How to Drive Staffing Sales Growth with Your CRM in 2025

By Jennifer Roeslmeier Mikels

February 5, 2025

Staffing sales have been a challenge over the past year, but experts predict that 2025 will be a year of growth. According to the Staffing Industry Analysts January 2025 Jobs Report, jobs were up in December, with 256,000 new jobs added. The sectors with the largest gain included Health and Social Assistance, Retail Trade, and … Continued

Spooked About Growing Your Business? Find Your Secret Potion with These 7 ATS Metrics

By Jennifer Roeslmeier Mikels

October 29, 2024

Finding ways to grow your staffing business can be scary. This Halloween season, though, there’s nothing to be spooked about! By taking advantage of the data in your ATS, you can establish your secret potion for filling job orders successfully and growing your business. This article discusses 7 ATS metrics to help you set goals … Continued

Ultra-Staff EDGE JOBS Named Best Employee Engagement Solution and Product of the Year in the 2024 Stevie® Awards Program

By Jennifer Roeslmeier Mikels

October 9, 2024

CHICAGO, Illinois– The Ultra-Staff EDGE JOBS candidate mobile app, developed by Automated Business Designs, was honored with two Stevie® Awards in the 2024 Stevie Awards Program. Ultra-Staff EDGE JOBS has been named the winner of a Gold Stevie® for Best Employee Engagement Solution in the ninth annual Stevie® Awards for Great Employers. Ultra-Staff EDGE JOBS … Continued

Ultra-Staff EDGE Named High Performer in 5 Categories in the G2 Fall 2024 Report

By Jennifer Roeslmeier Mikels

October 2, 2024

Automated Business Designs is proud to announce that Ultra-Staff EDGE has been named a High Performer in Staffing, Applicant Tracking System, OnBoarding, CRM, and Candidate Relationship Management by G2, the world’s largest and most trusted software marketplace. In addition to these G2 staffing software awards, Ultra-Staff EDGE earned 6 additional awards in the G2 Fall Reports, … Continued

5 Reasons Why Mobile Staffing Apps Are a Must-Have for Modern Businesses

By Jennifer Roeslmeier Mikels

September 25, 2024

Smartphone. Everyone has one. Think of your family members, co-workers, and friends.  Do any of them not have a smartphone? When you are walking down the street, in an elevator, or waiting in line at a coffee shop, what are people doing? Everyone is on their phone. In this day and age, if someone doesn’t … 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 healthcare staffing 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 … 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

The Myth of an Open API in Staffing Software Integration

By Terri Roeslmeier

May 7, 2024

We often hear discussions whereby the participants adamantly maintain that they “must have an “open API”. When asked how they plan on using it, those that are the most unwavering, have no specific reason in mind. They simply contend that they need it for future needs that may come up. However, without a clear understanding … 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