Light industrial staffing software
Fill the 6am job the night before
Warehouse, manufacturing, construction, logistics and the trades: high volume, fast starts, weekly pay and clients who want to know who is coming. ActivateStaff runs it from one record, with the worker on a phone and the client in a portal.
Warehouse associateNorthfield Logistics · Starts 6:00am
9:00pmOpen
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0 of 4 filled
4x
more replies from workers in the app than by text
−29%
clicks to create a job order since go-live
−55%
clicks per worker search after the first releases
49%
of job interest from workers arrives outside weekday business hours
ActivateStaff platform data and agency results, 2026.
What an industrial agency gets
Built for volume, weekly pay and clients on the floor
Offers that go out at 9pm
Matching workers get the job in the app with the rate, address and start time. Recruiters see who’s interested before the branch opens.
Clients who approve their own time
The supervisor approves hours in the portal. Your coordinators stop chasing timesheets on Thursday afternoon.
Weekly pay without the scramble
Approved time becomes the pay run and the invoice at the same moment. Workers see their pay, by day, in the app.
Compliance in the placement
I-9 and E-Verify through Onboarded, safety orientation and client documents as conditions of placement, state pay rules through Everee.
Multi-branch, multi-state
One database with branch scoping. Regional managers see their region; the owner sees everything.
Missed days that cover themselves
When a worker on assignment can’t make a day, they say so in the app. The open day goes to workers you’ve already vetted for that job, and when you approve one, the placement is created with the job’s pay and bill rates. No call list, no unbilled day.
In production
A multi-state skilled trades agency
Construction and manufacturing staffing, with front office, worker app, client portal, invoicing and payroll on ActivateStaff. Recruiters needed one day of training. Payroll cut over with zero pay incidents and the old system was switched off. Since go-live the agency has absorbed growth without adding back-office staff.
1 day
recruiter training, against two weeks before
0
pay incidents since cutover
+40%
billing in six months, with no back-office hires
40+
improvements shipped in six months
The workers you want
They already prefer this
In PeopleReady’s survey of more than 1,200 temporary workers, 61.5% said they favor mobile apps when searching for a job, ahead of job boards. Agencies that recruit app-first spend less on job boards, because workers on the app see the next job before it is posted anywhere.
If your current system has an app
Ask one question
What share of your workers accepted a job in it this month? If the answer is “it’s for onboarding”, you have an onboarding tool with an app icon. The difference shows up at 10pm the night before a 6am start.
What is light industrial staffing software?
Software that runs high-volume hourly staffing: job orders with many openings, fast starts, weekly pay, client time approval and placement compliance. ActivateStaff does all of it on one record, with the worker on a phone and the client in a portal.
How do we fill next-morning jobs?
Offers go to matching workers in the app in the evening with the rate, address and start time, and recruiters see who's interested before the branch opens. Half of job interest on the platform arrives before 7am, after 6pm or on weekends.
Can clients approve time themselves?
Yes. The site supervisor approves hours in the client portal, and approved time flows to payroll and the invoice without re-keying.
How are I-9, E-Verify and safety requirements handled?
I-9 and E-Verify run through Onboarded, and safety orientation and client documents are conditions of placement. State pay rules are handled through Everee.
Does it support multiple branches and states?
Yes. One database with branch scoping: regional managers see their region and the owner sees everything.
Bring three job orders
A hard-to-fill one, a high-volume one and one with a client who likes to call. We’ll run all three on a 30-minute call.