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The Digital Workplace

Staffing and recruiting professionals manage processes and interact with candidates and clients using electronic commerce.  Whether Internet marketing, using e-mail or transferring funds into candidate accounts through direct deposit, you are using electronic commerce.  This encompasses a wide range of technologies such as the “World Wide Web”, mobile devices and yes, even phones.  But how … Continued

Software Features That Make You Money!

Sometimes we get so accustomed to using software that we forget that the reason we got it in the first place was to make our companies more profitable. Software can do this by increasing production, decreasing hard costs and providing more customer service tools for the people that we do business with. The only caveat … Continued

ABD Named One of Chicago’s Best and Brightest Companies to Work For in 2020

Staffing and recruiting software provider wins distinguished company culture award for 5th consecutive year. CHICAGO, Illinois– Automated Business Designs (ABD), developers of Ultra-Staff staffing software, was named one of Chicago’s Best and Brightest Companies to Work For® in 2020. This prestigious honor is the fifth consecutive year that ABD has been recognized by Chicago’s Best … Continued

Social Recruiting: What Not To Do In Social Media Recruiting

Using social media for recruiting candidates is becoming a mainstream strategy among staffing and recruiting agencies. 60% of recruiting companies predict social recruiting to be the next evolution in recruiting strategies. If you are incorporating social recruiting – and have absolutely no results – you may want to look at your efforts in a new light. There … Continued

CRM Recruiting: 4 Ways to Maximize Results

CRM recruiting is a cost effective, popular recruiting technique that better facilitates hires by combining relationship building and active outreach to nurture new leads as well as maintain loyal applicants already in your database. It’s vital for today’s leading staffing companies to proactively market and continuously connect with potential candidates, especially with the slow, but … Continued

Out to Impress!

“Make a good impression”.  How many times have we heard that commanding line?  The key word in the phrase is “make” as in you have complete control over this. What do all “impressive” companies have in common?  They differentiate themselves.  It’s great to say your company is different; but the only way you can truly … Continued

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

Candidate Onboarding is Hot

The topic of interest at your next cocktail party may be, “So what are you doing about Onboarding candidates?” What will you respond? Onboarding is the process of integrating new employees into your organization. The process generally begins with a job application and perhaps a resume. Complete Onboarding, however, is a harmonious flow of activities … Continued

Storing Forms Electronically

Our firm was just audited and we had to produce every I-9 form we had ever collected. Needless to say we could not locate many of the forms. What is the best way to store all information electronically? There are a number of ways to accomplish this. One simple way is to scan all documents … Continued

Setting Up Alerts via Text/Online

I have many candidates that want to be alerted about jobs through social networking sites like Twitter® or text messaging. Is there an easy way to do this from staffing software? Some staffing software vendors are offering tools within the application for job posting to social networking sites. Some sites require that you have an … Continued