The staffing industry is evolving, with new competitors from gig platforms, a rising demand for tech-savvy agencies, and increasing worker shortages. To remain competitive, and meet client demands, we share 5 ways agencies can keep their worker pool growing and engaged.
1. Go Mobile
Your Workers Use Smartphones, Do you?
Job seekers today aren’t tethered to a desktop; 94% are on their mobile. In today’s mobile-first world, traditional ATS platforms can’t keep up. To stay competitive, staffing agencies need mobile-native solutions like ActivateStaff. Using an app to attract and engage with workers provides real time:
- Push notification for new job opportunities
- Shift reminders
- In app clock-in and clock-out technology that can be geo-fenced to ensure accuracy
- Availability updates
- Communication between workers, recruiters and even clients if you so choose.
Work with a mobile-first provider to ensure your candidate app is rooted with your ATS, and not a clunky add-on.
2. What’s the Candidate Experience?
Worker experiences are critical in a candidate-driven market. Thankfully there are many things agencies can do to keep workers engaged, and drive referrals. What do workers expect from an agency today?
- Immediacy: job notifications, communication, maps, reminders
- Low-click experiences: ensure your app flows in an easy and quick manner, allowing users to get their tasks done without frustration
- Communication options: ensure workers can call, chat, email → choice improves response times
Ensure your agency isn’t stuck on email threads, phone tag, and clunky portals. User experience is about empowering candidates to engage on their terms. A platform like ActivateStaff allows agencies to offer:
- In-app chat communication, SMS, or email
- Workers to choose shifts, manage preferences, and check in with zero friction
- Autonomy, and transparency
The best way to earn candidate loyalty is by respecting their time and preferences, and we help you do just that.
3. Showcase Your Brand
You’ve worked hard to build a brand that candidates can trust. So why let it disappear behind generic logins?
With ActivateStaff, your agency’s brand lives in every interaction.
Your logo, your tone, your workflows are all visible, consistent, and easy to manage. And when a worker opens your mobile app, it feels like an extension of your team, not a third-party tool they can barely remember.
A strong brand experience attracts more candidates, as well as drives loyalty and referrals.
4. Ensure You Can Scale
Technology should feel like a superpower, not a burden. Yet too many firms are juggling disconnected tools, outdated CRMs, and clunky scheduling systems that require more work, not less. Work with a platform that can support any number of recruiters, and workers, without nickel-and-diming you along the way. ActivateStaff offers:
- Scalable solution that meets your needs today, and helps you grow without tech friction
- Automates outreach based on real-time availability and job type, taking manual lift off recruiter’s plates
- Geo-tracked worker check-ins to reduce no-shows and ensure payroll accuracy for clients
The difference? Our platform is purpose-built for staffing workflows—no messy add-ons, no overengineering.
5. Use Real-Time Data
Leverage real-time data to stay ahead of workers’ needs, and ensure your platform offers actionable insights that drive business success. The right platform will help you:
- Identify what candidates are responding to, when they are available, and how engaged they are with your postings
- See drop-off patterns, preempt no-shows, and refine your messaging strategy
ActivateStaff builds intelligence into every workflow to improve fill rates, reduce no-shows and ensure happier clients and candidates.
Candidate-First Isn't Just a Slogan—It's a Strategy
You can put candidates first without sacrificing recruiter efficiency. When done right, you accelerate both by reducing friction, increasing responsiveness, and building trust that turns into placements.
If your current tools make this feel harder than it should be, you’re not alone. Most traditional platforms weren’t designed for how staffing works today. ActivateStaff is.
Ready to see how we help staffing agencies move faster, brand stronger, and connect better?
Let’s build the future of staffing—together.
