AST, which has been providing fully integrated staffing software solutions to the staffing industry for 25 years, has launched a new blog called Mad Staffing. The primary contributor to the blog will be Dave Reiss, AST’s CEO, along with guest posts from other industry experts.  Mad Staffing will be updated weekly with simple ideas on how to get staffing agencies moving with the best tools (e.g. web 2.0 tactics, staffing agency software, and a variety of other applications) and practices in light of the most recent staffing industry trends.

Cornwall, NY January 5, 2009 – Applied Systems Technology (AST), provider of fully integrated staffing software to staffing agencies for over 25 years, has launched a new blog called Mad Staffing.  AST’s Founder and CEO, Dave Reiss, is the primary contributor to the blog and describes it as “an idea exchange where we get to air elegantly simple ideas on how to get our staffing companies moving with the best tools and practices.”   Through the Mad Staffing blog, Reiss – who has 35 years of experience selling & implementing staffing agency software, and consulting executives in the deployment and management of technology – is looking to help staffing agencies focus on the disciplines and activities required to get the highest ROI out of various technologies from staffing software to web 2.0 tools.

When asked who should be reading this blog, Reiss replied, “If you’re a staffing professional – who seriously wants to advance your staffing business, stay on top of the latest staffing industry trends, and have a little fun while doing it – we’d love for you to engage with us on a regular basis by reading, commenting, contributing and helping further develop the ideas that we’re putting out there.”

Reiss went onto explain the timeliness of the Mad Staffing Blog for staffing executives and professionals, “After one of the industry’s most difficult years, every staffing company is trying to figure out how to do more with less.  This is AST’s entire focus – how to help staffing agencies use technology to make and save more money.  Whether we do this by helping implement a fully integrated staffing software solution or by offering some useful information on our website on how a staffing business can better take advantage of their current technology – we’re still accomplishing our mission.”

You can find the Mad Staffing Blog at http://www.astusa.com/staffing-blog/.  AST’s CEO and Mad Staffing contributor, Dave Reiss promises “at least one idea per week that will be light, entertaining, and guaranteed to put money in your staffing agency’s checking account.”

About Applied Systems Technology (AST):
Applied Systems Technology provides fully integrated staffing agency software to mid market staffing agencies throughout the United States. Its unique ‘outcomes’ approach to automation starts with helping senior management align the projects around very specific measureable goals relating to the operations of their business. By fusing their business processes to automated tools, the client companies are able to grow their businesses with significantly improved operating ratios. The ability to script business rules around desired outcomes in the staffing software itself provides staffing operators significantly greater control over the business.