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By Elizabeth Catherine Tactics like cashflow preservation and efficient remote communication can help businesses weather the storm of the current crisis. But in addition to survival, companies are also focused on approaches that will build them a foundation for future...

By Jennifer Roeslmeier, Sr. Digital Marketing and Brands Manager at Automated Business Designs Are we in a recession? Some experts say we are already in a recession, some say one is coming, and others predict our economic future will be something we haven’t seen since...

By David Searns, CEO, Haley Marketing Group It's amazing how dramatically some things change – and how other things stay the same. When I wrote this advice post back in 2008, the staffing industry was facing similar economic challenges – for very different reasons....

By Rachael Rodakowski The insurance marketplace is recurrent in nature. When the market is soft, insurance carriers are competing for business; therefore, rates are lower, underwriting criteria may be more flexible, and coverages are broadened. When the market is...

by Josh Tolan, Founder and CEO of Spark Hire To give you the best insights on your candidates, pre-employment tests are the way to go. These tools date back to the Han Dynasty (206 BCE – 220 CE), but today’s pre-employment assessments are standardized and can measure...

Working remotely, or at least occasionally, is rapidly becoming the new norm, especially in the staffing sector. In fact, it’s estimated that 73 percent of teams will have remote workers by 2028. Recruiters included! Thanks to advances in technology, most recruiting...

By Prudence Shank Do you want your staffing website to rank better in Google search results in 2020? Even though Google is always tweaking its algorithm and user behaviors are continually evolving, organic search generated 53% of website traffic in 2019. The fact is,...

By Lynn Connor, COATS Staffing Software  From a client’s perspective, if you are paying a staffing firm a direct hire fee (15 - 25% average fee of the candidate’s annual salary) or honoring a temp to hire policy (640 - 1000 hours on the staffing firms payroll) to hire...

Hello! Get to Know Sunset Cove When staffing industry owners and executives look at what’s on their plate at the start of every week, it can be overwhelming. Resources, technology, apps, and teamwork lighten the load.But back-office management, from payroll processing...