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

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 was … 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, waiting in a 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 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 healthcare staffing … Continued

3 Ways to Maximize Recruiting Efficiency and Place Top Talent

By Jennifer Roeslmeier Mikels

June 4, 2024

In today’s fast-paced recruiting landscape, maximizing recruiting efficiency is essential.  Customers want candidates placed faster, all while maintaining candidate quality. Having a quick time-to-hire, while maintaining quality candidates can be a game-changer in both retaining customers and gaining new business. So, how can recruiters maximize their efficiency to save time and focus on the best … 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

Choosing the Right ATS for Staffing Agencies to Boost Recruitment Efficiency

By Jennifer Roeslmeier Mikels

February 29, 2024

Applicant Tracking Systems are vital for staffing and recruiting agencies. It helps track and manage candidates throughout the recruiting process for a job. If you aren’t manually doing this by hand, then you are probably already using an Applicant Tracking System (ATS) for your day-to-day operations. While the bones of an ATS help track and … Continued

Are You a Selective Staffing Partner?

By Bob Pettke

January 9, 2024

The staffing industry has become one of the most competitive industries in the world today.  What’s often overlooked by staffing professionals is that, like our clients, staffing professionals have a choice too.  In other words, you do not have to take on every new company that is looking for staffing help.  You can be selective … Continued

Top 10 KPIs Every Staffing Agency Should Monitor

By Jennifer Roeslmeier Mikels

November 28, 2023

As we gear up for 2024, evaluating Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) is critical for not only planning the future but also evaluating how your staffing business is performing. Measuring KPIs on a regular basis helps you see key insights into your business and helps you make strategic decisions. This is especially important for the growth … Continued

Attending Staffing Conferences This Fall? Get the Most Bang for Your Buck

By Jennifer Roeslmeier Mikels

September 26, 2023

It’s that time of year again when companies are attending the major fall staffing conferences, including the upcoming Staffing World in Charlotte, North Carolina.  Whether you are attending a national conference or a local one, making the most out of the conference is important. You don’t want to spend the time and money to attend … Continued