How to Keep Your Staffing New Year’s Resolutions

By Jennifer Roeslmeier Mikels

January 7, 2025

As we enter a new year, you may be setting individual and team goals for 2025. While goals can be set at any time, the new year is a quintessential time for New Year’s resolutions- new year, new you, new business goals. Did you know though that only 9% of Americans that make resolutions complete … Continued

It’s a Wonderful Staffing Life

By Jennifer Roeslmeier Mikels

December 4, 2024

Marketing Your Value and Planning for 2025 The holiday season is in full swing! It’s the time of year for holiday shopping, cookie baking, singing carols, and embarking in your favorite holiday traditions. It’s also the time of year to watch some of your favorite holiday movies. One of my favorites is It’s a Wonderful … Continued

Searching for New Business? 5 Unique Client Searches to be Thankful For in Your ATS

By Jennifer Roeslmeier Mikels

November 20, 2024

Searching for new business can be time-consuming, yet it is essential for business growth. Did you know you can take advantage of several applicant tracking system techniques for finding clients? By taking advantage of these 5 unique searches in your ATS, you can discover new customers and re-engage with former customers. This Thanksgiving season, you … 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

Automated Business Designs Named a 2024 Best and Brightest Company to Work For® in Chicago and in the Nation

By Jennifer Roeslmeier Mikels

August 13, 2024

Developers of Ultra-Staff EDGE Staffing and Recruiting Software win distinguished company culture award. CHICAGO, Illinois–Automated Business Designs (ABD), developers of Ultra-Staff EDGE staffing and recruiting software, was named a 2024 Best and Brightest Company to Work For® in both Chicago and in the Nation.  This distinguished honor is the ninth consecutive year that ABD has been … 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

Decreasing Your Time to Hire While Maintaining Candidate Quality

By Jennifer Roeslmeier Mikels

May 14, 2024

Whether you are a staffing agency or a company that is hiring, everyone wants to have the most efficient and successful recruiting process.  Reducing time to hire will lead to efficiency, but maintaining the quality of your hires is crucial to a successful recruiting process. Decreasing your time to hire has both client and candidate … 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