Maximize the Brain Power of your ATS

I was sitting at my computer today, waiting (yet again) for it to respond to my mouse clicks, when I thought, “this computer is supposed to be able to process a million times faster than my brain can.  So why am I sitting here waiting for it to respond?”  The answer, of course, is that [...]

Use Text Messaging to Communicate Easily with Your Managers

Did you know you can use text messaging within myStaffingPro to quickly communicate with your managers?  With myStaffingPro’s Hiring Manager Quick Response, you can send requests for feedback to your hiring managers regarding one or more applicants. Use Hiring Manager Quick Response to ask your managers which applicants they want to interview.  Or, request feedback [...]

Microsoft Convergence 2010: Another Great Show

We just spent a great four days at the Microsoft Convergence Conference in Atlanta, Georgia.  Highlights for us were meeting existing customers, potential customers, and existing and future partners.  We met the friendliest folks from all over the country, and the world! Some memorable conversations include discussing how to automate and streamline the hiring process [...]

HR Term Dictionary for IT Professionals

When I first started working for an HR software company, I was confused by the terms and acronyms experienced HR professionals threw around.  If you have the same confusion, below is an easy cheat sheet: HM Hiring Manager (usually the person who will be the new hire’s supervisor) Recruiter The person responsible for finding the [...]

Top 10 Reasons CIOs Love Web-Based Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS)

10.  No servers are needed. 9.  All the IT department has to install is a web browser (usually they already have one). 8.  Secure applicant data is encrypted and hidden behind firewalls, inside bomb, fire,  and blizzard proof data centers. (Make sure your ATS uses a Tier 2 or greater data center). 7.  As software [...]

Top 10 Free Ways to Advertise Your Job Openings

Save quite a bit of cash by taking advantage of these free ways to advertise your job openings: 10. Blog Writing a blog is free (we recommend using WordPress.com), and allows you to put your message on the web without involving your IT department. 9. Twitter With TwitterFeed, you can easily setup your jobs to [...]

Job Boards vs. Applicant Tracking Systems – Who’s the Winner?

It’s a debate I’ve heard time and again over the last 10 years… Job Board:  “We are sending a ton of candidates to your career site, but only 30% are completing, what’s wrong with your career site?” Career Site aka Applicant Tracking System (ATS):  “Our job is to screen out the candidates, and that’s what [...]

Tweet Your Jobs Easily with myStaffingPro

It’s so easy to automatically feed your jobs into Twitter from myStaffingPro applicant tracking system! Here’s a quick step by step: 1.   Open your candidate portal in a browser.  For example:  http://highimpactjobs.appone.com/ 2.  Click on the RSS Feed icon at the bottom of the screen – it’s a little orange icon (if you don’t see it, [...]

SaaS Isn’t New – How You Can Join the Cloud

There’s a lot of buzz about SaaS recently, Oracle being the latest to jump on the bandwagon. In this economy, SaaS, or Software as a Service, offers companies the ability to get the greatest technology with no IT infrastructure needed. Because users access the software through a web browser, training is minimal, installation is quick, [...]

A Big Company Applicant Tracking Success Story

One of our largest and longest clients knows how to take advantage of applicant tracking technology.   Most of their open positions are hourly positions that attract a high volume of applicants.  Over the years, they’ve honed their applicant tracking and hiring process through myStaffingPro to make it as efficient and effective as possible.  Applicants also benefit [...]