Shiftboard.com - Recruiting and Scheduling Portal

Shiftboard is part social network, part scheduling manager and part recruiting tool that is an ideal solution for those requiring a flexible workforce scheduling tool. Anyone can sign up free for Shiftboard, and then start viewing current opportunities and offering their services. Organizations can set up an account for a reasonable fee, set up multiple groups or teams and then assign people to do certain tasks. This is an ideal solution for large organizations that use contract workers or freelancers as it allows them to see who is available for a given task and to assign them. As an added bonus, Shiftboard can also help in the recruiting process as current availabilities can be posted and any member can express their interest in doing the job.

“Shiftboard is a new way to grow and manage your database of people, schedules, reports and daily business. Shiftboard provides a place, sometimes called a Portal, where organizations establish their own customized web scheduling, coordination, communication, reporting and member recruitment hub. Workers and other members can view schedules, join teams, pick up shifts, get reminders, communicate with managers, track availability, refer friends and colleagues, and generally stay much better connected than when using traditional methods of coordination.”

This is a great tool for scheduling and viewing current schedules online in real-time. This will be especially appreciated by those organizations that use a lot of temp workers since it makes it easy to see what is required and who is available.

How much will it cost to set up an account? Many of the organizations that this would appeal to probably have funding issues so the price will determine whether or not shiftboard sinks or swims.