Though Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg famously said "Email is dead," we are pleased to report email is alive and kicking and is, in fact, a hugely valuable tool for marketing a staffing firm. No wonder: fully 50% of businesspeople begin their day by checking their email. The other 50% can't be far behind. A well-organized email can work well for internal staff members as well as external clients Read More

This is a change from the way the laws were enforced in the past, before immigration was such a hot button issue and the laws were not fully enforced.Now the law is much stricter, and individuals employing illegal immigrants… Read More

It goes without saying that every staffing agency needs to sell. Whether you handle the sales yourself or have a sales staff working for you, you’re making an investment in sales. And like other investments, you want to maximize production. Obviously, you’ll need great salespeople, who can be wickedly… Read More

There are over 5 million job-related searches every month on Google alone. This high density online traffic can easily be taken advantage of in staffing management. By optimizing your job postings for search engines you can generate more prominence in search engine results, expose your company to larger amounts of traffic… Read More

Managing your staff effectively is important, of course, especially if you're running a staffing business, yourself. Many companies obsess about recruiting and retaining the right people. One factor that is often overlooked is whether the right people are being fired. Worrying about new people joining your organization seems silly if there are current staff members that undermine the team as a who Read More

Given the current economic climate, you may be hesitant about starting a staffing company. Don' fret too much there are reasons to be bullish. Consider the boon re-shoring will offer. Read More

If you’re managing a staffing business you may have come to the conclusion that traditional marketing methods newspaper, radio and TV advertising, trade shows, etc. don’t deliver like they used to. You’re not alone, of course. People aren’t consuming media or making purchasing decisions like they used to. And marketing… Read More

Knowing how to run staffing business means knowing how to help your clients hire the best employees. So theoretically, the people who run staffing businesses should know how to hire great employees, ourselves. But sometimes we can get caught—just like our clients—hiring the wrong person, which can be a… Read More

Those of us involved in growing staffing firms know that finding clients is only half the battle. In fact, sometimes it’s less than half the battle. If you can’t find top talent for clients, you won’t keep them very long. And it’s not getting any easier. On average,… Read More

With the economy trudging along at a snail’s pace, it would seem counterintuitive to suggest that now is the right time to start any business, right? Well, no. The economy isn’t a monolith that moves everything along at the same rate. Some sectors—such as real estate—still look a… Read More