Automated Business Designs Named a 2024 Best and Brightest Company to Work For® in Chicago and in the Nation

By Jennifer Roeslmeier Mikels

August 13, 2024

Developers of Ultra-Staff EDGE Staffing and Recruiting Software win distinguished company culture award. CHICAGO, Illinois–Automated Business Designs (ABD), developers of Ultra-Staff EDGE staffing and recruiting software, was named a 2024 Best and Brightest Company to Work For® in both Chicago and in the Nation.  This distinguished honor is the ninth consecutive year that ABD has been … Continued

How Software Can Keep Your Healthcare Staffing Practices in Check

By Jennifer Roeslmeier Mikels

August 8, 2024

The healthcare staffing industry is complex and unlike any other industry. Having the right software tools by your side can help simplify the ever-growing complexity of healthcare staffing. Between credential management and compliance to calculating pay packages and managing shifts, these essential needs of healthcare staffing can be made easy with the right healthcare staffing … Continued

Discover the Advantages of Back Office Software for Staffing Agencies

By Jennifer Roeslmeier Mikels

June 25, 2024

Staffing software plays a vital role in a staffing company’s operation. Staffing software can help companies be more efficient and streamline tasks to drive business growth. Deciding on the right ATS and CRM solution is often a topic of discussion. Your back office software is just as important though, as it’s the heart that keeps … Continued

Decreasing Your Time to Hire While Maintaining Candidate Quality

By Jennifer Roeslmeier Mikels

May 14, 2024

Whether you are a staffing agency or a company that is hiring, everyone wants to have the most efficient and successful recruiting process.  Reducing time to hire will lead to efficiency, but maintaining the quality of your hires is crucial to a successful recruiting process. Decreasing your time to hire has both client and candidate … Continued

8 Ways to “Spring Clean” Your ATS Data and Processes

By Jennifer Roeslmeier Mikels

April 9, 2024

It’s officially spring, and with spring comes spring cleaning! Whether that is cleaning your house, your office, or maybe just cleaning up your everyday practices, spring is an opportunity to start fresh. It can also be an opportunity to clean up your ATS data and processes.  Once you onboard with an ATS provider, it’s rare … Continued

Implementing AI at Your Staffing Agency in 2024

By Jennifer Roeslmeier Mikels

January 23, 2024

AI. One of the most buzzed words in 2023. You saw it in articles, on the news, in webinars, in sessions, and at conferences. Almost daily you heard about AI and the importance of using it. Now we are in 2024 and AI isn’t going away. The buzz of those fateful two letters will keep … Continued

Top 10 KPIs Every Staffing Agency Should Monitor

By Jennifer Roeslmeier Mikels

November 28, 2023

As we gear up for 2024, evaluating Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) is critical for not only planning the future but also evaluating how your staffing business is performing. Measuring KPIs on a regular basis helps you see key insights into your business and helps you make strategic decisions. This is especially important for the growth … Continued

Attending Staffing Conferences This Fall? Get the Most Bang for Your Buck

By Jennifer Roeslmeier Mikels

September 26, 2023

It’s that time of year again when companies are attending the major fall staffing conferences, including the upcoming Staffing World in Charlotte, North Carolina.  Whether you are attending a national conference or a local one, making the most out of the conference is important. You don’t want to spend the time and money to attend … Continued

Revolutionizing Workforce Management: Exploring Mobile Staffing Solutions

By Jennifer Roeslmeier Mikels

April 25, 2023

Did you know that Americans check their phones on average 96 times per day or once every ten minutes? On average Americans spend 5 hours and 24 minutes on their mobile device each day! ¹ It is widely known that everyone is spending more time on their mobile devices, but even I am surprised by … Continued

How to Craft a Team of Productive Software Users

By Terri Roeslmeier

April 18, 2023

Why do so many software systems fail?  Corporate leaders often wonder what went wrong.  How could they have chosen the wrong software?  Should they have checked more references?  Scheduled more demos?  Why exactly isn’t the solution that they invested in working? People Fear Change Part of the process of introducing new software is “getting people … Continued