By Andy Wigderson on Staffing Stream

As we look beyond pandemic pain and begin to see better days ahead, TargetRecruit President Andy Widgerson takes a look back at staffing industry…

By Andy Wigderson on Recruiter.com

A recruiter’s success depends largely on candidate and client satisfaction, which is why …

By Bobby Bartlett

The Problem

When I talk to staffing organizations, the most common pain I hear is that their technology stack is not able to deliver real-time insights into critical aspects of their business. The results of this are…

By Andy Wigderson on Staffing Hub

It wasn’t long ago that an ATS was revolutionary technology in the staffing industry. Now there are thousands of different applications designed to source more effectively, deliver a better candidate experience, make the right hire, and…

If you’re like most people, there is at least one spot in your home that isn’t company-ready. It could be an overcrowded closet or a catch-all drawer or the cords and cabling behind your entertainment center. In a staffing business, it’s often the duct-taped and jerry-rigged systems that connect the staffing front office to the back. When multiple applications and systems are cobbled together over time, you eventually reach a point where what was once cool or…

For staffing firms, the 2 most valuable software tools have traditionally been an Applicant Tracking System (ATS) and a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system. An ATS will help manage information about candidates and job-seekers, track notes, search and match jobs, schedule interviews, and ultimately record details of…

Applicant tracking systems can transform your staffing business as long the candidate database is well managed. The internal database of the applicant tracking system should be the most obvious initial sourcing strategy as it accelerates the search for finding the right candidate for a job order without incurring additional advertising or sourcing costs. The importance of managing your candidate database well needs no explanation, but it is not always easy. Here are ways to…

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By Bobby Bartlett

As a follow-up to a previous article called How to Evaluate Enterprise Staffing & Recruiting…

The job of a staffing firm doesn’t end with hiring against job orders. As a staffing firm, you will be taking care of your client’s workers once they are placed, and ensuring that they are looked after will help retain your best candidates . An efficient timekeeping solution can ensure that employees you hired for your clients aren’t underpaid or overpaid, which is vital as they rely on its accuracy for their income. The timesheet solution will also ensure that there all…

In part I of this blog series, we learned about recruitment analytics and some contemporary data visualizations that staffing firms could use to enhance their efficiency. Part II is about the must-have visualizations for every staffing firm.

Source of hire

This metric is really important when you want to know where to look to hire the best…

IIf you are a recruiter, then you are dealing with data day in and out. Finding the right talent at the right time and the right price in a tight market is time-consuming and challenging. 

A study suggested that 73% of the companies are having difficulties sourcing skilled candidates. The…

(By Bobby Bartlett, Enterprise Sales, TargetRecruit )  In my time working with small, mid-sized, and enterprise level staffing and recruiting organizations, I’ve seen many different flavors of evaluations. Evaluating enterprise front, middle and back office recruiting technology that will essentially run your organization is very difficult and often fails. I recently read that…

Not so long ago, the role of a recruiter in a staffing firm was more about scanning resumes, creating jobs, working on requisitions, shuffling paperwork, and making intuitive decisions based on limited information. Automation. Digitalization. Cloud. These technologies have transformed the way recruiters work and the outcomes they expect, creating new business models and new business opportunities. Indeed, staffing companies are quickly becoming technology companies and…