The “build vs buy” decision is a hot topic when I speak with staffing agencies. Pros and cons are weighed, time and costs are measured, and more and more it’s a decision that may determine the future health of your business. And since TargetRecruit is built upon Salesforce, I encounter this topic more than in my past roles because Salesforce encourages developers to build on its platform. In other words, rather than building a homegrown solution from the…

Revenue of Robotic Process Automation (RPA) software companies grew by 63.1% in 2018 to $846 Million. According to Gartner, this made RPA the fastest-growing enterprise software…

Recently, there is a lot being talked about automation, robotics, artificial intelligence and how it is going to impact the future of recruiting. Estimates suggest that the number of jobs lost to automation in the next decade could be around 1 million just in the US. But seldom is there a discussion on the new job opportunities it will create.  Advocates of automation say that the number of positions…

In part one of the recruiting automation blog series, benefits of automation were outlined and automated screening was discussed in detail. Recruiting automation is not just limited to screening and can automate most of the hiring processes- one of them being…

Increasing demand for talent creates intense pressure on staffing companies to constantly look for better ways to hire.  Staffing leaders agree that the most challenging part is identifying the right candidate from a large pool of candidates as quickly as possible. Many staffing companies are currently doing this and other mundane…

Video interviews make the entire hiring process easier, quicker, and more convenient for recruiters and candidates alike. It doesn’t matter where you or your candidates are or when your schedules align, with video interviewing, interviews can happen anytime, anywhere. Not only this, Video Interviewing extends numerous other benefits, making it popular among…

The Kanban view has become a fast favourite among Salesforce power users. Displayed in a card-based view for easy understanding, Kanban replaces clunky tables with one-page summaries of just about any TargetRecruit object you want to work with.

The Kanban view is another …

This is a big month for TargetRecruit. We are launching Lightning, a brand new user interface making your software interactions faster, dynamic, and much easier to use. Built by Salesforce, the world’s #1 CRM platform, the Lightning UI dramatically changes the way you sell and recruit by accelerating customer…

A recent report by Staffing Industry Analysts on AI and robotics indicated that 47% of the total US employment was at high risk of computerization within next 10-20 years. Most of the industries are not ready to embrace Artificial Intelligence, yet they…

Last month, we wrote a blog on “Trends that will shape the Staffing Industry in 2018” talking about the paradigm shift that the industry is going through. In this blog, we will be talking extensively about trends within Healthcare Staffing, which is one of the promising …

Staffing Market size of US is expected to reach a total revenue of $145.1 Bn, according to a research by Staffing Industry Analysts. The industry has been steadily growing with a rise of 3% each year. As per SIA, the forecast is a little dim due to the maturity of this expansion cycle and a sluggish GDP growth. However, some of the reforms are expected to give the…

In June 2014, Eugene was the first program to pass the Turing Test,  a test of machine’s ability to exhibit intelligent behavior equivalent to, or indistinguishable from, that of a human. This was just done with advanced computing and no AI was needed.…

Ever wished for a lead to be created in Salesforce with a magic spell? Well, it is no more a magic or a dream with Amazon Echo and Alexa.

Amazon Echo is a voice command device with functions like question answering, playing music and controlling smart devices. It connects to …

TargetRecruit’s Executive Vice President Bill Inman has a metrics filled discussion with Jason Hayes, the VP of Employer Sales & Customer Success at iHire (14 minute total discussion)

Mr. Hayes has been with iHire for over 12 years, working his way up from account management to Vice President in that time. This experience has provided him unique insight…

TargetRecruit’s Executive Vice President Bill Inman has an insightful discussion with Jim Janesky, Managing Director at Corporate Fuel, discuss current staffing industry trends (Q2 2017), public staffing company valuations and valuation in the staffing mid-market in this interview (13 minutes total discussion).

Mr. Janesky leads the Business Services practice…

Sourcing right talent has been a big challenge for recruiters, with changing business needs. Either it is cherry picking or mass staffing, recruitment process eats up time and most of the budget of HR department.

If you were able to relate to the above situation, then continue reading because we have a solution for you.

An applicant tracking system can help automate the hiring process, starting from collecting job applications, parsing and…

An applicant tracking system, also called a candidate management system, is a software application designed to make recruitment process for enterprises easier and efficient.

An ATS should be able to handle the process of recruitment end to end. It can be used to do job posting, screen and filter job applications or resumes, place an interview request, hire and on-board an employee etc.

In short, an…

In our ongoing series, we had a close look at Credentialing and what it entails. We also gained insight into how healthcare companies and providers manage this very important function in healthcare recruitment. Having understood why healthcare credential management is so crucial not only from a business perspective but also ensures there are no legal implications, the…

Technology, politics & economics have and always will call the shots as far as recruitment trends go. The outcome of the US elections, Brexit impacting UK & European economy and its further impact on trade relations and movement of workers will definitely start percolating down to how companies manage their workforce. However, some trends have been gathering steam through 2016 and are possibly heading towards…