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Lynn Connor

Articles by Lynn Connor

Lynn Connor currently co-owns COATS Office Automation and was a partner in Reliance Staffing & Recruiting for over 30 years. COATS provides fully integrated software to the staffing industry and works seamlessly with your staff to ensure software efficiency. Microsoft linking, Crystal Reports, a fully integrated CRM, payroll and complete accounting, online applicant entry, online job posting, and multi-state, multi-branch, multi-locality capabilities are available throughout the entire system. You can learn more about COATS here > https://www.coatssql.com Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lmsconnor/

6 Signs you may need a new Recruitment Staffing Software

Published: May 11, 2023 11:27 AM
By Lynn Connor  |  Viewed: 1370
Category: Expert Advice, Productivity, Technology  |  Tags: Social Media, Candidates, Recruiting, Sourcing, Staffing, Clients, Hiring, Jobs

If your staffing software is outdated, it will slow you down this year. That will be frustrating, especially at the beginning of a new year, which most of us approach with fresh goals and optimism for...

Can you easily reach your job candidates?

Published: Apr 26, 2023 11:10 PM
By Lynn Connor  |  Viewed: 2142
Category: Expert Advice, Productivity, Recruiting  |  Tags: Candidates, Staffing, Jobs

Can you easily reach your job candidates? If you have trouble connecting with your job candidates, consider this: Many of the applicants who apply to work with staffing agencies already have jobs an...

3 Tax Incentives Staffing Agencies Need to Consider

Published: Apr 11, 2023 11:58 AM
By Lynn Connor  |  Viewed: 4216
Category: Expert Advice, Legal  |  Tags: Staffing, Clients, Hiring, Jobs

Tax season is upon us, and there are some valuable tax credits and incentives available to businesses that can help reduce your tax liability. Staffing agencies should take a moment to look at these p...

A Guide: Why Staffing Agencies Should Use Payroll Software

Published: Mar 14, 2023 2:15 PM
By Lynn Connor  |  Viewed: 1896
Category: Expert Advice, Productivity  |  Tags: Candidates, Recruiting, Staffing, Clients, Hiring, Jobs

Ask any staffing agency whats the top IT architecture for their company and a payroll management system will rank top of the line. Staffing agencies put more than three million people out on jobs each...

8 Ways a Staffing Agency can help you Boost your Career

Published: Feb 15, 2023 4:51 PM
By Lynn Connor  |  Viewed: 1711
Category: Expert Advice, Productivity  |  Tags: Candidates, Job Orders, Job Market, Staffing, Clients, Search, Jobs

1. Get hired for jobs quicker: Staffing agencies can get you in front of employers faster than traditional job searching and allow you to bypass the long application process. You apply once with a sta...

Staffing Agency in 2023? Here’s how automation will change the candidate experience and recruiting game.

Published: Jan 23, 2023 12:58 PM
By Lynn Connor  |  Viewed: 1855
Category: Columns, Expert Advice  |  Tags: Candidates, Recruiting, Marketing, LinkedIn, Sourcing, Staffing, Clients, Search, Hiring, Sales, Jobs

The art and science of recruiting are changing rapidly as the economy, technology, and our culture evolve. Just consider how much our world has changed in the two years since COVID, and youll start to...

4 Hiring Trends for 2023, relative to the Staffing Industry

Published: Jan 10, 2023 2:24 PM
By Lynn Connor  |  Viewed: 2328
Category: Expert Advice, Trends  |  Tags: Social Media, Candidates, Recruiting, LinkedIn, Staffing, Clients, Hiring, Jobs

Engaging passive candidates Filling upper level positions has always required a longer term engagement with C-suite candidates as the majority are typically currently employed. As you might expect wit...

STAFFING COMPANY OWNER? HERE’S 10 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT GETTING PAID

Published: Dec 13, 2022 12:51 PM
By Lynn Connor  |  Viewed: 4624
Category: Legal  |  Tags: Recruiting, Staffing, Clients

Adams Evens & Ross handles collections for the Staffing & Recruiting industry. I am well acquainted with AER because as a past owner of a staffing firm, we used them more than once. We didnt have a hu...

Annual Job Seeker Report: Key Findings

Published: Nov 27, 2022 4:53 PM
By Lynn Connor  |  Viewed: 2040
Category: Columns, Expert Advice, Recruiting  |  Tags: Candidates, Recruiting, Marketing, Staffing, Clients, Jobs

Understanding the preferences and experiences of job seekers is paramount to the staffing industry. In 2021, the United States labor market saw huge challenges, with almost 10 million unemployed and a...

What job applicants actually think and do (statistically proven.)

Published: Oct 27, 2022 12:17 PM
By Lynn Connor  |  Viewed: 1962
Category: Expert Advice, Productivity, Technology  |  Tags: Social Media, Interviewing, Remote Work, Candidates, Recruiting, Leadership, Marketing, LinkedIn, Staffing, Search, Hiring, Jobs

Making a good first impression is crucial if you dont want to lose qualified applicants who are going through your hiring process. Its a two-way street. You arent just interviewing someone to work for...

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