As the weather gets cooler, the staffing industry is heating up. The tremendous growth in the hiring of temporary workers, plus the arrival of the holiday hiring season, means you're likely to be busier than ever this November.
Let COATS help you handle your success. Using social media to engage with candidates can yield big results for a small time investment. The tools of one of our partners can make social media publishing as easy as pushing a button. And our new versions of both COATS Standard and COATSsql will give you more options to contact clients, contact candidates and manage your business.
The month of November is also the time to celebrate gratitude, and to be thankful for all the people who make our work so meaningful and rewarding. This month, as always, thank you for your partnership and feedback.
All my best,
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 Engage Candidates with Social Media
More and more companies are using social media for business. A recent CareerBuilder survey showed that, on average, 35% of employers use social media to promote their companies. Of those companies, 21% report using social media to recruit and research potential employees.
Given the need for speed and connectivity in the staffing industry, it makes even more sense for staffing firms to use social media to connect with potential candidates.
Mark Metzendorf, Vice President of U.S. Marketing and Franchise Relations for Manpower, agrees that social media is a crucial tool for staffing firms. In the June 2010 issue of Staffing Industry Review, Metzendorf wrote, "With the dawn of a new decade, now is the time for staffing companies to embrace social media to communicate with people who are just as comfortable 'Tweeting' or 'Friending' as they are making a phone call. In return, these individuals will embrace employers who use social media as a key part of their daily communication and allow them to use it as a business tool."
From the CareerBuilder report, what workers most want to see on a company's page on social media sites:
- Job listings (35 percent)
- Q&A or fast facts about the organization (26 percent)
- Information about career paths within the organization (23 percent)
- Evidence that working at the company is fun (16 percent)
- Employee testimonials (16 percent)
- Pictures of company events (12 percent)
- Video of new products/services (10 percent)
- Company awards (9 percent)
- Research or studies that the company has conducted (9 percent)
- Videos of a day on the job (8 percent)
Staffing firms can post testimonials from existing and former candidates, awards from local and industry organizations and the Better Business Bureau and information about the application process. Firms can also work with their clients to include information on the working environment, company culture and temp-to-hire potential of the companies they represent.
To learn how to use COATS to meet the number-one desire of job seekers, read the article below.
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 New Releases of COATS Standard and COATSsql
We are proud and delighted to introduce COATSsql Version 4.0 and COATS Standard Version 9.0 this winter. We've listened to your requests for enhancements and new features, and have prepared these new releases to enhance your businesses' efficiency and security.
Top new features in COATSsql include:
- Fraud Prevention Reporting: Duplicate with Direct Deposit and Payroll with No Billing
- Go Paperless: Email PDF invoices to clients
- Compare Budget with General Ledger
Top new features in COATS Standard include:
- Free text messaging from within the COATS interface
- An option to offer candidates the Global Cash Card
To learn more about these and other new features, and to update your manuals, visit the COATS customer site.
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 Partner Spotlight: Integrate Social Media into Your Job Postings
If you want to use social media to enhance the reach and speed of your staffing connections, but don't have the time to do it yourself or the resources to hire a social media expert, we've added a social media option and job board to COATS.
COATS has teamed with Haley Marketing to create a powerful job board that's fully integrated with your COATS software. This job board allows you to easily feed jobs from COATS right to your website, and it is fully integrated with Facebook, Twitter, Indeed and Simply Hired. If you spend more than $150 per month on job postings, we guarantee this job board will reduce your recruiting costs!
For more details about the Haley Job Board and its interaction with COATS click here.
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Time to Order W2s
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Compliments of:
Stacey E. James
Littler Mendelson P.C.
501 W. Broadway, Ste. 900
San Diego, CA 92101-3577 (619) 232-0441
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