Common Sense

New technology. It is often a sense of excitement and opportunity for staffing firms. Yet, it can also be expensive, time consuming and overwhelming. Implementing new technology can be disastrous at worst and stressful at best for many staffing firms. 

Read blog posts on the future of staffing and staffing technology, and you’re more than likely going to read about automation. There are a few reasons for this…

Here at Sense, we love digging a little deeper into the technology and trends that forward-thinking staffing firms are leveraging to grow their businesses.

Your sales team spends a lot of time and resources on landing new clients. After all, clients and candidates are the lifeblood of your staffing firm, right? It’s no surprise you put so much effort into adding to your client list. 

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If your staffing firm has been operating for at least a year or so, chances are your database is teeming with qualified talent. While you may have only placed anywhere from a few dozen to a few hundred (or more), there are many, many more candidates waiting in your database for you to match them with the right opportunity. All you need is the right technology and processes to uncover them. 

Whether your staffing firm was founded last year or 10 years ago, chances are your candidate database is pretty packed. After all, your team is spending hours each day canvassing your area and the web for talent.

Scan just about any list of top priorities for staffing firms this year, and you’re likely to see artificial intelligence (AI) and automation near the top. But these terms are more than industry buzzwords used to get clicks; they are game-changing technologies that are transforming the staffing industry.

It’s been a little over a week since we got back from Austin and I wanted to summarize my learnings. SIA Exec Forum is one of our favorite events to attend every year because the thought leadership and peer networking is unparalleled.