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Ah, the flowers are in bloom, the taxes are done (for now), the showers are ceasing and there's a glorious 3-day weekend on the way. Happy May!
Are your candidates as happy as you are? When was the last time you applied for a job at your own company? Want to have a feel for how your candidate experiences the process through your agency? Read the articles below to ensure your candidates are receiving the service you believe you are producing!
Social media is not going away; it continues to grow and change. Make sure you have a presence on social media to communicate with clients and candidates. To help us communicate with you, we've added a Pinterest area and Google+ account; check us out!
Speaking of communicating: you use COATS regularly, which makes you something of an expert on it. Well, now knowledge isn't just its own reward; your knowledge could win you money! Send us a "Did You Know" for COATS and you could win a $25 gift card. See below for details.
Thanks for being part of our family,
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 Focus: The Candidate Experience
Do you treat your candidates as well as your clients? All this month on the COATS blog, we're covering the candidate experience: how to improve the service you offer to your candidates and attract stronger candidates in the process.
The Candidate Experience: Your Reception AreaThis is your first impression on candidates (and vendors and clients too, if they visit you), so try to view it through fresh eyes. How does your lobby look? Would you want to spend time there, or would you be counting the seconds until you could leave?
The Candidate Experience: Online ApplicationsOf course, not all candidates have their first experience with your company in your reception area. Many of them encounter you first through your online application process, and their impression of that can strongly color their impression of your company as a whole. Read more -->The Candidate Experience: Social Media OutreachOf course, social media is a great way to get your job listings out there, especially considering that most of your potential audience is already on social media. However, your job openings aren't the only content you can offer on social media. Here are some other ideas... Read more -->The Candidate Experience: Bad ReviewsSites such as Yelp, Google Places and Yahoo let people talk about their experiences with a company, and sometimes their experiences weren't great. Bad reviews are, simply, going to happen at some point, so it's best to be prepared for them. Here are a few steps for handling a bad review... |
Did You Know We're on Pinterest?
 We've caught the latest wave in social media and have three boards on Pinterest:
Feel free to follow us or repin or just peruse our boards. See you there! We're Also on Google+
 We've also established a page on Google+ for everyone who's on that site. We're posting mostly the same content as on our "Staffing Stuff" Pinterest board. But we must admit, it's a little lonely there right now. If you're on Google+, please let us know and we'll try to form a little staffing outpost on it. :-) |
Contest: Do You Have a Good DYK?
 Tell us and you could win a $25 gift card!Clients amaze us with all the innovative uses you find the capabilities in COATS. Send us an email telling us a great DID YOU KNOW that we can post on FaceBook and we'll enter your name in a drawing for a $25 gift card! |
Help us Help YOU!
 The COATS Users Group on LinkedIn is starting to heat up! We created this group for COATS users to discuss the software with us and with each other so we can all get more out of it.
This is a members-only group, so you don't have to worry about anyone wandering in and spamming us. Unfortunately, that means you do have to apply for membership, but we promise you'll get in; all you have to be is a COATS user. We look forward to seeing you there!
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Where have you been?
COATS has been sending an emailed newsletter since August of 2008. If you missed one of our monthly newsletters, click below to see what you've missed! |
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Upcoming Training Times for COATS
Online Group training for COATS customers (all times are Eastern):
June 2012
28: 10 am-noon, 2-4 pm 29: 10 am-noon, 2-4 pm
July 2012
26: 10 am-noon, 2-4 pm 27: 10 am-noon, 2-4 pm
August 2012
9: 10 am-noon, 2-4 pm 10: 10 am-noon, 2-4 pm
Local Classes offered Wednesday-Friday:
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Come Meet Us At...
COATS will be at these industry events this year: May 17-19
NCASP Annual Training Conference
Holiday Inn Resort
Wrightsville Beach, FL
October 9-12 ASA Staffing World The Venetian Resort Hotel and Casino Las Vegas, NV |
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Welcome to Our New Users
These COATS clients added more users this month:
Thanks to all of these companies! Let's grow bigger and better together!
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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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