Making It, Faking It, or Breaking It?

Feb 7
12:22

2012

Brunetti Brunetti

Brunetti Brunetti

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What does it mean to properly serve your customers? Is it possible for every customer to be completely satisfied with your company’s services? For eve...

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What does it mean to properly serve your customers? Is it possible for every customer to be completely satisfied with your company’s services? For every order to be filled correctly? For every order to arrive to the customer on time?

What about when that order isn’t for a product—but,Making It, Faking It, or Breaking It? Articles rather, it is for a person? If designated to be, it is the responsibility of a staffing or recruiting company to help your business find the employee that fits your vacancy. Often, when a staffing company fillsa job, it also takes on responsibility of that employee—from ensuring that he or she is trained tocontract negotiating tomanaging his or her online timecard and payroll.

Today, software has been developed that simplifies the recruiting and staffing process, often taking out the hassle of lost or misplaced applications or invoices.  For example, recruiting CRM software typically does everything from managing clientele to sharing information to tracking applicants, and more.

According to a survey conducted for the American Staffing Association, companies use staffing employees for two reasons: flexibility and access to talent. Therefore, in order to properly serve their customers, staffing companies need to show that they both measure and value their customer relationships by providing them with the flexible and talented staff they seek.

Customer Relationship Management (CRM)can make or break a staffing business and if you can make it: why fake it? CRM relies on real people, real jobs, and real relationships.

Staffing CRM can help your company attract and maintain loyal customers, who are committed to sticking around just because they know the company is capable of meeting their needs by providing the employees who are assets their company. When applied, its selecting and maintaining skills take papers off the desk and dissipates worries of mismanagement.

The cost-effective and easy-to-use methods utilized in proper CRMresult in repetitive business and encourage staffing companies to be engaged with their customers, which is critical to implementing a solid business relationship.

The recruiter and the business need insight to meet customer goals. Beyond that, they both also need the tools that allow them to successfully manage their relationship. The use of CRM software cannot only dramatically improve customer relations, but it can also establish a continual relationship that is mutually beneficial for both the staffing industry and your company.

It may sound redundant and, for some, it might be common sense—regardless, its truth is unquestionable: service in the staffing industry means engaging in quality recruiting and maintaining relationships. It can be viewed as mirroring a trickle-down effect: a staffing software company serves a staffing company who serves many companies—all of which revolve around skilled employees. The bottom line: Recruitment CRM software means happy customers. Happy customers mean happy staff, happy boss, happy company—all of which are making it look easy to "make it" in the industry.