Bond International Software gives customers a ‘Passport to Success’ with staffing and recruiting software at annual User Meeting in Atlanta

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Bond International Software, the global staffing and recruiting software specialists, concluded its annual User Meeting in Atlanta with attending customers expressing their enthusiasm for the program and Bond’s recent software updates and future plans.

The theme for this years’ event, ‘Passport to Success’ emphasized how Bond’s staffing and recruiting software gives savvy agencies a winning edge in today’s fast-changing business climate. With the staffing industry showing strong growth, the Bond User Meeting saw its largest attendance in more than a decade as customers convened at the landmark Hyatt Regency Atlanta Downtown.

Among the highlights of the intense two-day agenda were:

  • Keynote speaker Mike Jacoutot, Founder and Managing Partner of Butler Street, LLC, speaking on “The Power of Process for Client Acquisition, Retention, and Expansion.”
  • Keynote speaker Mike Cleland, CEO of Charted Path, on “Breaking Through: Transforming Your Data into a Catalyst for Profitable Growth.”
  • Demonstrations and future roadmap plans for Bond’s AdaptSuite staffing and recruiting software, including insights into such features as the Sales Studio, the Recruiting Studio, and AdaptSuite’s integrated payroll and billing functions.
  • Sessions covering tips, techniques, integrations, and modules for AdaptSuite as well as Bond’s eEmpACT and StaffSuite staffing and recruiting software applications.
  • Sessions featuring the offerings of Bond partners PeopleNet and ICC Global Hosting.

Ed Simpson, Vice President of Business Development, The Forum Group, said that, “Experiencing and witnessing Bond’s employee commitment to excellence through honest open dialogue, combined with their solid industry experience, raised my confidence level and excited me about the competitive advantage our company can have using our Bond software if we truly partner and work closely together.”

As always, the learning, discovery, and networking included some fun, as attendees joined many of the staff of Bond’s Atlanta headquarters for a casino night dinner buffet.

Steve Taylor, Bond International Software Inc. President and CEO noted that “The Bond User Meeting offers a terrific opportunity for our customers to network and interact with Bond’s staff as we share with them our products, services, and strategies for the future. Bond’s AdaptSuite recruiting software demonstrated to all of our customers unprecedented levels of unified efficiency that give them the tools they need to succeed. At the same time, we are pleased to show our sustained improvement of and support for all of our software products that continue to provide those customers with the value and productivity they require. Only Bond, with its depth of experienced resources, has the capabilities to effectively support so many customers on different software packages.”

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TRC Staffing Services Case Study Shows Process Improvement with Bond Adapt Recruiting Software

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Case Study Shows Bond Adapt Staffing Software and Collaboration Give TRC Staffing Services Adaptability, Process Improvement

Bond International Software, Inc. customer TRC Staffing Services, Inc. is a national recruiting center based in Atlanta, with 40 locations around the country. In 2011, the company foresaw potential opportunities in the industry, but the software company they had at the time was unwilling to work with them to implement the modifications they needed to move forward with their strategy. In addition, the old staffing software could not incorporate TRC business policies, slowing down certain recruiting procedures.

The solution for TRC was Bond’s configurable Adapt staffing and recruiting software

TRC chose Bond over the other eight software companies they considered due to the adaptability of Bond’s Adapt staffing software solutions and because of the strategic partnerships that Bond builds with its clients.

“The ability and willingness of Bond to configure their software to meet our needs was a crucial factor in our decision,” says John Clifford, vice president and chief information officer at TRC. “Bond makes their software available to end users, who then host their own version of the application and can make the modifications they need to support their business.”

Bond Adapt delivers performance that helps drive business

Among the many business benefits that TRC now has with Bond Adapt staffing and recruiting software are:

  • The incorporation of TRC’s business policies — such as the addition of a candidate status pipeline with built-in prerequisites that require staff to document that certain tasks are completed, such as background checks, drug testing and tax documentation, before candidates are placed.
  • Adapt interfaces with TRC’s preferred electronic forms management software to reduce the effort and time associated with collecting and managing required candidate tax forms and other paper work.
  • Easy visibility of meaningful data within Adapt allows managers to better view staff employee performance and pinpoint areas for training and improvement.
  • Improves the sales process by enabling sales reps to demonstrate to prospects how TRC can manage compliance, testing, and more through Adapt with speed and efficiency.
  • Adapt enables TRC to easily manage changes in laws and policies, such as new reports required under the Affordable Care Act.

Another benefit is how Bond partners with its clients like TRC. “We value our strategic alliance with Bond,” says Clifford. “They are growing with us and vice versa — that’s one of the key things that led us to look for a new solution, why we chose Bond and why we’re still with Bond.”

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Bond eEmpACT Recruiting and Staffing Software Q2 Release Expands Timecard and Resume Import Functionalities

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Users gain flexibility and save time with the ability to easily import time card .csv (comma separated value) files for payroll processing. Plus, a new and improved resume import wizard simplifies entry of employee information and expands skill-mapping capabilities in order to identify the best matched candidates for open positions.

Bond International Software, the global recruitment, HR and Payroll specialists, announced the 2nd Quarter release of Bond eEmpACT staffing software. This update includes a number of customer-requested enhancements designed to improve the efficiency and productivity of staffing and recruiting professionals.

Staffing coordinators can now import Time Card data in a standard .csv (comma separated value) file from virtually any Time & Attendance system.  Users can map the source pay codes to eEmpACT’s pay codes; a valuable feature that increases efficiency in processing Time Cards. This new Time Card import feature is easy to use and provides a staging area to search, review and confirm data prior to batch creation for seamless processing.

eEmpACT’s Resume Import feature is now a streamlined four-step wizard that walks users through the import of resumes in various formats. What recruiters will like about this most is the robust parsing functionality with clear visibility as to what information and how that information has been parsed.  The Skills section has been expanded for improved handling of resumes for Industrial and Light Industrial service lines.  With the enhanced skill-mapping capabilities, data integrity raises and searching for matching candidates becomes even better.

In addition to the above, more than seventy five (75) enhancements were made and several report and process updates were introduced including customizable proofing reports with configurable alerts.

This update is available to all active Bond eEmpACT customers.

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Bond Releases Whitepaper on Techniques for Conquering the Sales Process for Staffing and Recruiting Agencies

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Bond International Software, the global staffing and recruiting software specialists, shares insights on effectively onboarding and managing a top-performing sales team.

Bond International Software, the global staffing and recruiting software specialists, is announcing the release of its latest whitepaper covering techniques for conquering the power of the sales process for staffing and recruiting agencies. Bond interviewed top sales gurus and recruiting experts to uncover their world-class advice, from the best onboarding practices through valuable metrics analysis that can propel recruitment agency growth.

Looking to top performers for inspiration on training, adapting and measuring results Conquering the Recruiting Sales Team Process: Refine Your Onboarding, Development and Measurement System for Success  highlights strategies on how to:

  • Develop a strong onboarding process for new hires
  • Adapt and learn from your top performers, and
  • Measure and analyze results.

For example, as part of the onboarding process, new hires should learn about the company’s best practices regarding contacting prospective companies without annoying valuable clients. According to Jonathan Farrington of Top Sales World, 60 percent of clients buy after five “No’s,” yet:

  • 44 percent of salespeople give up after the first “No,”
  • 22 percent after the second “No” and
  • 14 percent after the third “No.”

The last step in Bond’s whitepaper shows how to take a recruiting company’s team to champion status by analyzing certain metrics. Staffing experts advise how to leverage recruiting software and other tools to track numbers and achieve goals.

Recruitment managers are busy running their staffing agencies – so Bond has taken the time to interview the experts and relay their insight and advice. This latest resource delves into how to integrate onboarding, include the expertise of your top performers, and incorporate metrics analysis into your process. Learn more by downloading Bond’s whitepaper.

In this recruiting and staffing resource, Bond also delves into strategically learning staffing solutions from a recruitment firm’s star players. Seasoned sales professionals should teach the rest of the team how to be of true value to clients, becoming viewed as a valuable partner and advisor – not just a vendor.

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Bond Announces the Appointment of Dave Williams as CEO of Bond International Software, Inc. (North America)

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Bond International Software, Inc. Announces the Appointment of Dave Williams as CEODave_Williams_Blog

Bond International Software, the global recruitment, HR and Payroll specialists, today announced the appointment of Dave Williams as CEO, formerly the Chief Operating Officer of Bond International Software, Inc. and the departure of Steve Taylor as president and CEO of Bond International Software, Inc.

Steve Russell, Group Chief Executive, said: “Dave Williams is a strong and experienced executive who brings more than 30 years of software industry experience with the last 8 in the staffing and recruiting market. We have extreme confidence in his ability to lead our growth in the North American market.”

Williams said: “I am honored to now lead this great brand and company, and am committed to working with our customers, partners, and employees to drive our business priorities. We will continue to focus on overall operational excellence building high quality products and offering best of breed services. We can lead from a position of strength given our wonderful customer base, our knowledgeable and tenured employees, and our focus on long term technology solutions for the markets we serve.”

Commenting on his departure, Steve Taylor said: “After four great years leading the Bond U.S. team, and more than 19 years in the staffing and recruiting industry, I’ve accepted a new professional challenge outside of the industry. It has been a privilege to have led Bond during this important chapter in its history, and a testament to the terrific people I’ve worked with that we have made Bond into the leader it is today.”

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Bond StaffSuite Staffing Software Release Adds Enhancements to Improve Tracking and Collaboration among Staff Employees

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Bond International Software, the global recruitment, HR and Payroll specialists, announces the 2nd Quarter release of Bond StaffSuite staffing software. The update includes several new enhancements designed to improve the ability of team members of staffing companies to better track their daily work and collaborate with other staff employees.

First, a new Saved List feature in Bond StaffSuite provides users with the ability to perform a search and keep track of where they are as they perform related work. Additionally, lists can be shared between multiple users or independently administered so teams can work together. To aid in visualizing data, highlight colors can be used to indicate client availability or status or any other indicator that customers deem valuable. For example, when performing quality control calls or running a search of matching candidate to contact for a particular job, search results can be shared and worked concurrently to easily keep track of progress.

Second, Bond StaffSuite’s Forms & Procedures have been expanded and streamlined to maximize the hierarchy setup. This ensures that users can find and use the proper documents and processes when filling orders, assignments and positions. This is especially useful when performing such tasks across different branches and locations that may have different requirements.

Third, further visibility into pay or bill rate changes on assignments has been added. This new access helps agencies monitor the frequency of rate changes so that they can quickly resolve potential invoice disputes and gives them an opportunity to price services more competitively.

In addition to these new features, a number of other enhancements are included with this release:

  • A timesaving feature enables users to immediately narrow search results based on employee status which can also be utilized with existing filters.
  • A default branch value can be set on six Quick Lookups to minimize search time for users in performing daily activities without having to filter through lengthy result sets.
  • The ability to administratively add multiple Staffing Representatives, grant them access to branches, and set permissions all in one step saves time when setting up multiple users with new access.
  • Direct control for customers to designate which Staffing Representatives can rehire certain employees ensures that proper access is granted and controlled.
  • The StaffSuite Version 7.1 release is available to all active Bond StaffSuite customers.

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Bond Releases White Paper on Affordable Care Act Basics

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Foundational Affordable Care Act Information from the Bond ACA Knowledge Team

This whitepaper presents relevant information for your use regarding the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and how the new law will affect your Staffing Service.

It includes:

  • The 6 things you should be doing now
  • Transitional Relief Available in 2015
  • Who must be covered in 2015?
  • ACA Definitions you should know

The ACA represents a significant challenge for staffing firms. To help staffing firms meet this challenge, Bond International Software, Inc. continues to develop its growing knowledge base on the subject. The knowledge Bond gains then becomes part of the staffing software solutions Bond offers — including comprehensive and time-saving ACA Management.

Download this whitepaper to learn more about the ACA.

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Bond AdaptSuite Staffing and Recruiting Software Release Adds Major Enhancements for Recruiting, Sales, Affordable Care Act Management, and Configuration

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New features in Bond AdaptSuite version 3.0 include new partner integrations, interface and communication improvements, enhanced Affordable Care Act compliance management, and more flexible software configuration.

Bond AdaptSuite staffing software and recruiting software.Bond International Software, the global recruitment, HR and Payroll specialists, announce the release of Bond AdaptSuite recruiting and staffing software Version 3.0. This new release addresses the evolving challenges of the staffing and recruiting industry with five strategic improvements designed specifically to benefit the performance of front line staff and business operations.

  1. Candidate Sourcing: Improving recruiter efficiency is of paramount importance in any fast-paced staffing and recruiting agency. Bond International Software, Inc. has partnered with Broadbean Search, a CareerBuilder company, to integrate Broadbean Search into AdaptSuite. This enables recruiters to quickly source candidates across multiple job boards, social sites, professional networks, and their AdaptSuite database, from a single page.
  2. Email Notification Management: When staffing and recruiting sales reps are on the road, how do they stay in touch with the office? While reps could use the AdaptSuite Mobile solution or make a phone call, sales reps can now get real-time email notifications of events that are relevant to them. For example, when a sales rep is going into a client meeting, and a job order has just come in from another department, the sales person will automatically get an email of the activity and be able to proactively review the job order with their client contact.
  3. Affordable Care Act Management: The Affordable Care Act has introduced complex regulations that create difficulties in tracking the eligibility requirements for a staffing company’s contingent workforce. Bond has developed a comprehensive tracking solution within AdaptSuite to ease this burden and reduce the administrative costs of ACA management compliance.
  4. Configuration Capabilities: Every staffing company has different ways of running their business operations. AdaptSuite offers extensive configuration capabilities to meet the unique business operational requirements of every staffing and recruiting company. This new AdaptSuite release offers more flexibility in tailoring the system while maintaining the ability to easily upgrade the base software. This reduces operational expenses that might otherwise be incurred to re-configure the software following an upgrade.
  5. VMS Integrations: Usage of Vendor Management Systems (VMS) is a fact of life for many staffing and recruiting companies. In fact, a typical staffing company may have to work with 20 or more different systems. To help staffing firms deal with the challenge of entry, tracking, and visibility of jobs across systems, Bond has integrated VMS Access with AdaptSuite to normalize VMS requisitions into a single format to reduce the amount of data entry to create or update job orders as they occur.

Steve Taylor, Bond International Software Inc. president and CEO stated that “While these major enhancements in this new release of AdaptSuite are important, they are supported by many other improvements across the platform. We have also made significant updates in the user interface to improve usability and front line staff efficiency. Staffing and recruiting agencies will benefit greatly from the improvements in this release as they strive to grow their own business in today’s staffing and recruiting market. I’m very proud of every member of the Bond team, both here in the U.S. and in the U.K., who have worked so hard to bring this release to our customers.”

For more information on Bond AdaptSuite recruiting and staffing software, schedule a demonstration or call 800-318-4983.

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Bond AdaptSuite Staffing and Recruiting Software Release Adds Candidate Sourcing Integration for Recruiting and Automatic Email Notifications for Sales

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Bond AdaptSuite 3.0 improves recruiting with Broadbean Search candidate sourcing integration and sales representative responsiveness with real-time notifications.

Bond AdaptSuite staffing software and recruiting software.Bond International Software, the global recruitment, HR and Payroll specialists, has released Bond AdaptSuite recruiting and staffing software Version 3.0. This release helps fast-paced staffing and recruiting firms respond faster and more effectively to customer job orders with an integration that speeds Internet-based candidate sourcing. In addition, it offers sales representatives instant email notification of changes in various staffing and recruiting-related statuses and activities while on the road.

Bond Integrates AdaptSuite with Broadbean Search for Candidate Sourcing

Recruiters know that striving to be the ‘first to fill’ a customer’s job order is vital in the competitive staffing and recruiting industry. Bond International Software, Inc. partnered with Broadbean Search to integrate Broadbean Search into AdaptSuite. This enables recruiters to quickly source candidates from multiple job boards, social sites, and professional networks along with their AdaptSuite database from a single interface. What’s more, recruiters save time by automatically importing candidate resumes into AdaptSuite from the Broadbean search results site to create candidate records.

Additional features of the Bond AdaptSuite-to-Broadbean Search integration include:

  • Duplicate candidate check during the import process prevents duplicate records.
  • Notification email includes the candidate resume document, enabling the recruiter to leverage the AdaptSuite parser to automatically update the existing candidate record or create a new record.
  • Immediate access to view the candidates within AdaptSuite in the Saved Search Result that are Favorited or Shortlisted from Broadbean Search site. This allows the user the opportunity to review the record in details, make updates or create submittals against open job orders.

Bond AdaptSuite Delivers Automatic Email Notifications to Sales Representative

Staffing and recruiting sales representatives want and need to stay on top of fast-changing issues when they are out of the office. While reps could use the AdaptSuite Mobile staffing and recruiting solution or make a phone call, they can now get real-time notifications of relevant events. For example, when a sales rep is meeting a client and a job order has just come in from another department within the clients’ organization, the sales person will automatically get an email of the activity and be able to review the job order with their client contact. The email notification management strengthens the staffing team’s collaboration and communication and keeps recruiters, sales reps, and managers informed whenever an important activity or process is completed.

Capabilities of the Bond AdaptSuite Email Notification Manager:

  • Customize AdaptSuite email notifications with more than 50 merge fields across 20 workflows with the editor control within the notification template.
  • Set email recipients by specifying one or more users or select pre-defined groups associated to AdaptSuite’s Job orders, Assignments, etc.
  • Set the email notification to automatically send in the background or preview the notification in order to customize the message prior to sending.

Steve Taylor, Bond International Software Inc. president and CEO stated that “Front office recruiting and sales in the staffing and recruiting industry have always been highly reactive. Often, the agency that is able to deliver on a promise of fast, efficient service is the agency that wins and keeps the clients’ business. These new features in AdaptSuite give staffing recruiters and sales professionals a measurable edge in being able to consistently perform and meet their clients’ expectations.”

For more information on Bond AdaptSuite recruiting and staffing software or to schedule a demonstration, please visit www.bond-us.com or call 800-318-4983.

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Bond AdaptSuite Staffing and Recruiting Software Release Enhances Affordable Care Act Compliance Management

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New Bond AdaptSuite version 3.0 offers unified Affordable Care Act compliance management to reduce administrative burden to temporary staffing agencies.

Bond AdaptSuite staffing software and recruiting software.Bond International Software, the global recruitment, HR and Payroll specialists, released Bond AdaptSuite recruiting and staffing software Version 3.0 with critical enhancements that enable temporary staffing agencies to better manage their compliance with the regulations imposed on them by the Affordable Care Act.

The Affordable Care Act has introduced complex regulations that create difficulties in tracking the eligibility requirements for a temporary staffing company’s contingent workforce. In response, Bond has developed a comprehensive tracking solution within AdaptSuite to ease this burden and reduce the administrative costs of ACA management compliance.

Bond AdaptSuite staffing software is a unified ACA compliance management solution that delivers a holistic approach to administration, tracking, and reporting. The AdaptSuite ACA solution includes:

  • Inclusive Temporary Employee ACA Eligibility Tracking
    • Employee record Classification for Variable, Non-variable, Part-time and Seasonal
    • Eligibility Algorithm based on Timecard Hours
    • Rehire Rules including Break in Service & Rule of Parity
  • Temporary Employee ACA Details
    • Hire Date, Eligibility Status, Administrative Status, and Coverage Status
    • See both current and trending dates for all periods
    • Review sum of ACA eligible hours
    • Next evaluation date
  • Reporting for ACA Eligibility and ACA Activities

Steve Taylor, Bond International Software Inc. president and CEO stated that “There is no doubt that ACA compliance management is the biggest government-mandated administrative challenge facing staffing firms today. These ACA administrative burdens can really eat into a staffing company’s productivity, and add to their cost of service delivery. Bond’s ACA compliance management solution, which we’ve implemented within all of our staffing and recruiting software products, offers staffing companies an effective means to more easily gather the data required and manage their ACA compliance.”

Special Webinar Demonstration of AdaptSuite’s ACA Compliance Management scheduled for January 14th at 2:00 p.m. EST. Click to REGISTER.

For more information on Bond AdaptSuite recruiting and staffing software or to schedule a demonstration, please visit www.bond-us.com or call 800-318-4983.

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