Can we try candidate rediscovery software for free before rolling it out to our team?

Yes, most rediscovery vendors offer a free trial or pilot period before requiring a full team rollout, letting you test results against your own database and job orders first. This matters for staffing agencies specifically, since performance depends heavily on your database size and how your candidates are recorded, not just the tool itself.

For example, software like Skima AI offers a 14-day free trial and a 30-day pilot, both scoped to your agency's database size and job order volume. During this window, you connect a live requisition or two, launch Talent Rediscovery, and measure results like time-to-screen and submission speed before deciding whether to expand across your full team. A structured pilot typically checks results at day 15 and day 30 rather than waiting until the end to review anything.

Before starting a trial with any vendor, confirm three things: whether the trial tests against your own database or a generic sample, whether results and configuration carry over if you continue to a paid plan, and how many live job orders you can realistically test within the trial window. Testing against your own database and actual job orders provides much more insight than a demo using someone else's sample data.

Starting with two or three live job orders that your agency has struggled to fill through normal sourcing gives you the clearest indication of whether rediscovery works for your specific database before you commit your whole team to it.