Spring has finally sprung (at least in our neck of the woods), and it's time for some state conferences! We'll be in Texas next week for the Texas Association of Staffing's annual conference. Then, the next week, we'll be North Carolina for the North Carolina Association of Staffing Professionals's annual conference. We love going to these gatherings and meeting members of the COATS family all across the country.
We will also be attending the ASA Staffing Law Conference in May; hoping to return with better news and more insight into the management of the Affordable Health Care Act, how it will affect our clients and the best way to implement the rules within the COATS system.
We continue to program towards COATS Visual! A GUI interface update to COATSsql. We are quite excited about the possibilities and welcome any and all suggestions.
As always, thank you for being our COATS clients and partners in this awesome staffing world!
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New Version of COATSsql: 4.3.15
 We've updated COATSsql again. This is update is required for Quarterly Reporting. We've also released a required update for COATS Standard.
The current versions of COATS are:
- COATSsql - 4.3.15
- COATS Standard - 9.0.16
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Bad News for SQL Server 2000 Users
 Earlier this month, Microsoft stopped supporting SQL Server 2000. We are advising our clients that COATSsql is no longer able to support SQL Server 2000 as a minimum hardware requirement. Contact COATS Technical Support at 1-800-888-5894 with any questions.
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What's on the COATS Blog
This year, you're going to get to read posts from everyone at COATS, from our tech support specialists to our programming staff to our amazing Administrative Assistant Meghan. Here's the latest missives from the blog.
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COATS's Top Time-Saving Features, Part 1 of 2
Every year COATS has been in business, we've added improvements and updates that can not only be cost effective but save time, as well. These are some of Jessie Sierra's favorite features.
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COATS in the Community: APDA Walk 2013
Andrea Whitney talks about her involvement with the American Parkinson Disease Association and its annual walk for research, education and a cure.
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The Online Application Process: Infographic
Sometimes it's easier to understand processes when they're laid out visually. So Chris Martin has made an infographic of how online applications work.
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Want to Learn More About a Client Portal?
 COATS is currently holding a beta of a new Client Portal function. With this option, authorized users have access to create Client profiles with the ability to allow client access to: - Update basic address information
- Review job orders
- Add job orders
- Review invoice detail
...all live from COATS.
Sound like something you might want to learn about? Contact Karen Connor at 1-800-888-5894 or email her to get access to a portal webinar. |
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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 the COATS Facebook page, 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! Many users are discussing the new Employee Portal! 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, offered 10 am-noon,
2-4 pm Eastern time:
April: 25, 26
May: 2, 3
June: 27, 28
Local Classes offered Wednesday-Friday,
9 am-4 pm:
May:
8-10, 15-17
June:
12-14, 19-21
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Welcome to Our New Users
These COATS clients added more users this month:
- Internal Advance Payroll
- Kamran Staffing
- Scherer Staffing
- Slate Staffing
- Star Staffing
- Superior Staffing
- TDL Staffing
These companies boosted their productivity by adding Online Job Postings this month:
- ASAP Personnel Services
- Intelligent Employment Solutions
Thanks to all of these companies! Let's grow bigger and better together!
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Litigation
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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