How One Company Saved $2.4M with AI-Driven Hiring — And How You Can, Too

Seasonal hiring doesn’t just test your recruiting team — it exposes every inefficiency in your process. TruGreen, one of the largest lawn care companies in North America, recently shared how they slashed their time-to-hire by 86%, eliminated third-party recruiter spend, and saved $2.4M in just six months — all by embracing automation and AI.

But here’s what most people missed:
It wasn’t about the tool. It was about rethinking the system.

At 4Spot Consulting, we help HR and recruiting teams implement this same kind of transformation — without needing to buy another overpriced platform.

The Real Problem: High-Volume, High-Stress Hiring

If you’re in HR, you know the struggle:

• Recruiting teams buried in applications they don’t have time to screen
• Disconnected systems that don’t talk to each other
• Surges in seasonal demand with no scalable infrastructure
• A broken candidate experience that leads to ghosting and drop-off

TruGreen’s team was hiring 15,000+ people in the first five months of the year. Most recruiters were stuck in manual loops: screening, scheduling, rescheduling, following up. It was unsustainable.

Sound familiar?

The Breakthrough: Automate What Doesn’t Require a Human

TruGreen implemented a conversational AI assistant to:

• Pre-screen candidates instantly
• Schedule interviews 24/7
• Answer FAQs and reduce recruiter follow-up
• Streamline communication and prep for interviews

It worked. Interview scheduling time dropped from 7 days to 1. RPO spend? Gone. Ghosting? Down. Recruiter stress? Cut dramatically.

They didn’t just add a tool. They built a smarter system.

Where Most Teams Go Wrong

Too many companies make one of two mistakes:

1. They throw money at “yet another tool” and hope it fixes the problem.
2. They never fix the underlying process.

Here’s the truth: If your workflows are broken, layering on AI won’t help — it just speeds up the chaos.

That’s why at 4Spot Consulting, we don’t just give you software. We rebuild your hiring engine.

Our Approach: AI + Automation That Actually Works

We help recruiting teams implement powerful automation without hiring developers or ripping out your ATS.

Our process:

1. OpsMap™ – A full operational audit to find the biggest ROI wins.
2. OpsBuild™ – Our team builds integrations using Make.com and AI tools that plug into your current stack.
3. OpsCare™ – Ongoing support, optimization, and improvement.

We’ve worked with recruiting teams to:

• Automate interview scheduling using Google Calendar, Outlook, or Calendly
• Send reminders via SMS, email, or Slack
• Pre-screen based on role-specific logic
• Score candidates with AI (and keep a human in the loop)

What You Can Copy from the TruGreen Playbook (Without Buying Paradox)

You don’t need Paradox to:

• Let candidates apply via SMS or chat
• Automate follow-up with no-shows
• Eliminate RPO spend by giving recruiters better tools
• Give hiring managers real-time visibility into the funnel
• Build a career site that actually converts

We’ve built these systems with Make.com, Keap, Zoho Recruit, Workable, and more.

If you’d like to watch the full webinar, it is available here.

Bottom Line: The Cost of Inaction Is Too High

TruGreen saved over $2.4M in six months by eliminating friction in their process.
What would that kind of savings mean for your team?

Time-to-hire. Turnover. Recruiter morale. It’s all connected.

Let’s find your first automation win.

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