Flooded with Vendor Advertisements

This morning, I received my copy of the March 2009 edition of Staffing Industry Review. I paged through it, and found myself flooded by 15 advertisements for staffing software and over 17 advertisements for payroll funding or PEO companies--all in a 78 page periodical. 

This got me thinking... if I owned a staffing agency, would I buy software or get my funding based on whatever company has the biggest ad in a magazine? Not a chance! I would choose my vendors based on what the leaders in my industry decided is best. 

Looking at the content of the articles, as opposed to the advertisements, the magazine offers great tips, advice, and knowledge to staffing agency owners accross the nation. Perhaps it's time to look at what those companies use to succeed, and not who has forked over the cash for full page ads in the periodicals.

If you are like me and actually read the articles and could care less about the advertisements, then you will notice that the staffing agencies you are likely to want to emulate have two things in common--great staff and great software. While we can't help you with the former, we got the latter covered. Take a look for yourself through the articles and ask those top-notch companies, such as Penmac Personnel, Link Staffing Solutions, or Manpower who provides their software and services and get prepared to hear "TempWorks."

Go Green & Save Green

Going green is more than a trend. It's a necessity for continued growth as a company, and as a community. Not only does going green eliminate waste, reduce pollution, and save our natural resources, but now, it can even save you money!

Take a look at TempWorks Paperless Staffing Initiative... by combining the best products this industry has to offer into value-added software and services, your staffing agency can save money, and help save the world at the same time.

• Start off your paperless initiative by having employees apply online through your WebCenter Applicant Portal. Eliminate the application paperwork and have confidence that your data will find its way into your front and back office solution properly. Eliminate data entry staff and wasted productivity.

• Have your applicants fill out onboarding documents through the DocCenter application. From W-4s and I-9s, to background checks and employment agreements, all of your documents now seemlessly flow into the TempWorks database for easy retrieval and secure storage. Utilizing electronic signatures and converting documents to PDF files, you can eliminate file cabinets full of junk paper!

• Utilize the Customer and Employee portals of WebCenter for time entry. Why pay one of your employees to enter data all day long when your temporary employees can report their own hours, their supervisor on site can approve the hours, and the data can go straight into payroll? Eliminate paper timecards, duplicate timecards, printed verification reports, and wasted time.

• Get accounts receivable funding through Paperless Staffing. We utilize e-mail based faxing eliminating paper on our end, send funds via ACH electronically, and can send invoices and statements to your customers utilizing our emailing functionality. Best of all, your timecards are saved electronically and are available as an attachment to your invoice emails as well as for future access and/or reprinting.

• Have your employees use their online web portals to access check stubs, advices of deposit, and W-2 information at year end. No more mailing of tax forms, excessive postage, reprinting fees, or lost forms or check stubs.

If you haven't started your own paperless initiative, now's the time to do it. Cut costs, improve efficiency, make your customers and employees happier, and help the environment all in one package!