The Code Works in print and on the Web
Our thought leadership touches on a broad set of strategic staffing issues.
December 2009
Top Tools of the Year – ASA
In this article we bring you new and affordable tools that have the potential to make your life easier or improve your firm's competitiveness.
November 2009
VMS/MSP and Staffing: Current Trends – SI Review
Sara Moss provides her thoughts on the latest trends in the VMS/MSP space.
November 2009
New Book Reinvents Supply Chain Management for Human Resources
Human Capital Supply Chains, a comprehensive guidebook to a new frontier in talent management by Bond Talent CEO Tim Giehll and The Code Works co-founder and CEO Sara Moss, discusses the processes, technology, and organizational roles that are required to implement a human capital supply chain that is more cost and time efficient, agile and strategic.
October 2009
Staffing Technology: Transforming Trends – Top trends impacting staffing technology presented by Sara Moss at the Bond eEmpACT User Conference and Bond Adapt User Conference at ASA’s 2009 Staffing World in Orlando, Florida.
October 2009
Technology Integration for Operations Efficiency – Back to the Future – Jonathan Novich - Co-founder & VP of The Code Works participates in a panel discussion moderated by Hope Bradford, Director Systems Architect, Kelly Services at ASA’s 2009 Staffing World in Orlando, Florida.
July 2009
Software Buyers Guide - Experts Offer Tips for Selecting the Right Technology for Your Business – ASA
Sara Moss provides her thoughts in an article by Jim McDermott on the value of documenting business processes.
July 2009
Front Office Vendor Table – SI Review
This article is the second part of the two-part series on front office software. The Front Office Vendor Table lists vendors and compares vendor functionality across the landscape. Staffing owners and executives may want to keep this list handy as a reference.
June 2009
Tips for a Smooth Implementation – SI Review
Sara Moss provides her words of advice on a smooth software implementation
June 2009
Front Office Software Trends – SI Review
First part of a two-part series on front-office software that highlights some of the trends in front office automation and shows how front office software is evolving to make staffing firms more efficient and profitable, while also improving their customer and candidate service levels.
March 2009
Leveraging Recruitment Media: It’s not just about job posting anymore: multimedia & optimized job ads – SI Review
This article describes how staffing firms are succeeding in sourcing the right talent and increasing applicant flow by adopting next-generation job advertising and brand building methods and technologies without necessarily increasing their advertising budget.
February 2009
Staffing Technology: Trends to Transform Your Business presented by Sara Moss and Jonathan Novich at Bullhorn Live 2009 in Las Vegas
October 2008
The Non-Technical Buyer's Guide to Staffing Software presented by Sara Moss, along with moderation of a follow-on panel discussion, at ASA's 2008 Staffing World in San Diego
October 2008
How and When to Get on the Facebook Train presented by Neal Bhamre and Sean Shannon at the 2008 HR-XML Global Partnering & Integration Summit in Chicago
October 2008
Search and Match: From Nuts and Bolts to Real Business Value panel moderated by Sara Moss at the 2008 HR-XML Global Partnering & Integration Summit in Chicago
October 2008
Cool Tools 2008 – SI Review
The second annual look at tools and services that satisfy a variety of staffing needs. We're sure this list of cool tools will open your eyes to new and cost-effective technologies that any staffing organization can benefit from and afford.
September 2008
The Many Faces of Onboarding – SI Review
Onboarding in the staffing industry takes many forms. In addition to effectively onboarding new internal staff, staffing firms ensure seamless onboarding of candidate placements. RPO and BPO organizations take on additional aspects of onboarding on behalf of their clients.
May 2008
Tighten Up Your Back Office – SI Review
In this article, we discuss the three key trends for achieving back office improvements - streamlining back office workflows, replacing paper forms with electronic data capture mechanisms and upgrading back office technology. The article includes a list of 32 leading staffing back office vendors.
December 2007
Wooing and Keeping Candidates: The need for end-to-end candidate relationship management – SI Review
Making an effort to proactively deepen and lengthen relationships with candidates is increasingly important to staffing companies as candidates become more powerful in the recruiting process. In the article we discuss some of the emerging candidate relationship management concepts and strategies.
October 2007
Cool Tools for Recruiters 2007 – SI Review
There are so many great software tools available today that are both easy to learn and cost effective. Our hope is that this article opens your eyes to new ideas for increasing recruiter efficiencies around sourcing contacts, networking, communicating and developing relationships with candidates and clients.
September 2007
Keeping Up: Are You Using Yesterday's Candidate Matching Technology? Presented by Sara Moss at HR-XML's Global Partnering and Integration Summit Presentation. Sophisticated search and matching technology is available in an increasing number of recruiting and staffing solutions. These advanced search and match capabilities promise employers and staffing companies faster fill times, better candidates, and reduced recruiting costs. In this presentation we review various types of search and match engines currently available.
August 2007
Trends to Act On: Shop for Contingents Online – Contingent Workforce Strategies
June 2007
Agile Database Refactoring with Hibernate – O'Reilly's ONJava
This article shows readers how to upgrade their faulty schemas and data models without affecting existing applications or processes. By using the latest technology from Hibernate (version 3.0 and up)--along with a combination of database views, stored procedures, and standard design patterns--application developers and data architects can repair a faulty data model, one piece at a time.
May 2007
Customer Portals: Coming Soon – SI Review
Even with the general trend toward online customer self-service, most staffing companies have been reticent to provide this functionality to their client base for fear that it will erode their personal bond with their clients. Of course, no staffing company wants to risk its client relationships, but some firms have found ways to improve their customer service offering by making more functionality available online. In this article we discuss some of the key features being offered by industry leaders.
October 2006
Human Capital Services Spend Management: An Opportunity presented by Sara Moss to the Chimes Customer Focus Group Forum in Scottsdale, Arizona. The presentation provides an overview of services spend management and highlights a few strategy, process, people and technology best practices to get you going.
October 2006
Profitable Staffing Via VMS – SI Review
While many staffing companies are still trying to avoid vendor management systems (VMS), forward-thinking firms are exploiting VMS as an opportunity to differentiate themselves in the marketplace and to grow profits.
May 2006
VMS Trends: Subtle Changes in a Complex Market – SI Review
Despite a bold vision, a strong business case and aggressive goals, the VMS market has not changed dramatically in the past few years. Staffing Industry Analysts' research shows that only 3% of companies tracked put VMS systems in place over the last year. Despite the slow rate of change, there are many trends in this complex market that are noteworthy. In this article we discuss the four that are at the top of our list.
January/February 2006
Front Office Software – Part 2: Identifying the Final Contenders – SI Review
With the improvement of the economy, many staffing companies are considering replacing their existing front office technology so they can scale their revenues through automation of their processes rather than increase their headcount growth. Front office software for staffing is a niche market. Identifying the long list of potential vendors can be a time-consuming activity. In this article we identify 53 vendors that offer front office software.
More articles >>
The Code Works in print and on the Web
Our thought leadership touches on a broad set of strategic staffing issues.
December 2009
Top Tools of the Year – ASA
In this article we bring you new and affordable tools that have the potential to make your life easier or improve your firm's competitiveness.
November 2009
VMS/MSP and Staffing: Current Trends – SI Review
Sara Moss provides her thoughts on the latest trends in the VMS/MSP space.
November 2009
New Book Reinvents Supply Chain Management for Human Resources
Human Capital Supply Chains, a comprehensive guidebook to a new frontier in talent management by Bond Talent CEO Tim Giehll and The Code Works co-founder and CEO Sara Moss, discusses the processes, technology, and organizational roles that are required to implement a human capital supply chain that is more cost and time efficient, agile and strategic.
October 2009
Staffing Technology: Transforming Trends – Top trends impacting staffing technology presented by Sara Moss at the Bond eEmpACT User Conference and Bond Adapt User Conference at ASA’s 2009 Staffing World in Orlando, Florida.
October 2009
Technology Integration for Operations Efficiency – Back to the Future – Jonathan Novich - Co-founder & VP of The Code Works participates in a panel discussion moderated by Hope Bradford, Director Systems Architect, Kelly Services at ASA’s 2009 Staffing World in Orlando, Florida.
July 2009
Software Buyers Guide - Experts Offer Tips for Selecting the Right Technology for Your Business – ASA
Sara Moss provides her thoughts in an article by Jim McDermott on the value of documenting business processes.
July 2009
Front Office Vendor Table – SI Review
This article is the second part of the two-part series on front office software. The Front Office Vendor Table lists vendors and compares vendor functionality across the landscape. Staffing owners and executives may want to keep this list handy as a reference.
June 2009
Tips for a Smooth Implementation – SI Review
Sara Moss provides her words of advice on a smooth software implementation
June 2009
Front Office Software Trends – SI Review
First part of a two-part series on front-office software that highlights some of the trends in front office automation and shows how front office software is evolving to make staffing firms more efficient and profitable, while also improving their customer and candidate service levels.
March 2009
Leveraging Recruitment Media: It’s not just about job posting anymore: multimedia & optimized job ads – SI Review
This article describes how staffing firms are succeeding in sourcing the right talent and increasing applicant flow by adopting next-generation job advertising and brand building methods and technologies without necessarily increasing their advertising budget.
February 2009
Staffing Technology: Trends to Transform Your Business presented by Sara Moss and Jonathan Novich at Bullhorn Live 2009 in Las Vegas
October 2008
The Non-Technical Buyer's Guide to Staffing Software presented by Sara Moss, along with moderation of a follow-on panel discussion, at ASA's 2008 Staffing World in San Diego
October 2008
How and When to Get on the Facebook Train presented by Neal Bhamre and Sean Shannon at the 2008 HR-XML Global Partnering & Integration Summit in Chicago
October 2008
Search and Match: From Nuts and Bolts to Real Business Value panel moderated by Sara Moss at the 2008 HR-XML Global Partnering & Integration Summit in Chicago
October 2008
Cool Tools 2008 – SI Review
The second annual look at tools and services that satisfy a variety of staffing needs. We're sure this list of cool tools will open your eyes to new and cost-effective technologies that any staffing organization can benefit from and afford.
September 2008
The Many Faces of Onboarding – SI Review
Onboarding in the staffing industry takes many forms. In addition to effectively onboarding new internal staff, staffing firms ensure seamless onboarding of candidate placements. RPO and BPO organizations take on additional aspects of onboarding on behalf of their clients.
May 2008
Tighten Up Your Back Office – SI Review
In this article, we discuss the three key trends for achieving back office improvements - streamlining back office workflows, replacing paper forms with electronic data capture mechanisms and upgrading back office technology. The article includes a list of 32 leading staffing back office vendors.
December 2007
Wooing and Keeping Candidates: The need for end-to-end candidate relationship management – SI Review
Making an effort to proactively deepen and lengthen relationships with candidates is increasingly important to staffing companies as candidates become more powerful in the recruiting process. In the article we discuss some of the emerging candidate relationship management concepts and strategies.
October 2007
Cool Tools for Recruiters 2007 – SI Review
There are so many great software tools available today that are both easy to learn and cost effective. Our hope is that this article opens your eyes to new ideas for increasing recruiter efficiencies around sourcing contacts, networking, communicating and developing relationships with candidates and clients.
September 2007
Keeping Up: Are You Using Yesterday's Candidate Matching Technology? Presented by Sara Moss at HR-XML's Global Partnering and Integration Summit Presentation. Sophisticated search and matching technology is available in an increasing number of recruiting and staffing solutions. These advanced search and match capabilities promise employers and staffing companies faster fill times, better candidates, and reduced recruiting costs. In this presentation we review various types of search and match engines currently available.
August 2007
Trends to Act On: Shop for Contingents Online – Contingent Workforce Strategies
June 2007
Agile Database Refactoring with Hibernate – O'Reilly's ONJava
This article shows readers how to upgrade their faulty schemas and data models without affecting existing applications or processes. By using the latest technology from Hibernate (version 3.0 and up)--along with a combination of database views, stored procedures, and standard design patterns--application developers and data architects can repair a faulty data model, one piece at a time.
May 2007
Customer Portals: Coming Soon – SI Review
Even with the general trend toward online customer self-service, most staffing companies have been reticent to provide this functionality to their client base for fear that it will erode their personal bond with their clients. Of course, no staffing company wants to risk its client relationships, but some firms have found ways to improve their customer service offering by making more functionality available online. In this article we discuss some of the key features being offered by industry leaders.
October 2006
Human Capital Services Spend Management: An Opportunity presented by Sara Moss to the Chimes Customer Focus Group Forum in Scottsdale, Arizona. The presentation provides an overview of services spend management and highlights a few strategy, process, people and technology best practices to get you going.
October 2006
Profitable Staffing Via VMS – SI Review
While many staffing companies are still trying to avoid vendor management systems (VMS), forward-thinking firms are exploiting VMS as an opportunity to differentiate themselves in the marketplace and to grow profits.
May 2006
VMS Trends: Subtle Changes in a Complex Market – SI Review
Despite a bold vision, a strong business case and aggressive goals, the VMS market has not changed dramatically in the past few years. Staffing Industry Analysts' research shows that only 3% of companies tracked put VMS systems in place over the last year. Despite the slow rate of change, there are many trends in this complex market that are noteworthy. In this article we discuss the four that are at the top of our list.
January/February 2006
Front Office Software – Part 2: Identifying the Final Contenders – SI Review
With the improvement of the economy, many staffing companies are considering replacing their existing front office technology so they can scale their revenues through automation of their processes rather than increase their headcount growth. Front office software for staffing is a niche market. Identifying the long list of potential vendors can be a time-consuming activity. In this article we identify 53 vendors that offer front office software.
More articles >>