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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/

CRM Recruiting Guide

Published: Jan 25, 2022 7:51 PM
By Lynn Connor | Viewed: 1451
Category: Expert Advice, Productivity | Tags: Candidates, Recruiting, Marketing, Sourcing, Staffing, Clients, Hiring

Spend enough time in business and marketing and you’re sure to hear the acronym “CRM. ” It doesn’t matter what industry you’re in, what customers you serve, or how your c...

Accounting Software for Staffing Agencies: what to know about online payment and billing for the temporary staffing industry

Published: Nov 30, 2021 3:36 PM
By Lynn Connor | Viewed: 6630
Category: Financial, Funding, Productivity | Tags: Candidates, Recruiting, Job Orders, Staffing, Clients, Hiring, Sales

With so many changes in how people work and how companies operate and run their staffing businesses in recent months, I expect agencies to concentrate even more on consolidating and streamlining...

Vaccinate or test mandate: will staffing firms have to abide?

Published: Oct 14, 2021 1:41 PM
By Lynn Connor | Viewed: 2584
Category: Expert Advice, Trends | Tags: Candidates, LinkedIn, Staffing, Clients, Hiring, Law

It was announced on September 9th that all U. S. private-sector firms with 100 or more employees will have to ensure staff are fully vaccinated or tested regularly. 62% of Americans were ...

2 Firms Offering Tons Of Value Navigating Covid-19

Published: Sep 27, 2021 5:03 PM
By Lynn Connor | Viewed: 1397
Category: Expert Advice, Productivity | Tags: Candidates, Staffing, Clients, Search, Hiring

Nobody wants to hear about Covid-19 anymore, it’s like a sequel to a movie no one wants to see. But, unfortunately, the Delta variant has emerged and recently Lambda, the latest variant, ...

How to recognize and protect yourself from phishing attacks

Published: Jul 29, 2021 1:37 PM
By Lynn Connor | Viewed: 5166
Category: Expert Advice, Technology | Tags: Staffing

According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC. gov), there has been a 768% increase in ransomware attacks through email scams. This is the number one attack vector for ransomware operators. Wh...

5 excuses customers use to not pay your staffing agency

Published: Jul 11, 2021 6:04 PM
By Lynn Connor | Viewed: 1512
Category: Expert Advice, Productivity | Tags: Candidates, Recruiting, Staffing, Clients, Hiring, Law

Before a claim becomes a legal issue, your clients might give you various excuses and make up reasons why they feel they don’t have to pay their invoice(s). Don’t put yourself throu...

Need people? Here’s 9 quick ways to get job candidates in the door.

Published: Jun 14, 2021 3:05 PM
By Lynn Connor | Viewed: 2258
Category: Expert Advice, Productivity | Tags: Social Media, Interviewing, Candidates, Recruiting, Marketing, Staffing, Clients, Search, Hiring, Sales

According to Monster, a well known job board, “82% of employers say they plan to hire in 2021, nearly 1/3 of employers agree that the skills gap has increased compared to a year ago and 70% of c...

Which Hiring Expenses are Tax Deductible?

Published: May 10, 2021 4:31 PM
By Lynn Connor | Viewed: 4484
Category: Expert Advice, Funding, Legal | Tags: Placement, Staffing, Hiring, Jobs

Starting off with the big stuff, many businesses took out a Paycheck Protection Program loan to help get them through the downturn of 2020, which the majority of staffing firms felt. The most r...

Measure, Then Improve Turnover Of Temporary Employees In 8 Steps

Published: Mar 29, 2021 5:11 PM
By Lynn Connor | Viewed: 1750
Category: Expert Advice, Productivity, Recruiting | Tags: Business Development, Candidates, Recruiting, Job Market, Staffing, Clients, Search, Hiring

People are an organization’s most important asset. It’s said all the time, but do companies actually do anything about it? Is it ever really looked at, paid attention to, revi...

Recruiters: get job candidate insight, especially from the largest segment of the workforce

Published: Feb 10, 2021 12:13 PM
By Lynn Connor | Viewed: 2434
Category: Expert Advice, Recruiting | Tags: Business Development, Social Media, Candidates, Recruiting, LinkedIn, Staffing, Search, Hiring, Jobs

Do you own, work or support a staffing company? You should know what your potential job candidates are thinking as we move further into 2021. ASA and ClearlyRated partnered to conduct a 2020 Can...