Naughty or Nice? Staffing Reports That Should be on Your Nice List in 2023

By Jennifer Roeslmeier Mikels

December 7, 2022

The holidays are upon us! That means holiday shopping, decorating, and parties are in full swing.  In the mix of all of this holiday cheer though also comes planning for 2023.  Having the right staffing reports by your side will help you analyze where you are at and forecast for the coming months. So, what … Continued

A Positive, Easy, Convenient Staffing Experience

By Jennifer Roeslmeier Mikels

November 22, 2022

What do Netflix®, Apple®, and Amazon® all have in common? They offer a positive, easy, and convenient consumer experience. Netflix offers good content for people to continue to subscribe to the streaming service. When browsing for shows and movies, you can easily continue watching a show from where you left off, you can browse by … Continued

How Great Staffing Software Makes for Great Customer Service

By Terri Roeslmeier

May 16, 2022

We all like to think we provide great customer service.  Nothing is more bothersome than feeling that you are not appreciated as a customer, and we certainly would never want any of our clients to feel that way.  Yet, as organizations grow, new people join the team. It’s a difficult task to ensure that everyone … Continued

Why is Staffing Software Training Important?

By Terri Roeslmeier

May 5, 2022

Hiring good people for your organization is a challenge, but training is an even greater endeavor.  When a new person comes on board they have to learn your culture, processes and procedures, and software.  Culture is fairly easy because much of the culture, unlike anything else, can be picked up by osmosis.  Everything else has … Continued

Using 40% of Your Staffing Software?

By Terri Roeslmeier

April 18, 2022

No one ever buys anything with the intent of using a small percentage of the product. Generally, when one makes a major purchase there is a good amount of research involved and desired features are scrutinized for efficiency and effectiveness. There may be yes/no checklists involved, various conversations with the vendor and many product demonstrations. … Continued

What Should Staffing Software Do For You?

By Terri Roeslmeier

April 6, 2022

Many companies use just a very small percentage of what a product can do.  If you are using your staffing software simply as a file cabinet to store resumes or look up phone numbers, you are missing out.  Much staffing software today has the potential of being a fully integrated model.  We’re not talking about … Continued

Revenue, Profit and Business Analysis

By Terri Roeslmeier

February 17, 2022

Everybody loves talking about soaring revenue. Doubling revenue, tripling revenue, and having such and such % better revenue than last year are all nice songs to sing. It sounds great to everyone: prospects enjoy hearing about it, your employees get a sense of pride, and your marketing and salespeople have a field day with it. … Continued

5 Ways to Use Your ATS to Improve Your Hiring Strategy in 2022

By Jennifer Roeslmeier Mikels

January 25, 2022

With 2022 in full swing, you’ve probably spent a lot of time thinking about your hiring strategy in the new year.  Whether it’s combating the Great Resignation, finding the best candidates in a time when candidates have the upper hand, incentivizing your job offers, or finding a way for candidates to trust you as an … Continued

ABD Releases the Candidate Compliance Portal to Help Staffing Companies Track Vaccination Statuses

By Jennifer Roeslmeier Mikels

January 13, 2022

Ultra-Staff EDGE staffing and recruiting software users can now effortlessly keep track of vaccination statuses through the new Candidate Compliance Portal. CHICAGO, IL—Automated Business Designs, developers of Ultra-Staff EDGE staffing and recruiting software, released a breakthrough technology that will allow staffing companies to track candidate vaccination statuses within the Ultra-Staff EDGE applicant tracking system. Since … Continued

Learning Sales Techniques from a 7-Year-Old

By Chris Dousmanis

December 8, 2021

I am learning a lot from my 7-year-old and not just the routine stuff like how to get red crayon stains out of an entire load of laundry. Some of it pertains to sales techniques. How do people process new information? What extrapolations do they make? What erroneous assumptions do they make that seems perfectly … Continued