The WSJ today reports on Pointstaff, Inc. and this new innovative e-recruiter directed at the staffing firm. But the company seems like an unnecessary middle man charging a fee.
WSJ, April 23, 2001
"Mr. Bellman is the founder and chief executive officer of PointStaff Inc., a New York Internet-based hiring exchange -- a sort of central clearinghouse -- for staffing services and the businesses that use them. When a company needs to hire a temporary employee, it posts its request on PointStaff's Web site. PoinStaff then sends the request via e-mail or pager to the staffing companies that have the best chances of filling the positions -- usually those closest in proximity to the company in need. Next, the staffing companies send a list of potential candidates back to PointStaff. The names of candidates from multiple staffing firms that fit the companies' criteria are pooled together and passed along to the company making the request. Theoretically, a company can tap into candidates from as many as 1,000 temporary-staffing firms at once."
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Jessica Leonard - Michael & Partners
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Jerry Kapalko - PointStaff
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jkapalko@pointstaff.com
PointStaff Completes Most Robust E-Procurement Infrastructure in Staffing Industry
Infrastructure Powered by Ti3’s Proven FasTimeTM 2.0
NEW YORK – (April 9, 2001) – PointStaff, a leading facilitator and process administrator of staffing transactions, today announced the integration of enhanced automation services into its infrastructure. With this integration, PointStaff’s clients have access to an unprecedented seamless telecommunications platform resulting in cost and time saving benefits for clients.
“PointStaff’s users now have access to a true paperless environment enabling every staffing need to be fulfilled via the Internet,” said Jerry Kapalko, president and COO of PointStaff. “This makes PointStaff’s electronic infrastructure the most comprehensive in the staffing industry.”
PointStaff offers a wide array of services including the automation of timesheets, expenses and employee availability information. In addition, assigned employees as well as staffing companies and supervisors can now approve timesheets via the Internet or telephone, eliminating the need for signed paper timesheets. Ti3, Inc., a custom application service provider for the staffing industry will support PointStaff’s enhanced technology with its expansive data center and technical staff.
“After an extensive search for the right partner to handle the electronic timecard interface portion of PointStaff’s Employment Listing System, Ti3 was clearly the market leader,” said Jerry Kapalko. “In keeping with our philosophy to be the most comprehensive B2B staffing exchange, I am pleased to also announce we now offer Ariba buyer e-procurement and hosting services.”
“With FasTime 2.0, PointStaff now has the industry leading platform for the staffing exchange market as well as large staffing companies. This technology can offer every conceivable service to their clients including outbound dialing programs, handheld devices, facsimile and e-commerce.” said Dick Herrmann, president and CEO of Ti3, Inc. “PointStaff’s platform is proven and can handle millions of transactions without experiencing any down time or loss of critical data. PointStaff with Ti3 FasTime platform will now set the standard for the staffing industry.”
Ti3, Inc. (www.ti3.com) is the temporary staffing industry leader providing voice and Internet timesheet data collection. Ti3 service covers the United States and Canada in multiple languages providing a cost savings and a competitive advantage to their clients. Ti3’s data center is mission critical, fault tolerant, scalable, plus it provides off-site replication of critical data in real time. These automated solutions allow users to “self-serve,” 24 x 7 x 365, via telephone or Internet. Ti3 has collected over the last 4 years millions of transactions for time, availability and now client approval via the phone and the Internet. Ti3 is endorsed exclusively by the American Staffing Association (ASA), formerly NATSS.
PointStaff (www.pointstaff.com) is an industry innovator, having developed a revolutionary B2B e-procurement tool for staffing. PointStaff gives customers access to an otherwise inaccessible universe of temporary labor, permanent placements, vendors on premises, contract employment and executive search capabilities through its Web site. Employees placed through PointStaff come from the nation’s most reputable staffing companies. Customers and qualified staffing firms interact through PointStaff’s vendor-neutral Employment Listing Service (ELS). PointStaff’s ELS provides speedy, high-quality placements in an easy to use, 24/7 Internet environment.
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