It was a mere decade ago when I was actively working in Staffing.
A decade ago we placed people on assignment and actually made a living out of it with no (none, zero, zip, zilch) technology. My offices had no computers at all. How did we do it?
How did we manage resumes? Skills? Applications? How did we dare go into the field with nothing to connect us to the office? How did we find people to go to work, let alone find qualified people to go to work?
I remember… applications were color coded for skills and availability, one stack was for clerical, another for light industrial and … oh, my, what do you do if a person falls into both categories!
At night and over the weekend my trusted employee list was in my back pocket or my purse. I would erase numbers that were no longer working numbers. When I was on call I always had to be near a phone. Heaven forbid I visit a friend in another area code because if I had to call people to fill a position I would have to use my friend’s phone and place long distance calls! UGH!
Now, 10 years later, just look at the technology we have! Not only do we have databases to house candidate’s records but we can match the qualifications needed for a job with the qualifications a Candidate possesses.
We have Mobile solutions which make the beeper look as archaic as… well, as archaic as beepers really are. TempWorks Mobile lets you connect to your data base from anywhere using simply a web enabled cell phone… instead of desperately searching for a pay phone (remember them??).
TempWorks Doc Center lets you electronically fill out, sign and store all onboarding documents… instead of handing the Candidate a stack of paperwork!
TempWorks email allows you to personalize and pretty up email blasts… have you seen our Newsletter lately? Wow!
I can search out just about any and everything in the TempWorks database!
Resume searching has reach new heights.
A fully integrated database lets the front office staff communicate with the back office staff without talking to them! <– and not using telepathy!
Delivering information electronically is becoming the norm – paperless is a reality. With all these incredible tools we have at our disposal it almost makes me want to go back into staffing! With all this technology we can truly work smarter and not harder.
