Posts by: Brad Smith It seems like a (im)perfect storm right now. An election year that has brought uncertainty. A global pandemic. Wildly fluctuating markets hitting Bear territory. A crude oil price war. Any single one of these issues could cause economic concern. But together, they may wreak havoc on the economy for months, or years, to come. Organizations… Continue reading
We are in the midst of crazy times right now. There is no shortage of media coverage about the Coronavirus, social distancing, healthcare supply concerns and more. Media consumption and Internet traffic is possibly at its highest point…ever. With this increase in traffic, comes potential. While some staffing and recruiting companies are looking to make… Continue reading
Q: “Is there a way to delete a negative review on our Facebook page or a way to turn it off? I thought we have a safe feature turned on in which I can manage notifications, but a negative review did come in and seems to be publicly displayed.” A: Technically, yes. You could… Continue reading
Record-low unemployment rates. Hard-to-fill job orders. Not a great combination for staffing and recruiting firms. If you can’t get applications, you can’t fill job orders, and you can’t turn a profit. While some staffing companies just throw more and more money into recruiting efforts – other smart companies have taken a step back. Before throwing more… Continue reading
I recently had the opportunity to record a podcast with Todd Lewandowski, host of Haley Marketing’s Secrets of Staffing Success. In this session, we opened it up to listener questions. We asked staffing and recruiting professionals to share their marketing questions with us, and Todd grilled me with question after question! One of the questions asked… Continue reading
Glassdoor recently compiled a great list of HR and Recruiting statistics. You can see the full collection of 65 HR and Recruiting Stats for 2018 here. But, here are the key stats that I feel are a very compelling reason to partner with a staffing and recruiting firm: 76% of hiring decision-makers say attracting quality… Continue reading
I recently had the opportunity to record a podcast with Todd Lewandowski, host of Haley Marketing’s Secrets of Staffing Success. It was a great session because we opened it up to listener questions. We asked staffing and recruiting professionals to share their marketing questions with us, and Todd grilled me with question after question! One… Continue reading
From Siri to Alexa to Google, in-home assistants and voice search is quickly becoming part of our daily life. In 2017, 13% of US Households owned a smart speaker and that number is expected to rise to 55% by 2022 (according to OC&C Strategy Consultants). Coupled with voice search on smartphones and other devices, comScore… Continue reading
Social Media Traffic — What Social Platforms are Driving Action? Social media can be an amazing marketing tool. But not all social platforms will drive the same results for your business. As digital marketers, it’s our job to test different platforms to see what works to reach our audience and drive action. All too often,… Continue reading
In a tight candidate market, you need every advantage you can get over the competition. With open job orders, you could just throw boat loads of money at them. You could post on all the job boards, use syndication platforms to hit all the aggregators or spend a bundle on job promotion. Or, you could… Continue reading
In one of our recent sales calls our team was asked the question: “Do you see many job seekers reading articles and other information frequently enough to benefit from the time it takes to keep the blog updated?” The short, and immediate, answer was “YES!” But, here is why it makes so much sense: Job seekers… Continue reading
In October 2016, mobile Internet traffic finally surpassed desktop traffic for the first time. And, it hasn’t looked back since. As of May 2017, 51.7% of Internet traffic came from mobile devices, desktop was down to 43.59% and tablets accounted for 4.71% of traffic. Now that’s overall Internet traffic. But how does mobile fare in the staffing… Continue reading
Many staffing firms are happy to see a nice spike in website traffic. After all, if you get more people to your website you should get more applications. You should see more online form submissions. You should get more interest from employers. Right? Well, that all depends on whether you attract the RIGHT people from… Continue reading
Imagine if you came to your office in the morning ready for a big day of interviews, client calls and an open recruiting event — but only ten people called or walked through your front door all day. Then the next day there were only seven visitors and the following day only two people came… Continue reading
I recently saw a great question on the ASA Central Network and it’s one that we get asked a lot: Question: “We are looking to expand our use of Facebook and wonder what other companies with multiple offices are doing. From our research, we are finding pros and cons to having a central facebook page… Continue reading
I always get the question “when someone does a search for local staffing companies, how can I get my company on the map?” While there are a number of factors that go into it, the most important is to make sure your listing is updated and claimed! These listings, also referred to as business citations,… Continue reading
