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Get Mobile with Your Staffing Software!

With today’s increasing trend of mobile device use in the workforce, it is becoming imperative that recruiters have access to their staffing software’s data at any time and from anywhere. The staffing and recruiting industry is always “on the go” which is why mobile recruiting has been the talk of the town for quite a … Continued

The Most Attended Midwest Staffing Conference! Did you miss it?

On May 22nd-23rd, 240 staffing and recruiting professionals gathered together for what turned out to be the most attended Midwest Staffing Conference yet! The conference featured 10 different speakers, 17 dynamic presentations/breakout sessions, and 23 vendor sponsors. The atmosphere was bustling! The conference is the largest in the Midwest and is co-sponsored by the Illinois … Continued

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Best Staffing Software: 5 Key Elements

Every company has different recruitment and staffing needs. However, there are key essentials that you should make sure your staffing software solution has. The 5 Key Elements to the Best Staffing Software:

The Next Level of Staffing Software

Staffing and recruiting software has been around for a while. The industry has seen staffing software go from a simple search and match tool to a robust model that helps run the entire business. Staffing professionals are easily creating candidate profiles with automatic resume import, and software seamlessly integrates with 3rd party components such as … Continued

How Candidate Response Rates Rise with the Right Staffing Software

For some staffing firms, good candidate response rates resemble MLB batting averages. If a recruiter gets a 25% response rate from passive candidates, it’s presumed that person surpasses most of the competition. However, since 6% of recruiters consistently get response rates of 50% or better, there are clearly ways to use strategy and smarts to … Continued

Is Your Staffing Software a Stranger?

We are almost halfway through December and some of you are super busy and getting ready for the New Year, while others may be the opposite and all caught up. If your staffing firm is a little quieter than usual maybe you should take advantage of it. I don’t mean cleaning your desk and filing. … Continued

Staffing Trends: Seasonal Hiring At Its Best Since 2007

Recent annual report released by Snagajob indicates that seasonal job availability is at its peak in the study’s five year history. The increase in seasonal hiring is directly correlated to the strong sales expectation this year. Snagajob reports that in comparing the hiring managers who expect their sales to be better than last year vw. those … Continued

Should Staffing Firms Prepare for a Double Dip Recession? Hardly.

We are half way through 2012, and we have witnessed a turbulent market that is a far cry from conventional. The Euro Crisis, Middle East tensions and high oil prices, a possibility of the EU breaking up, soaring U.S. deficits: the economy is looking less than optimistic. You would think with all this chaos, it … Continued

Good News for Staffing Firms: Summer Hiring Up 29%

Looks like temperatures aren’t the only things that are rising this summer. CareerBuilder released their Annual Summer Job Forecast, which stated that 29% of employers are hiring this summer, an increase from 21% last year. Due to a combination of strong growth in manufacturing and increased consumer confidence in the market, summer hiring is booming.