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LJ Morris Promoted to President of SmartSearch

A Career Journey to Becoming President

The changing business landscape, powered by technology, has continued redefining industries and job roles. The job market continues to evolve...
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email etiquette for professional recruiters

Webinar Recap: Email Etiquette for Business

Today, with millions of employees working from home during the pandemic, understanding email etiquette is more important than ever. Gone...
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improve your hiring strategy when not hiring

Improve Your Hiring Strategy When You Aren’t Hiring

The global pandemic has impacted us in many ways, especially when it comes to employment. Millions of U.S. citizens are...
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business intelligence, data analytics

Embracing BI, Data, and Analytics

On August 26th, I joined members of the Buffalo Azure Users Group for an online Teams meetup on how a...
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Virtual office work environment.

Being There… Virtually

“The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.” ~Albert Einstein   As an early adopter of telework and telecommuting,...
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A good time to sell staffing services

A Good Time To Sell Staffing?

Volatile. Unprecedented. Turbulent. Whatever adjective you prefer to describe these times, one thing is certain: The staffing industry has never...
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remote work, virtual work

Webinar Recap: Remote Work, The New Normal

On June 23, consulting experts from Black Box Consulting conducted a panel-chat-style webinar where members from the organization discussed the...
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building a process for implementing change

Energy+Focus+Expectations=Positive Change

Change is hard. The International Space Station effortlessly flies around planet Earth every 90 minutes, traveling at over 17,000 miles...
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tips for hiring employees during the 2020 pandemic

5 Tips For Hiring Now

The coronavirus pandemic has flipped the world on its head, impacting nearly every industry across the U.S.; especially when it...
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smartsearch wins hr-tech award 2020

SmartSearch Named as a Top HR Technology of 2020

Oceanside, CA – June 10, 2020 – Advanced Personnel Systems, Inc. (APS), the makers of SmartSearch®, proudly announces its inclusion to...
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There is an art to re-hiring boomerang employees

Boomerang Employees: Pros and Cons

What is a boomerang employee? A boomerang employee is someone who leaves a company, usually by resigning rather than getting...
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staying visible is key for recruiters firms hoping to stay open during the pandemic

Using Video When Social Distancing

Right now, staying visible is critical for your staffing firm. With so many of us forced to work remotely, account...
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recruiters look at covid 19 from a positive angle

Look for the Positives In a Pandemic

“If you’re not learning, you’re sleeping.”  Every crisis is a learning opportunity. Looking for positive outcomes and recognizing the wins...
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maximizing your remote hiring efforts

How to Perfect Your Remote Hiring Efforts

The world has been flipped on its head over the past few months. The spread of COVID-19 has had a...
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working in the new normal thanks to covid-19

Coffee, Chaos and COVID-19

We’re all in this together, but we’re not in the same boat. On Wednesday, April 22, I participated in a...
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The importance of marketing your open jobs in the pandemic

Social, Search and Job Boards During the Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on the staffing industry. Some agencies have seen dramatic drops in business,...
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modern day marketing for recruiting firms

Webinar Recap: Optimizing Modern-day Recruitment Marketing

Finding and keeping talented employees is not a small task. With the “war for talent” still surging strong, many companies...
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tips for working from your home office.

Working From Home? Beware the Refrigerator!

Did you wake up today with nowhere to go? COVID-19 lockdowns, social distancing, and homeschooling kept a lot of office...
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how recruiters compete with social media temp aps.

How Staffing Competes with Social Media Temp Apps

Are the temporary staffing apps popping up on social media just a nuisance – or are they a real threat...
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what is the value of a great business partnership?

The Value of Great Business Partners

Doug: I recently had the pleasure of speaking with Dane Groeneveld, CEO of PTS Advance. As the recently appointed CEO...
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Modern Staffing Website Updates

The Modern Staffing and Recruiting Website: 2020 and Beyond

Classified ads? The recruiter’s “little black book”? The weekly “hot candidate” fax? They’re marketing dinosaurs. In truth, most aspects of...
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Data is shaping the future of hiring

4 Ways Data is Shaping the Future of Hiring

The staffing industry has always been about people. And that’s why, historically, hiring professionals have needed to possess excellent interpersonal,...
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why SmartSearch keeps improving it's software solution

Why We’re Never Satisfied With the Status Quo

We strive to disrupt the traditional norms of our industry by re-engineering innovation as a solution. We build memorable customer...
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fixing your digital ADA compliance issues is easier than you think.

Most Staffing Websites Have These ADA Compliance Issues

You may have the most beautifully designed, robust, well written and lightning-fast website in your market. It may perform very...
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what benefits are new hires and job candidates asking for?

Benefits: What Do Employees Want?

With unemployment levels at historic lows, employers are working hard to find and keep top talent. Sixty-eight percent of businesses...
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Email ideas for hiring professionals

2020 Email Ideas for Your Staffing Firm

This time of year, we’re all busy.  Employers have projects to wrap up. Budgets to plan. Deadlines to hit. And...
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Smart Businesses Look to The Future

Companies that embrace digital technologies in their talent acquisition functions are two times more likely to improve the quality of...
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building your social media presence before thanksgiving and the holiday season

Make Your Staffing Firm the Talk of Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is just around the corner. Across the nation, employers and job seekers will be checking out of their daily...
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Artificial Intelligence is a Recruiters Best Friend

AI: A Recruiter’s Friend Not Foe

Halloween this year was extra special as SmartSearch was invited up to San Jose to sponsor the most recent event...
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team-training-reducing-organizational-risk

Fun And Effective Training Helps Manage Organizational Risk

On October 24, Hawaii employers learned how to manage organizational risk by providing more effective and engaging workplace training. The...
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