Trade Shows: True Tales from TempNet
Last week, we had the privilege of attending TempNet’s annual conference at the Ritz-Carlton (woo hoo!) in Sarasota, Florida.
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Help Your Workers Spring Ahead with COATS
It’s that time of year again. No, not St. Patrick’s Day; that’s next week.
Legal Issues: ICE Cracks Down on Paperwork Errors
A recent report in the Houston Chronicle revealed that about half of the companies fined by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers were fined for problems with hiring paperwork rather than actually hiring illegal workers.
What the Payroll Tax Legislation Means for Your Business
The new law means less paperwork for the tax, fewer weeks of unemployment benefits and changes in drug testing policies, among other things.
February 2012 Legal Roundup
In a relatively “quiet” month for employment laws, we still have major changes proposed to the FMLA, activity from the NLRB, rulings on the FLSA and a conference with the EEOC.
Congratulations to Best of Staffing 2012 Winners
COATS would like to give a shout-out to two clients of ours: Allegiance Staffing and our sister staffing firm, Reliance Staffing & Recruiting, both of whom were named to the Best of Staffing Client list.
Mobile Media, Staffing and Recruiting
More and more, people—especially teens and young adults—are accessing the internet on mobile devices.
Using Social Media to Follow Up with Candidates
Social media is a powerful way to interact with large audiences like potential candidates or client prospects. But it can also be a great way to communicate directly with individuals, and that can help you follow up with highly desirable job candidates.
Once you’ve received a completed application and a resume from a candidate, it’s easy to get caught up in job orders, interviewing new associates and all the other hundreds of things staffing professionals do every day. However, if you really want to stay in touch with one candidate (or even a group of them), social media can make it a …
Happy Valentine’s Day from COATS Staffing Software
We know you don’t have to worry about things like office romances at your staffing firm (we’re in staffing; who has the time?). And you probably know to keep any Valentine’s celebrations G-rated and non-personal.
But we’d like to take a day to say, in a totally platonic, non-squicky and professional manner: we love you.
Truly, we do. We know how much trust is involved in the relationship between our companies, and we appreciate that you place that trust in us.
We also appreciate the ability to help you when you need us. Oftentimes, we hear from you when you’re stressed out, and …
Social Media: Why It Matters for Staffing Firms
While some publications have published articles pondering whether social media is a threat to the staffing industry, a better way to look at it would be to view social media as the powerful tool it is and understand how it can strengthen your recruiting and sourcing efforts.
Social media is, of course, a means of communication, allowing you to put your messages in front of an audience that has consented to receive them. But unlike most means of communication, in social media, your audiences can communicate right back to you and let you know what they think about your messages, …
Social Media for Staffing Companies: Avoid the Mullet
Social media is not a fad or something used only by kids and people who want the world to know about their lunch; it’s a proven platform for marketing. But while most companies have one audience for their marketing, staffing companies have two: candidates and clients.
Trying to speak to both audiences at once using one channel results in the communications equivalent of a mullet. You may think it’s working, with the business in the front (your B2B client marketing) and the party in the back (your B2C candidate marketing). But what you’re really doing is creating confusion and …
Get Your Staffing Data Out of Groundhog-Day Limbo
If you’ve ever seen the 1993 movie Groundhog Day, you might have noticed a resemblance to the feeling you get when going back and forth between your front-office and back-office data.
January 2012 Legal Roundup
You might have thought that 2011 was an action-packed year in employment law, but if January is any indication of the year to come, 2012 is going to knock all our socks off (and then file an injunction ordering us to put them back on again).
New Year’s Business Resolutions for Staffing: Employee and Candidate Manuals
You might have thought that 2011 was an action-packed year in employment law, but if January is any indication of the year to come, 2012 is going to knock all our socks off (and then file an injunction ordering us to put them back on again).
New Year’s Resolutions for Staffing: Metrics That Matter
What are the metrics every business needs to know, and what are the ones unique to staffing?
New Year’s Resolutions for Your Staffing Business
Hopefully, you haven’t abandoned your personal New Year’s resolutions just yet, although we’d totally understand, given the year-end stress. Once the dust has cleared, it’s a great time to set fresh goals for your business. Think of them as business resolutions for the new year.
Help Your Clients Find the Qualified Workers They’re Missing
More than half of American companies say they have difficulty finding qualified workers. But do they really? And how can staffing firms help?
Hiring in 2012: Good News for Staffing
2012 is shaping up to be a great year for staffing: employers are planning a similar pattern of job growth to last year; turnover is a concern for employers (and we can help) and temporary workers are becoming a regular part of the workforce.
2011 Legal Roundup
Oh, what a year it was in employment law. Themes that sprung up throughout the year were: social media, the definition of disability, health care reform legislation and the National Labor Relations Board. Let’s look back!
Staffing and Employment: What’s New in 2012
The year isn’t even a week old, and already there’s a lot of new stuff to keep up with. So we’ve gathered some of the important news that will affect your business in 2012 in one handy location.
