PRESS RELEASE:
Akken Launches "Upgrade & Save" Summer Promotion To Save New Customers 50% Off Current Front Office Staffing And Recruiting Software Price
Front office staffing and recruiting software customers move from standalone customer relationship management and applicant tracking to integrated front and back office staffing platform
NASHUA, NH – June 12, 2009 Akken, provider of the first All-in-One, on demand staffing and
recruiting software, today announced its "
Upgrade & Save" summer promotion, available for staffing and recruiting firms currently using front office software that demand greater value from their current solution. The program gives staffing and recruiting firms access to the latest technology innovations while providing much needed relief from high license and user fees that are prevalent throughout the industry.
"Upgrade & Save" offers staffing and recruiting firms coming from desktop and web-based front office systems the opportunity to drop their current software in exchange for the Akken Staffing Front Office User Edition, at a cost 50% less than the value of their current system. It also provides a path to Akken's All-in-One platform, which companies can use to manage their back office operations such as timesheet and expense management, billing, and payroll reporting.
"This is a tough, unprecedented time for the staffing and recruiting industry" said Tim Quirk, VP Marketing at Akken. "More than ever, every dollar counts. Our goal is to help companies do more with less while providing an opportunity to get out of expensive contracts."
As companies look for ways to get more done with fewer resources, Akken can help reduce monthly expenses AND provide an improved, centralized
software-as-a-service platform to boost placement and assignment rates, strengthen customer and candidate relationships, and foster collaboration among team members.
Companies that currently use
Akken Staffing to manage their business have realized:
• Up to 300% increase in revenue;
• Up to 50% reduction in software and IT expense;
• Higher win rates against competitors by immediately responding to clients;
• Stronger customer relationships with up to date information;
• Greater insight into company operations with real time reporting.
Akken offers significantly more value than other providers in the industry, allowing staffing and recruiting firms to replace up to 9 core software applications with its integrated, software-as-a-service platform. Companies that take advantage of the 50% discount get more than a basic applicant tracking system with:
• Fully integrated, web-based applicant tracking, job order and customer relationship management;
• Integrated email (web-based Akken mail or add-on Microsoft Outlook® Sync);
• Automated activity tracking;
• Powerful search including keyword, Boolean, radius, and quick search;
• Single and bulk resume parsing;
• Mass email marketing;
• Document management;
• Reporting;
• A scalable platform that can be added to as business evolves.
All types and sizes of staffing and recruiting firms use Akken Staffing to operate their businesses, whether specializing in temporary staffing, contract staffing, retained, contingency, executive search or a blend. Each day, hundreds of companies that serve the professional, IT, healthcare, office, and industrial industries use Akken Staffing to put more people to work.

About Akken
Akken is an innovative Software-as-a-Service company that is growing fast and causing a rapid shift in the staffing and recruiting market. Akken provides the first All-in-One, on demand software platform to automate all core front and back office functions of staffing and recruiting firms. Combining email, applicant tracking, customer relationship management, job management, accounting, human resource management, self service, reporting and more, hundreds of temporary, direct and blended firms use Akken Staffing™ to put more people to work every day. Delivered as a service, Akken meets the growing needs of its clients with frequent upgrades, over 75% of which stem from direct user feedback. For more information please visit
www.akken.com or call
1-866-590-6695.
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