > Learn more at https://www.classet.ai # 7 Bullhorn Integrations for Staffing Firms That Screen Faster in 2026: Phone Screening, Job Posting, References, and Payroll Seven Bullhorn integrations compared for staffing agencies: AI phone screening, job distribution, call notes, references, WOTC, payroll, and background checks. [![Paul Jones](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.basehub.com%2Fe0b5701f%2F6599306507912123f90f150a8bfaaf6c%2Fscreenshot-2026-01-28-at-10.53.16-am.png%3Fwidth%3D100%26height%3D100%26quality%3D100&w=96&q=75) Paul JonesHead of Growth at Classet ](/blog/authors/paul-jones) October 14, 2026 AI Recruiting, Guides & Insights ![Classet logo connected to the Bullhorn logo, illustrating the Bullhorn integration](/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fblog%2Fbest-bullhorn-integrations.png&w=3840&q=75) The best Bullhorn integrations for staffing firms in 2026, picked by desk task, are Classet for phone screening, Broadbean for job distribution, Ryvr AI for recruiter call notes, Xref for reference checks, ADP WOTC for tax credits, Greenshades for payroll, and Checkr for background checks. [Classet](/integrations/bullhorn) is the one that screens candidates by phone before a recruiter touches the file. **Key Points:** - Bullhorn lists 300+ pre-integrated technology partners and serves 10,000+ staffing customers. - Classet is the Bullhorn integration on this list that screens candidates, with a voice phone interview. - Classet writes notes, recording links, interview documents, and tags to the Bullhorn candidate record. - Broadbean, Ryvr AI, Xref, ADP WOTC, Greenshades, and Checkr handle posting, recruiter calls, references, tax credits, payroll, and checks. - Most Classet Bullhorn setups go live in one to two weeks through OAuth. ## What Are Bullhorn Integrations? Bullhorn integrations are third-party tools that exchange candidate, job, and placement data with Bullhorn, the ATS and CRM built for staffing and recruitment agencies. The [Bullhorn Marketplace](https://www.bullhorn.com/marketplace/) lists 300+ pre-integrated technology partners, and Bullhorn says the platform serves 10,000+ customers. Staffing firms use Bullhorn integrations differently than corporate employers use an ATS. A staffing recruiter competes with other agencies for the same candidate, and the first agency to call usually gets the submittal. For example, a light industrial branch filling 30 warehouse shifts by Monday cannot wait until Thursday to return calls from Saturday applicants. Integrations that screen candidates automatically, write the result to Bullhorn, and flag who is ready to submit decide how many orders a branch fills. Demand is moving, too: the [American Staffing Association](https://americanstaffing.net/posts/2026/08/25/staffing-index-grows-in-august/) reported temporary and contract staffing employment 4.4% higher in August 2026 than a year earlier. ## How Did We Pick the Best Bullhorn Integrations? These integrations solve different steps of hiring, so we picked the best one for each step instead of ranking them against each other. Within each step, we judged Bullhorn integrations on five criteria: 1. Depth of ATS connectivity, including what data writes back to the Bullhorn candidate record. 2. Automation that removes manual recruiter steps, such as triggering on application or status change. 3. Candidate experience impact, including how fast a candidate hears from the agency. 4. Implementation speed and how much admin time the Bullhorn setup needs. 5. Fit for [high-volume hiring](/blog/ai-recruitment-tools-high-volume), where hundreds of candidates move through each week. Every vendor below was verified against its Bullhorn Marketplace listing in October 2026. The list pairs one screening tool with the integrations a staffing desk runs around it, so each pick does a different job. Textkernel is now a Bullhorn-owned product, so Textkernel counts as native, not a partner. Disclosure: Classet makes the phone screening tool on this list. Every other pick was judged on the same five criteria. ## Best Bullhorn Integration for Phone Screening: Classet Classet is the best Bullhorn integration for phone screening because Joy, Classet's AI recruiter, interviews candidates by phone the moment they apply. Joy asks your screening and knockout questions, answers questions about pay and shifts, and records the call. Joy screens 150 candidates in about 10 minutes, and candidates rated the experience positive in 88% of 10,167 ratings collected from January through August 2026. Classet supports 9 of 10 integration actions in Bullhorn. Joy creates candidates, advances qualified candidates to the next stage, writes a structured summary to candidate notes, links the recording and transcript, attaches interview documents, tags candidates by outcome, and reads existing resumes. Automatic routing of knockout results is not yet available in Bullhorn, so recruiters still decide where a failed knockout goes. For example, a branch can open Bullhorn on Monday and find weekend applicants already interviewed and tagged. [ATS Sync](/product/joy-sync-ats-plugin) starts at $1,995/month. ## Best Bullhorn Integration for Job Distribution: Broadbean Broadbean is a job distribution platform that posts Bullhorn jobs to job boards and manages the ad spend behind them. According to [Broadbean's Bullhorn Marketplace listing](https://www.bullhorn.com/marketplace/broadbean/), the integration is native, with AI-driven campaign and budget optimization and ROI reporting available inside Bullhorn. Broadbean has been a Bullhorn Marketplace partner since 2012 and runs on standard Bullhorn and Bullhorn Recruitment Cloud across North America, the UK and Ireland, DACH, Benelux, and Asia Pacific. For example, a branch running 40 open light industrial orders can see which boards produce applicants who actually show up, then move budget to those boards. More applicants is only useful if someone calls them fast, which is where a phone screen comes in. Good for: Multi-branch agencies posting high job volumes across several boards. ## Best Bullhorn Integration for Recruiter Call Notes: Ryvr AI Ryvr AI is a call intelligence tool for staffing recruiters. Ryvr does not interview candidates. According to [Ryvr AI's Bullhorn Marketplace listing](https://www.bullhorn.com/marketplace/ryvr-ai/), Ryvr joins the recruiter's own calls, pulls out details such as salary, notice period, and motivation, and maps them to Bullhorn fields before the recruiter hangs up. From the same conversation, Ryvr drafts a follow-up email, a job ad, a LinkedIn post, and boolean sourcing strings. Ryvr also turns highlights from the recruiter's call into short clips for client submittals. Ryvr and Classet sit at different points in the funnel. Joy handles the first screen with every applicant, and Ryvr captures the longer recruiter conversation with the candidates who pass. Good for: Agencies where recruiter notes in Bullhorn are thin or missing in 2026. ## Best Bullhorn Integration for Reference Checks: Xref Xref is a reference checking platform that sends automated, multi-language reference questionnaires from Bullhorn. According to [Xref's Bullhorn Marketplace listing](https://www.bullhorn.com/marketplace/xref/), recruiters send a request in under 30 seconds and track responses in a dashboard, and Xref flags suspicious references. Xref says responses typically arrive within 18 hours and that the questionnaires collect 60% more data than traditional reference calls. Xref is ISO 27001 certified. Xref contacts referees, not candidates, so Xref fits after the screen and the recruiter interview. For example, a healthcare staffing desk can send references the same afternoon a nurse passes the screen instead of chasing former managers by phone for three days. Good for: Agencies whose clients require two or more references before a start date. ## Best Bullhorn Integration for WOTC Tax Credits: ADP WOTC ADP WOTC is a tax credit service that screens new hires for the federal Work Opportunity Tax Credit. According to [ADP's Bullhorn Marketplace listing](https://www.bullhorn.com/marketplace/adp-wotc-integration-for-bullhorn/), the integration builds WOTC screening into the Bullhorn hiring workflow and helps identify and capture federal, state, and local tax credits and incentives. The federal credit is worth up to $2,400 per eligible hire for most target groups and up to $9,600 for some veteran categories, according to the [IRS](https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/work-opportunity-tax-credit). Staffing firms placing hundreds of temporary workers a month hire many people in target groups, so the credits add up. Good for: Light industrial and hospitality staffing firms placing high volumes of hourly workers. ## Best Bullhorn Integration for Payroll and Tax: Greenshades Greenshades is a payroll and tax platform for staffing firms. According to [Greenshades' Bullhorn Marketplace listing](https://www.bullhorn.com/marketplace/greenshades/), candidate and placement data flows from Bullhorn One and Bullhorn Back Office into Greenshades, and Bullhorn calls Greenshades the only direct integration for payroll and tax on the Marketplace. Greenshades handles garnishments, paid sick leave compliance, and 940 and 941 filings, and agencies can tie labor costs to specific clients and job sites. Payroll is far from screening, but a placement only pays off if the worker gets paid correctly on Friday. A missed paycheck on week one undoes a fast hire. Good for: Agencies running payroll for temporary workers on Bullhorn Back Office. ## Best Bullhorn Integration for Background Checks: Checkr Checkr is a background screening vendor listed on the Bullhorn Marketplace for the step before placement. According to [Checkr's Bullhorn listing](https://www.bullhorn.com/marketplace/checkr/), recruiters start checks and review updates inside Bullhorn, and Checkr writes results back for review. Checkr says 84% of checks are ready in under 15 minutes. [First Advantage's Bullhorn listing](https://www.bullhorn.com/marketplace/first-advantage/) is the main alternative, covering background checks, drug tests, and I-9 eligibility, with application data pre-populated and real-time order status in Bullhorn. Background checks confirm history, not fit, so you still won't know whether a candidate can work second shift or holds an OSHA 10 card. Run checks after a phone screen confirms the basics. Good for: Any Bullhorn agency placing candidates who need checks or drug tests before day one. ## How Do the Bullhorn Integrations Compare? The comparison below is a side-by-side view of the seven Bullhorn integrations on six features that decide whether a recruiter still calls candidates by hand. Data comes from each vendor's Bullhorn Marketplace listing as of October 2026. Only 1 of the 7 tools screens candidates before a recruiter does, and only Classet publishes a Bullhorn setup time. Feature Classet Broadbean Ryvr AI Xref ADP WOTC Greenshades Checkr Best for Phone screening Job distribution Recruiter call notes Reference checks WOTC tax credits Payroll and tax Background checks Screens before recruiter contact Yes No No No No No No Voice phone interview Yes No No (records recruiter calls) No No No No Writes summary to candidate record Yes (notes) No Yes (call fields) Reference results Not stated No Status, results Recording/transcript link Yes No Recruiter call clips No No No No Stage automation Advances stage No No No No No No Setup time 1 to 2 weeks Not stated Not stated Not stated Not stated Not stated Not stated ## How Should a Staffing Firm Build Its Bullhorn Stack? A Bullhorn stack is the set of integrations a staffing desk runs from job order to first paycheck. The order matters more than the vendor names, and most agencies build it in seven steps: 1. Post the job order with Broadbean. 2. Screen applicants the moment they apply with Classet. 3. Capture the recruiter's follow-up call with Ryvr AI. 4. Collect references with Xref. 5. Run background checks with Checkr. 6. Screen for tax credits with ADP WOTC. 7. Pay the worker through Greenshades. Step 2 decides how many orders a branch fills, because the first agency to reach a candidate usually gets the submittal. One Classet staffing customer, Staff Management | SMX, put the benefit plainly: "The biggest benefit has been maximizing our recruiters' productivity, even during off hours or weekends." The [Classet staffing page](/use-cases/staffing) shows how agencies run Joy. ## Frequently Asked Questions About Bullhorn Integrations ### Does Classet integrate with Bullhorn? Yes. Classet connects to Bullhorn through OAuth with 9 of 10 integration actions supported. Joy, Classet's AI recruiter, interviews candidates by phone, writes a summary to Bullhorn notes, links the recording and transcript, tags candidates, and advances qualified candidates to the next stage. ATS Sync starts at $1,995/month. ### Which Bullhorn integrations screen candidates by phone? Classet is the Bullhorn integration on this list that runs voice phone screens. Joy calls candidates the moment they apply, asks your knockout questions about certifications, shifts, and pay, and writes the summary to Bullhorn notes. Ryvr AI records the recruiter's own calls rather than interviewing candidates. ### How long does a Bullhorn integration take to set up? Most Classet Bullhorn setups go live in one to two weeks. You authorize Classet in Bullhorn through OAuth, and the Classet team maps your Bullhorn statuses, screening questions, and knockout criteria during onboarding. Other Bullhorn partners on this list do not publish setup times. ### Can Joy write interview notes into Bullhorn? Yes. After each interview, Joy writes a structured summary to the candidate's notes in Bullhorn, links the full recording and transcript, and attaches interview documents to the candidate profile. Joy can also tag candidates by outcome, such as bilingual or forklift certified, so recruiters filter a talent pool without opening every record. ### Is Classet an alternative to Paradox for Bullhorn? Yes. We found no Bullhorn Marketplace listing for Paradox in October 2026, and Workday acquired Paradox in 2025. Classet connects to Bullhorn today and screens by phone instead of chat, which reaches hourly candidates on job sites. See our [Classet vs Paradox comparison](/blog/classet-vs-paradox-ai-recruiting) for details. ## How Do You Connect Classet to Bullhorn? Connecting Classet to Bullhorn is a guided setup with your Bullhorn admin, and most agencies finish in one to two weeks. The setup runs in four steps: 1. Your Bullhorn admin authorizes Classet through OAuth. 2. Classet imports your Bullhorn jobs and maps screening questions and knockout criteria into Joy's interview script. 3. You pick the trigger: new application, a specific Bullhorn status, or manual selection. 4. Classet tests the full loop, including notes, recording links, tags, and stage moves on the candidate record. ATS Sync starts at $1,995/month with no per-seat fees. If your agency runs Bullhorn and staffs light industrial, skilled trades, or frontline orders, [book a demo](/demo?ref=blog-best-bullhorn-integrations-bottom) and we will walk through the Bullhorn setup with your team. The [Classet Bullhorn integration page](/integrations/bullhorn) covers connection details, and our guide to [AI recruiting for staffing agencies](/blog/ai-recruiting-staffing-agencies) covers the wider workflow. 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