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

/in , /by

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.”

###

About Bond International Software, Inc.

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

/in , /by

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.

About Bond Software

###

Bond Releases White Paper on Affordable Care Act Basics

/in , /by

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.

About Bond International Software, Inc.

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

/in , /by

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.

###

About Bond International Software

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

/in , /by

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.

###

About Bond International Software

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

/in , /by

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.

###

About Bond International Software, Inc.

AdaptSuite Staffing and Recruiting Software Offers New Enhancements to its Flexible Configuration Capabilities

/in , /by

New AdaptSuite version 3.0 delivers the unique ability to tailor the system to staffing and recruiting needs while ensuring easy upgrades to the base software.

The newest version of AdaptSuite recruiting and staffing software has been updated to version 3.0 with new enhancements that enable temporary staffing and recruiting agencies to make configuration changes to the software based on their specialized needs yet easily upgrade the base software whenever a new update is released.

One of the most vexing issues for staffing and recruiting agencies is related to the specialized processes that each may employ in their business, and how their software handles these needs. No single standard software can possibly meet every business process variable out of the box. As a result, the staffing and recruiting software is often configured to meet those process needs.

However, when a staffing or recruiting agency wants to make changes to their processes, such as when adding a new line of business, they have to determine if their current software can support the initiative(s), and how much it may cost to implement those changes. Further, previous configurations made to the software can complicate the upgrade, as they may create conflicts with the upgraded software. This adds unwanted difficulty and costs to the upgrade. With these hurdles in mind, agencies may delay upgrading their software, reducing the ability of the agency to leverage any new advances in a software upgrade. Delaying software upgrades can also increase the total cost of the software and its support for both the agency and the software provider.

AdaptSuite staffing and recruiting software offers a solution to this challenge in its 3.0 release. For example, AdaptSuite can be configured to mirror and support a staffing and recruiting agency’s processes through its new Composition functionality. This gives agencies the ability to modify the visual appearance of the system to the end user. Equally important, AdaptSuite’s new Configuration Override functionality allows the creation of configurations supporting agency business processes to be maintained when the base software engine is upgraded. Thus, the agency is easily able to upgrade its base software while preserving its own unique software configurations.

###

 

SIA Executive Forum Pinnacle Sponsor Bond International Software to Showcase AdaptSuite Affordable Care Act Compliance Management Staffing and Recruiting Software

/in , /by

Staffing Industry Executive Forum attendees can learn how Bond AdaptSuite staffing and recruiting software can help them take control and utilize their ACA compliance management with the least effort and the highest accuracy.

Bond International Software, the global recruiting and staffing software specialists, and a Pinnacle Sponsor (booth #48) of the 2015 Staffing Industry Analysts’ Executive Forum at the Loews Royal Pacific Resort in Orlando FL, today announced that it will showcase a special demonstration of its AdaptSuite staffing and recruiting software with unified Affordable Care Act (ACA) compliance management at the event.

AdaptSuite, Bond’s cloud-based staffing and recruiting software, has reaped significant attention for its productivity-enhancing capabilities enabling both staffing sales reps and recruiters to manage 80 percent of their daily tasks from one screen.

The Forum kicks off with an opening night welcome reception hosted by Bond on Monday, March 16th from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Featured highlights for Bond at the SIA Executive Forum include:

  • UNIFIED ACA COMPLIANCE MANAGEMENT FOR STAFFING. March 18th, 1:15 PM – 2:15 PM, Java Sea 2. Learn how Bond AdaptSuite staffing and recruiting software can help you take control and manage your ACA compliance with the least effort and the highest accuracy.
  • PRIVATE ADAPTSUITE DEMOS. Schedule a private demonstration of AdaptSuite in the Admiralty Boardroom by contacting sales@bond-us.com or at the Bond booth (#48).
  • iPAD GIVEAWAY. Bond will giveaway four Apple iPads during the event. Register for the drawing at the Bond booth #48 or online at http://web.bond-us.com/cn/uscom/Entry_Form.
  • CUSTOMER APPRECIATION HAPPY HOUR. Bond is hosting a St. Patrick’s Day reception for its customers Tuesday, March 17th, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM on the Promenade Deck outside the Pacifica Ballroom.

Throughout the event, Bond representatives will be available at booth #48 to discuss how Bond’s AdaptSuite software can assist staffing and recruiting agencies enhance their growth through innovative technology that unifies and simplifies complex workflows and tasks.

###

About the Staffing Industry Executive Forum

The SIA Executive Forum is the most prominent annual meeting for CEOs, owners, and senior level executives from all sectors and segments of the staffing industry. This event provides access to the top industry thinkers, leaders, and innovators, a focus on the staffing industry’s strategic issues, developing trends, future opportunities, current challenges, and an unparalleled opportunity for informal, peer networking as well as more formal deal-making.

About Bond International Software PLC (UK, AIM: BDI)

AdaptSuite Staffing and Recruiting Software Release Adds General Ledger Export, Fee Capture, and Job Feed Capabilities

/in , /by

New features in AdaptSuite version 3.1 include data export to any General Ledger software, the ability to automate and recapture fees associated with the Affordable Care Act, the capability to distribute job postings to multiple job sites, and more.

The release of Bond AdaptSuite recruiting and staffing software Version 3.1 is now available. This release further enhances AdaptSuite’s operational and management capabilities with the addition of features that include the export of relevant transactional data to any General Ledger software, the ability to automate and recapture fees associated with the Affordable Care Act, the capability to distribute job postings to multiple job boards, and enhanced transactional search.

  1. AdaptSuite General Ledger Export – allows staffing and recruiting agencies the freedom to easily export AdaptSuite payroll and billing transactional data directly into the General Ledger software of their choice, thus saving time and reducing data entry errors. The process uses the existing lifecycle of the transactions to create a data file where items in the file are identified by type so that mapping can be set up in the destination GL system. The flexible export process can be run at any time in the lifecycle and will only pull eligible transactions which were not previously exported.
  2. AdaptSuite Fee Capture – offers staffing agencies an automated means to setup and define fee types, such as for the administration of the Affordable Care Act, and pass those costs back to clients. Fees can be setup for automatic application at the corporate, client, job order, or assignment level, yet can be overridden if necessary. This feature is flexible enough to accommodate a vast number of scenarios with complete transparency at the transaction and processing levels.
  3. AdaptSuite Job Feed – gives staffing and recruiting agencies the ability to setup job feeds to any job board that can accept the XML. This highly flexible utility supports the implementation of multiple new job posting feeds without customization or configuration. This expands the agency’s job posting capability while reducing the administrative burden for recruiters or system administrators and improving reporting visibility.
  4. AdaptSuite Transaction Searching – enables staffing and recruiting agency management to search and combine both operational and financial data. This capability offers more insight into transactions as it enables the creation of ad-hoc reporting for export and analysis on a variety of key performance indicators related to contingent payroll and billing.

In addition to the above enhancements, a number of additional features and functions related to financial, operational, and business management were also included in this release of AdaptSuite staffing and recruiting software to help agencies further improve their productivity and efficiency.

For more information on AdaptSuite, please contact us today.

###

New AdaptSuite Staffing Software Release Improves Staffing Agency Contingent Employee Benefit Program Tracking and Management Dashboards

/in , /by

 AdaptSuite staffing software version 3.2 adds enhancements to improve contingent employee benefit program tracking and increase visibility into real-time information for management decision-making.

The release of AdaptSuite recruiting and staffing software Version 3.2 is now available. With the enhancements in this release, staffing and recruiting agencies will enable their recruiters, sales representatives, and back-office teams to further streamline their business processes. This release of AdaptSuite focuses on:

  • Improved tracking of contingent employee benefits
  • New dashboards and reporting that facilitates management decision-making
  • Online importing of contacts into the AdaptSuite CRM to reduce data entry efforts
  • Introduces a new Desktop Agent that offers tight integration between AdaptSuite and other third-party applications

Enhanced Contract/Contingent Employee Benefits Eligibility Tracking and Management

Government mandates have increased the importance of tracking sick time benefits across the US. As a result, staffing agencies need to define how they will structure their contingent employee sick time benefits and be able to simply track who is eligible to receive pay for sick time, how much, and when. In certain jurisdictions, making available balances visible to employees is required.

The new eligibility module within AdaptSuite staffing software offers the flexibility to meet the various requirements specific to sick time simply and efficiently. In addition, the eligibility module simplifies the tracking and management of other benefits awards such as vacation, holiday pay, and/or other benefit programs that the agency may have. AdaptSuite delivers these benefits in a unified front and back office staffing software system that reduces the time and effort typically associated with these tasks.

New Dashboard Framework and Dashboards Empower Agency Management Insights

Growing staffing and recruiting agencies are fast-moving and highly responsive to the needs of their customers as they seek out the best candidates, contractors, and contingent employees for the job orders they receive. It’s important that agency management as well as front-line recruiters and sales representatives have real-time insight into all of the various activities among internal sales and recruiting staff, so that they can understand how those activities translate into effective sales, talent acquisition, and job order fulfillment. This enables clear and effective decision-making that improves business results.

The new AdaptSuite staffing software dashboard framework offers innovative technology to view and interact with data to provide real-time visibility into the key metrics that matter most to recruiters and sales representatives. Along with the new framework, a set of new dashboards for Activities, Candidate information, and Connections are introduced in this release. Among the many benefits of the data supplied in these instantly accessible, real-time dashboards are:

  • The ability to track activities to ensure open positions are filled or matched with the right candidate
  • Understanding which key activities are delivering the highest quality and volume of placements
  • Using key performance metrics as one of the indicators of employee future performance
  • Allows management to adjust recruiting strategy or process to ensure maximum returns

AdaptSuite Reduces Data Entry Effort with Online Contact Import

One of the most tedious tasks for a staffing and recruiting sales representative is entering new contact data. AdaptSuite staffing software simplifies this with the online import of individual contacts and lists of contacts. This provides an effortless way to get new contacts into the AdaptSuite CRM Sales Studio system so that sales representatives can spend their time making the connections that lead to sales and not entering data.

Improved Third-Party Application Integration

Third-party applications, such as Microsoft Outlook, are often vital to staffing and recruiting business success. The new AdaptSuite Desktop agent provides unparalleled interaction between AdaptSuite staffing software and other applications for tightly integrated email, calendar and task entries as well as one step document editing.

For more information on AdaptSuite recruiting and staffing software contact us today.