News Releases

July 30, 2025

Reimagine Staffing: SMART IDEAS Summit 5 Returns with Free Training for a New Era of Sales, Recruiting, and Marketing

Scheduled for Sept. 23, SMART IDEAS Summit 5 is a free, full-day virtual event designed to help staffing and recruiting professionals reimagine their business in the age of AI and automation. Hosted by Haley Marketing, the Summit offers expert-led sessions on sales, marketing, recruiting, and digital transformation. Attendees will get a front-row seat to the strategies…

July 09, 2025

Benefits in a Card and Avionté Announce API Integration, Revolutionizing Data Security and Efficiency in Staffing

Avionté, a premier provider of staffing software solutions, and Benefits in a Card, an innovator in tailored benefits for the staffing industry, proudly announce a groundbreaking API integration. This collaboration sets a new standard for data security and operational efficiency, empowering staffing agencies to deliver seamless payroll and benefits management while safeguarding sensitive employee information….

May 28, 2025

Bullhorn announces Amplify, empowering firms to scale with AI without increasing headcount

Bullhorn, the global leader in software for the staffing and recruitment industry, today announced at its annual Engage Boston conference the launch of Amplify, a next-generation AI solution built exclusively for staffing and recruitment firms.  Over the last year, Bullhorn customers have leveraged its generative AI and agents over 100 million times. With the launch of Amplify,…

May 20, 2025

Haley Marketing Group Acquires Polaris Recruitment Communications

Haley Marketing Group, the leading website development, content, and recruitment marketing firm serving the staffing and recruiting industries, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Polaris Recruitment Communications. This strategic acquisition further strengthens Haley Marketing’s recruitment marketing capabilities, providing clients with expanded expertise and solutions to optimize their talent acquisition strategies. Founded in 2004, Polaris Recruitment…

May 15, 2025

Staffing Legislation Decoded: What You Need to Know

In this Insight with Insiders podcast, Toby Malara, Vice President of Government Relations for the American Staffing Association, joins Julie Ann Bittner, TRICOM CEO, to discuss the latest burst of legislative activity that impacts the staffing industry on the federal and state levels. Toby advises on all staffing-related legislation and regulation, including the Affordable Care…

May 15, 2025

Economic Outlook for 2025

In this Insight with Insiders podcast, TRICOM CEO Julie Ann Bittner is joined by Jason Turner, Chief Investment Strategist for Great Lakes Advisors. In this role, Jason authors market and economic commentary, regularly presents in the media and to professional conferences, and works with client portfolio managers to support institutional and private clients. As the…

April 16, 2025

George Herat Joins Recruitment Tech Company Tracker as COO

TrackerRMS, a global leader in applicant tracking systems (ATS) and customer relationship management (CRM) software for the recruitment and staffing industry, has expanded its leadership team with the appointment of tech executive George Herat as Chief Operating Officer. Based in London, Herat has a demonstrated track record of driving revenue growth and operating leverage in private equity-backed…

March 24, 2025

How Sustainable Are Your Profits?

Overview The merger and acquisition (M&A) environment was changed in 2021, perhaps permanently. Following the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, in which the U.S. private equity (PE) deal count increased 1% despite draconian forecasts, the deal count increased 55% in 2021.1 As we noted in our “Q3 2024 Middle-Market M&A Insights,” there were record-setting activities from…

March 19, 2025

Avionté Launches Avionté SmartFund™, Powered by Kanmon, Delivering On-Demand Capital to Staffing Agencies

Today, Avionté launched Avionté SmartFund, powered by Kanmon, a fully integrated lending solution that puts staffing agencies in control of their financing by enabling fast, customizable access to capital. Avionté SmartFund is an innovative solution for staffing firms that find traditional funding options lacking. Securing funds from banks can be difficult, especially for smaller agencies. And bank response times are often…