GradStaff offers outsourced college recruiting services and helps clients fill entry-level positions. In addition to streamlining the recruiting process, they help clients reduce costly turnover and achieve excellent long-term retention. Their service is perfect for companies looking to hire recent college graduates, start a college recruiting program, or augment an existing program.

 

GradStaff has 6 offices throughout the U.S., and they have plans for substantial growth in the future. Entering 2009, their existing hardware and software was barely adequate to support existing operations. System performance was poor. They had 6 separate networks in their 6 offices, each with separate installs of ACT 6.0 and separate databases that needed to be maintained and synchronized. It was apparent that substantial upgrades in hardware and software would be necessary to support additional growth.

 

Bob LaBombard, CEO of GradStaff, consulted with Bill Hafdal, Solbrekk Vice President of Sales and Business Development. Bob and Bill identified the key issues and looked at alternatives.

 

Bill said, “Bob expressed concerns about disaster recovery and data integrity. He told me that IT is not their business. I sensed a great deal of frustration around his past IT experience.”

 

GradStaff selected the Solbrekk/Netgain desktop and application hosting solution. Their desktop and applications are hosted on servers in the Netgain data center. GradStaff employees now remotely access all software applications via the Internet.

 

Bill said, “The hosted solution gives them one network. This has allowed them to consolidate their ACT databases into one database, and also allowed them to upgrade to the latest version of ACT for all employees. Some of the key drivers were the minimal upfront capital investment, full time help desk support, disaster recovery is no longer a concern, and they have one database that is highly available, fully managed, and in a secure environment.”

 

Bob stated, “This was the perfect solution for GradStaff at this stage of our development. System performance has improved considerably and users are much more productive. We can now access the most up-to-date software applications without worrying about constant software upgrades. In addition, significant investments in continuing hardware upgrades were avoided, as Netgain routinely reviews server performance, and addresses bottlenecks as needed. This saves us considerable time and money.”

 

Bob went on to say, “GradStaff employees have found the Netgain help desk to be responsive when problems occur. GradStaff Account Managers travel frequently. The ability to remotely access their desktop and applications quickly and easily from almost anywhere is a key benefit.”

 

Bob concluded by stating, “So far life is much easier at GradStaff. We have achieved greater operational efficiencies with Solbrekk and Netgain.”