January 24, 2019
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
December 4, 2018
Beer, brats, and celebration! The Illinois Search and Staffing Association (ISSA) 2018 Annual Meeting and Holiday Event was held last Thursday, November 29th at the Hofbrauhaus Chicago. The event included elections for the coming year, motivational speaker Michael Hahn, and ended in a celebratory cocktail reception. Everyone attending the event was encouraged to bring an … Continued
January 23, 2018
By now you’ve probably heard about the gig economy, and let’s face it– the phrase isn’t going away anytime soon. In fact, predictions show 43% of the workforce is expected to fall under this category by 2020. Just in case you’re not familiar with the term, a gig economy is defined as, “a labor market … Continued
October 13, 2017
ABD’s new staffing product, Ultra-Staff EDGE, promises to be the most significant staffing software product released in the past decade. Chicago, Illinois– Automated Business Designs (ABD), makers of Ultra-Staff staffing software, released their brand new product Ultra-Staff EDGE! Ultra-Staff EDGE joins a phenomenal line-up of ABD’s innovative software for the staffing and recruiting industry. ABD … Continued
May 1, 2017
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
January 10, 2017
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
April 26, 2016
How realistic your goals are depends on the set of tools at your disposal. Triathlon participants need running shoes, a swimsuit, and a working bike. Otherwise, they can’t expect to make it much farther than the starting line. Recruiting sales goals require their own set of tools, the foremost of which is high performing staffing … Continued
August 10, 2015
Talent Management, a term developed in a 1997 study by McKinsey & Company, is the process of recruiting, retaining, and developing skilled employees. People are a Staffing Company’s greatest asset. Having a pool of qualified applicants ready to work is invaluable. An online recruitment management system is an integral first step in finding and assessing a large pool … Continued
February 11, 2015
With the big “Hallmark holiday” coming up, Valentine’s Day, there will be a lot of love going around or a lot of chocolate eating and crying (for those of us who are single). OK, I won’t be so dramatic. If you think about it, dating is a lot like recruiting.
October 14, 2014
As many of you know the staffing and recruiting industry has grown rapidly. According to the American Staffing Association (ASA), staffing firms have created 19,700 new positions in September alone and the unemployment rate has dropped to 5.9%.
