Texting Candidates Will Streamline Your Recruitment Process

By Jennifer Roeslmeier Mikels

April 3, 2019

How common is it for you to text a candidate verses sending them an e-mail? Is it normal for you to send a text or does it seem out of place?  If you aren’t regularly texting candidates, you may be missing out on a big opportunity to streamline your recruitment process!  95% of texts are … Continued

Why Attending Industry Events Will Help Your Bottom-Line

By Jennifer Roeslmeier Mikels

March 6, 2019

  Attending an industry conference or seminar may not be at the top of your company’s to do list.  However, it is important to keep in mind what you GAIN from attending these events and how ultimately, it can help your bottom-line. At the end of the day, profit is important to any business.  We … Continued

E-Communication Mania

By Terri Roeslmeier

February 19, 2019

Are you using e-communication for your benefit or for your demise? It’s approximately 2pm on a Sunday and I have probably sent 50 e-messages today.  This includes Facebook®, LinkedIn®, Text Messaging and Email.  In comparison to other people, that is more than likely a very low number.  Yet, it made me think about the high … Continued

Goodbye Dud Candidate, Hello Stellar Recruit!

By Jennifer Roeslmeier Mikels

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

Multi-Tasking Confessions- Be a Productive Multi-Tasker!

By Terri Roeslmeier

January 11, 2019

Did you ever reach the end of the day and feel like you didn’t accomplish anything?  If you answered “yes”, you probably do some multi-tasking.  Multi-taskers can be classified into 3 categories:  Chronic; habitual and occasional.  When you feel like the speedometer is shifting toward the chronic zone, it may be a good idea to … Continued

Startup? Build a Business with Staying Power!

By Jennifer Roeslmeier Mikels

December 21, 2018

INTRODUCTION Are you thinking about starting a business in 2019, but don’t know how or even where to begin?  Terri Roeslmeier, founder, President and CEO of Automated Business Designs (ABD) presented “Startup?  Build a Business with Staying Power!” during her National Association of Personnel Services (NAPS) Lunch and Learn Webinar last Friday.  Terri gave an … Continued

Top Three Ways to Lower Candidate Drop Off Rates

By Terri Roeslmeier

October 3, 2016

Candidate fall offs are beyond frustrating. You stake your reputation on the talents and commitment of a prospect, only to be burned when that person cuts and runs on an employment contract. Eliminating every such instance is impossible, but measures exist to lower candidate drop off rates. When fill rates are suffering, considering these three … Continued

How Recruiting Software Automation Frees Recruiters to Place Candidates

By Terri Roeslmeier

September 19, 2016

Identifying high-quality candidates is a time consuming process. Investigating referrals, social media, and job boards diverts recruiters from where their efforts matter most: in candidate interactions and submissions. Those routine candidate sourcing duties squander the creativity and intelligence of a recruiting team on robotic tasks. Recruiting software automation empowers recruiters to focus on productive tasks … Continued

8 Strategies for Building Talent Pipelines in a Changing Market

By Terri Roeslmeier

August 16, 2016

Where will you find your next great candidate? That’s a question that’s getting increasingly difficult to answer. Continued talent shortages and a staffing industry that is growing 2.5 times faster than the U.S. economy are changing the market for good. Keeping talent pools plentiful will require greater ingenuity from recruiters and even wider funnels to … Continued

Recruiting Sales Goals: How Staffing Software Can Help Hit Your Mark

By Terri Roeslmeier

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