Recruitment agencies operate differently to most businesses. Your workers move between client sites, your billing depends on verified hours, and your clients expect accuracy without question. Standard time and attendance systems weren’t designed for this.
Focus.net is. It’s a cloud-based platform built to handle the operational realities of temporary workforce management — multi-site visibility, flexible clocking options for workers at client premises, and bespoke reports that feed both payroll and client billing.
Whether you’re placing 50 workers or 1,000, the system scales with you. One platform, every client site, total control.
Key Challenges
Workforce Management Challenges for Recruitment Agencies.
Buddy clocking and disputed hours
Without biometric verification, workers can clock in for colleagues. That puts your billing accuracy — and your client relationships — at risk.
Workers clocking at sites with no fixed IT
Many client sites don’t have network infrastructure. Your workers still need a reliable way to clock in and out without manual timesheets.
Different billing requirements per client
Each client has its own rates, shift patterns and billing format. A one-size-fits-all report won’t cut it when margins are tight and disputes are costly.
Overtime and unsocial hours calculations
Getting premiums wrong causes payroll errors and billing discrepancies. Calculating them manually across multiple sites and clients is both slow and risky.
Onboarding high volumes of workers quickly
High turnover and large placements mean you need fast worker setup. Lengthy enrolment processes slow you down and cost money.
No centralised view across all placements
When your workforce is spread across dozens of client sites, managing attendance, absence and costs from multiple disconnected systems is a significant operational burden.
How We Help
How Focus.net works for recruitment
Flexible clocking for any client site
Workers can clock in via the Focus Self Service App (iOS and Android) with geofencing to confirm location, tap a Focus Wave NFC wall tag at fixed shift points, or use a biometric or proximity terminal on site. For client sites with limited connectivity, 4G/5G modem kits keep clocking running without interruption.
- App-based clocking with GPS geofence validation per client site
- Focus Wave NFC tags for fixed clocking points — employees tap with their smartphone
- Biometric terminals (fingerprint and face recognition) for high-capacity sites
- 4G/5G modem kits for sites without reliable network access
Biometric verification that protects your reputation
Fingerprint and facial recognition terminals eliminate buddy clocking entirely. Every clocking transaction is tied to a verified individual — giving your clients cast-iron confidence in every billing submission.
Bespoke reporting for payroll and client billing
Focus.net’s custom report designer lets you build reports to match each client’s exact requirements. Export to Excel or PDF. Calculate overtime and unsocial hours premiums automatically. Produce separate payroll and billing outputs from the same data.
- Cost centre capture by client site or department
- Configurable overtime and shift premium rules
- Separate billing and payroll reports per client
Centralised multi-site management
Run every client placement from a single login. Manage shift rotas, monitor attendance in real time, track absence, and analyse performance across your entire operation — without switching between systems.
Some recruitment companies keep office staff on site at their larger client locations. Focus is cloud-based, so it’s accessed from any web browser — meaning on-site office staff and head office teams always work from the same live system, whether they’re at a client site or back at base.
- Single login covering every client placement
- Cloud-based access from any web browser — on-site office staff and head office stay on the same live system
- Shift rota management and real-time attendance monitoring
- Absence tracking and performance analysis across the whole operation
- Client access with a restricted login, so clients can approve timesheets directly before billing
Rapid cover when you need it
When a worker doesn’t show for their shift, Focus flags them on the live “Should be in” dashboard immediately. From there, supervisors can open the Employee Directory in the Self Service App — filtering by skill or group to see who is currently clocked in or out, what shift they’re scheduled for, and where they last clocked. A one-tap call button means getting cover on the phone takes seconds, not minutes.
HR and payroll integration
Focus.net integrates via API with HR platforms including Natural HR from Moorepay, syncing absence data and eliminating double-keying. Worker records transfer automatically between terminals when you deploy to a new client site.
Key Benefits
Range of cutting edge biometric terminals to choose from
4G/5G SIM or networked terminal connection options
Hosted and cloud based solutions
Manage all clients from a single application
Bespoke payroll and billing reports available
Trusted by Leading Recruitment Agencies
RMS Recruitment & HR Specialists — a key player in automotive, manufacturing and engineering employment — deployed Focus.net across multi-site UK operations in Darlington, Birmingham, Corby, Liverpool and Peterlee. Facing an outdated system that couldn’t handle shift scheduling, unsocial hours premiums or app-based clocking, they moved to Focus cloud T&A, the Self Service App, Focus Wave NFC tags, and Natural HR API integration.
The results: over 120,000 clocking transactions captured for 1,000+ staff, with customised billing and payroll reports tailored to their clients’ requirements.
“We switched to Egress nearly a year ago after struggling with an outdated system, and the impact has been transformative. Their Time & Attendance solution has significantly improved accuracy, efficiency, and consistency across our multi-site, UK-wide operations for over 500 employees.”
— Phil Wake, Systems Controller, RMS Recruitment & HR Specialists
With decades of experience supporting recruitment and industrial staffing agencies, Egress Systems understands what accurate time data means to your operation — and your client relationships.
What Focus.net Delivers for Recruitment Agencies
- Cloud-based platform — accessible from any browser, no on-site server required
- Focus Self Service App (iOS and Android) with geofencing per client site
- Focus Wave NFC tags for fixed clocking locations on client premises
- Biometric terminals (fingerprint and facial recognition) with buddy clocking prevention
- Auto-transfer of worker enrolment records between terminals for fast site deployment
- 4G/5G modem kits for client sites with limited network connectivity
- Proximity card, fob and NFC terminal options
- Geofencing with configurable valid clocking zones per site
- Multi-client management from a single application
- Bespoke payroll and billing reports per client
- Overtime and unsocial hours premium calculations built into the system
- Shift scheduling and rota management
- Skills start and end dates — prevents scheduling workers with lapsed qualifications
- Cost centre capture by client site or department
- API integration with HR platforms including Natural HR from Moorepay
- Absence data sync from HR platforms via API
- Custom report designer with Excel and PDF export
- Real-time centralised visibility across all placements and client sites
- Employee Directory — live clocked in/out status, shift view, one-tap call, filter by skill or group
- Client access with restricted login for timesheet approval before billing
Focus.net gives recruitment agencies the accurate, flexible, verifiable time and attendance system their operation demands.
Contact our team and we will be happy to walk you through the platform and demonstrate exactly how it fits your agency’s requirements.