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Welcome to our Microsoft Dynamics & Staffing Software blog
Why 1Staff and why a blog? Professional Advantage has been providing Microsoft Dynamics based back office software to staffing and recruitment companies for many years. We started out initially...
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Form Customization in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011
Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 provides some great options for tailoring your staffing system without custom programming. No longer will you need to call your front office vendor (and be billed) for every...
View ArticleMicrosoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Dashboard Customization
Back in the day, ‘Executive Information System’ was a commonly used term. Over time this term has evolved into ‘Dashboards’. ‘Staffing Software Implementation’ dashboards tend to come up far short of...
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Professional Advantage’s SI Executive Forum Experience
We sponsored the Staffing Industry Executive Forum, which took place in Miami last week. It was definitely the best show I have attended in many years. The crowds were the ideal size, there was plenty...
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Integrating Microsoft Dynamics GP and Sendouts
While attending the Executive Forum, I stopped by Sendouts’ booth. Sendouts just sold their staffing front office solution to one of our existing staffing back office customers. They also unveiled a...
View Article5 Ways to Seek Out Prospective Employees
Given that employees are often the most important variable in an organisation’s make-up, what options exist to bring new employees into the fold? At face value there are five options: Word-of-mouth...
View ArticleVideo showing how to Create Dashboards in CRM 2011
Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 has great dashboard functionality. Our staffing Front Office is built right inside of CRM so we inherit the powerful functionality available in Microsoft CRM. As we talk to...
View ArticleUsing Excel 2010 Slicers for Margin Analysis Video
Here is a quick demonstration showing how to use slicers in Microsoft Excel 2010. In this particular example we are analyzing margins by office, salesperson, business unit, etc. This is made easy for...
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Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Activity Feeds – Configuring Custom Entities
There is no doubt that the November 2011 service update for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 provided great value. One particularly exceptional enhancement was the addition of Activity Feeds. The Activity...
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Tracking E-mail in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011
E-mail tracking is one of many great features in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011. It is very easy to use with the Microsoft Dynamics CRM Outlook Client integration. When you track e-mail messages,...
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Do Recruiters Use LinkedIn to Find Candidates & Facebook to Disqualify...
LinkedIn has emerged as a popular way for recruiters to find candidates as the recruiting capabilities have improved. It now has corporate recruiting solutions such as LinkedIn Recruiter Corporate,...
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Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Relationship Behavior
In Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011, you can use relationships to relate different entities. There are three different relationship types; 1:N, N:1, and N:N. In a Relationship, you can define a relationship...
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Stay in Touch Over the Holidays with Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011
With the holidays upon us, it’s a good time to remember what CRM stands for; Customer Relationship Management. What does that mean? It means that it is important to manage your relationship with your...
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Top 5 Microsoft Technologies for the Staffing Industry – #1
Microsoft Corporation has long been a front runner in the software, computing and general technology industries. With its impeccable history of delivering sustainable value with its technology...
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Top 5 Microsoft Technologies for the Staffing Industry – #2
Software is an ever-evolving, infinite world of new releases, updates, and service packs. Why should your organization be left in the dust when your software provider fails to deliver enhancement?...
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Top 5 Microsoft Technologies for the Staffing Industry – #4
Many staffing software solutions integrate with popular email clients like Microsoft Outlook 2010. Some even design their own email functionality, but few are designed to function from within email...
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Top 5 Microsoft Technologies for the Staffing Industry – #5
Very few products live to become the industry standard, but when it comes to spreadsheets, Microsoft Office Excel, wears this title with honor. With its repertoire of tools, Microsoft Excel 2010 and...
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Improving Our Staffing Software with Customer Feedback
On a recent call with one of our very first staffing industry customers, I realized not only do organizations grow with innovative technology, but technology grows with organizational feedback. When...
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Congratulations to Several Professional Advantage Customers Awarded 2012 Best...
We are proud to announce over 10 of our customers were awarded a place in Inavero’s 2012 Best of Staffing Client List. This list recognizes the top 1% of staffing firms in the nation who earn notable...
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Staffing Software Built to Fit Canadian Staffing Agencies
In just a few weeks (May 2-4), we are sponsoring the Association of Canadian Search, Employment and Staffing Services (ACSESS) conference in Niagara Falls, so I volunteered to write a few blog posts...
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Staffing Software Solutions: Best-of-Breed Approach including Canadian Payroll
This blog post will focus on Canadian best-of-breed solutions for staffing and recruitment companies. I was also going to adhere to Canadian Content rules and talk about something like the NHL...
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End-To-End Staffing Software Approach for the ACSESS show in Canada
After the first two posts in the series, Staffing Software Built to Fit Canadian Staffing Agencies and Staffing Software Solutions: Best-of-Breed Approach including Canadian Payroll, we will turn our...
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6 Ways to Evaluate Staffing Software | Free Guide
Choosing ERP software is a major decision for your organization. Software that automates critical business processes require special attention since it will become woven into your company practices....
View ArticleAll of Your Recruitment Tasks in One Place – Microsoft Outlook | Staffing...
One of the key features of our staffing software solution, 1Staff, is the tight integration between Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft CRM, which allows recruiters to focus more time on productive work...
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Not Enough Hours in the Day – Saving Time with 1Staff
Countless Staffing Professionals tell us they “wear too many hats.” No two days are ever the same, and it’s not enough to do one thing at a time. They are often required to do different tasks; from...
View Article5 Networking Best Practices for Staffing Professionals
Chances are, as a Staffing Professional, you either have attended or plan to attend some sort of networking event. Even in today’s digital world, face-to-face marketing is still a very valuable tool,...
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Do you need a ‘skills test’ to hire the best applicants?
In grade school standardized tests were administered to aid teachers in the placement of students into appropriate classes. During high school many young adults start thinking about taking the SAT...
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Managing your next interview – 5 tips for the Staffing Consultant
It’s a recruiter, or staffing consultant’s, dream come true when an interview goes perfect in every way, but more often than not, the interview will go one of two ways. Either the candidate wants to...
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Texting – The Latest and Greatest Recruiting Tool?
Chances are, if you asked an average person what item they would hate most to do without, they would say their cell phone. Cell phone usage has sky rocketed in the last few years and so has the way...
View ArticleStaffing Industry News of the Week – 11/02/12
News of the Week… Stay current with the latest Staffing Industry news, trends, and regulations. Walmart Faces Lawsuit Over Unpaid Overtime as Strike Threats Grow DailyFinance Posted on 10/29/12 By...
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On the Hunt – 6 Places to Look on Your Next Candidate Search
How do you define a qualified candidate? As a Staffing Professional, clients ask for qualified candidates every day; and according to CareerBuilder, 38 percent of employers reported they currently...
View ArticleStaffing Industry News of the Week – 11/09/12
News of the Week… Stay current with the latest Staffing Industry news, trends, and regulations. Disaster Dilemma: How to Pay Employees Who Missed Work The Wall Street Journal Posted on November 6, 2012...
View ArticleStaffing Industry News of the Week – 11/16/12
News of the Week… Stay current with the latest Staffing Industry news, trends, and regulations. Facebook Launches Job Search App CNNMoney Posted on November 14, 2012 by Julianne Pepitone NEW YORK...
View ArticleStaffing Industry News of the Week – 12/14/12
Everything You Need to Know About LinkedIn Endorsements Forbes Published 12/4/12 by Susan Adams I’ve been hearing from a lot of people lately who say they are mystified and somewhat annoyed by a new...
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Does Your Staffing Company Have a Great Company Culture?
Company culture seems to be one of those hot topics being brought up across meeting tables all over the globe. Creating company culture, defining your company culture, there are even new executive...
View ArticleStaffing Industry News of the Week – 2/01/13
More Americans delay retirement, keep working USA Today Published January 24, 2013 by Haya El Nasser The share of Americans 65 and older in the workforce went from 12.1% in 1990 to 16.1% in 2010, with...
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Sen. Grassley pushes to make E-Verify mandatory for employers The Daily Caller Published on February 01, 2013 by Caroline May Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley introduced legislation on Thursday...
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Jobless Claims in U.S. Last Week Fell More Than Forecast Bloomberg Published on February 14, 2013 by Shobhana Chandra Claims for jobless benefits plunged last week, showing U.S. employers have little...
View ArticleHow are you handling Compliance?
Finding a software solution that can be tailored to the unique needs of countless staffing organizations is typically unheard of, but 1Staff powered by Microsoft Dynamics® CRM does this. The founder...
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iPad and iPhone Staffing Software Powered by Microsoft CRM
In a recent feature rollout, Microsoft added cross browser support to Microsoft Dynamics® CRM. This is exciting news for 1Staff, our Applicant Tracking System for staffing and recruiting companies....
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Sophisticated Compliance Functionality – Real World Feedback
We just finished an all-day session with a healthcare staffing company. They have international requirements for staffing nurses and other healthcare recruiting, including a requirement for a staffing...
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1Staff Back Office “5 for 5″ Promotion
Professional Advantage is excited to announce the “5 for 5” Promotion for new 1Staff Back Office customers. What is this 5 for 5 Promotion you ask? You can now receive 5 full Microsoft Dynamics® GP...
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The Staffing Software Wish List from SIA Executive Forum
The Professional Advantage team was thrilled to once again showcase our staffing software solution, 1Staff, at Staffing Industry Analysts Executive Forum. SIA Executive Forum took place in Orlando, FL...
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Make Your World Simpler With Microsoft’s Social Solution
In a world where word travels as fast as the share of a tweet, the opinions of a few can influence millions of people around the world in just seconds. Microsoft Dynamics recently came out with a new...
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6 Reasons You Need To Get To Know 1Staff
Our #1 goal is to develop cutting edge staffing software in order to provide your staffing agency with a forward thinking solution. Giving your business the competitive advantage it needs to succeed in...
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How is your staffing firm handling Collections?
Knowledge is power, and empowering your staffing agency to be successful is our main focus! Upgrading your staffing solution to 1Staff will not only strengthen your staffing agency’s operations, but...
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Supercharge Your Staffing Software CRM Sales and Recruiting Prospecting
1Staff powered by Microsoft CRM Online now includes InsideView Insights for every 1Staff Professional User. Insights is still available through other licensing models, but is bundled with Microsoft CRM...
View Article4 Things I Learned In Vegas
Growing up in Australia, I only recently had my first opportunity to visit Las Vegas. Last week I was lucky enough to attend Healthcare Staffing Summit as my first trip to Vegas. As with everyone, my...
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