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How Automation Can Make You Money

 Everyone is automated.  The other day I ran across “Giggles®” software for babies.  Kids that can barely speak are keyboard and mouse savvy.  Grandparents are storing recipes, emailing and setting up Facebook® pages. Books are being read on screens.  Newspapers encourage you to read their “on-line edition”.  Offices are completely unable to function without email.  … Continued

Mining the Store

Data mining is a new and “HOT” field. So hot that data mining analysts have an average starting salary of $50,727! Simply put, data mining analysts sort through vast amounts of information in data warehouses. So, what’s so hot about that? A lot! Best of all with some of the tools available today, you can … Continued

A Crazy Little Thing Called Social Media

Let’s face it: social media is here to stay. 88% of business owners said social media increased their exposure, and 72% said it increased traffic to their site. Facebook has over 500 million users, with at least 50% of daily activity. It is the perfect opportunity to increase company exposure, customer engagement, and lead generation.  Twitter … Continued

No Rest for the Weary

It’s true that the economy has loosened up a bit and most staffing and direct hire companies are not feeling quite as tightly squeezed as earlier in the year. As the atmosphere improves, however, be watchful of going back to old bad habits. There are always bright signs to a bad economy. We realize who … Continued

Mobile Recruiting: Everything You Need to Know

Mobile is not the next future trend; it is the present. The sooner employers and recruiters realize this, the more competitive they will be in their search for top candidates.

Automated Business Designs Named One of the Nation’s Best and Brightest Companies to Work For® in 2018

Staffing Software provider wins prestigious company culture award. CHICAGO, Illinois– Automated Business Designs (ABD), developers of Ultra-Staff staffing software, was named one of the Nation’s Best and Brightest Companies to Work For® in 2018! This prestigious honor is now the second time that ABD has been recognized by the National Best and Brightest program.  The software … Continued

Tactical Economic Storm Survival

I had lunch with a friend of mine a couple of weeks ago.  There was a huge storm the night before with trees knocked down and a bunch of carpet carnage.  As I drove through the neighborhoods which modeled war zones, I figured that I should maybe give her a call to make sure everything … Continued

Generation Y: Working to Bridge the Internet Gap

Generation Y, Millenials, Gen Next, the Boomerang Generation. Whatever you want to call them, they are making a lasting impression on the workplace. They are the 18-28 year olds who are reshaping our cultural and consumption patterns. Numbering some 68 million in the United States, Generation Y is progressively the most influential generation today. They … Continued

There Is No Going Back to Normal: How Jobs & the Workplace Will Be Affected Permanently

There have been many articles published about how to prepare to return to work, but how will jobs and the workplace culture be when you return? Will everything go back to how it was or will it be different? In the past few months, the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted companies and the way they operate. … Continued

Goodbye Dud Candidate, Hello Stellar Recruit!

How to recruit stellar candidates! EVERYONE has trouble recruiting good candidates.  Where are they?  Where did they go?  How do you find them?  That’s the million-dollar question that all recruiters find themselves asking at one point or another.  There are four key denominators, however, that can help you get rid of the dud candidates and … Continued