We like spreadsheets. A sole recruiter with three roles runs a good desk on one workbook and a mailbox, and no software should pretend otherwise. This is about the four things a sheet cannot do, and the specific day each one starts to matter.
Search
A sheet filters a column. It does not search a resume. The day it matters is the day a client asks for a skill you never made a column for. Everyone with that skill in your inbox is invisible.
Versions
Two people, one sheet, two copies by Friday. The day it matters is the day a colleague calls a candidate who was rejected yesterday, and the candidate mentions it to the client.
Reminders
A sheet does not know the client's target date is next Tuesday, that the candidate's notice period ends on the thirtieth, or that an interview was never confirmed. The day it matters is the day a placement slips because nobody looked.
The audit
Who moved this candidate, when, and why? A sheet keeps the current value and forgets the rest. The day it matters is the day a fee is disputed and the only record is somebody's memory.
What the board does instead
The board keeps one row per requirement and one card per person, and the card's history is the audit. The target date sits on the row. Search reads the resume. Two people work the same board and see the same thing.
The comparison, including what the sheet does better, is on the compare page.