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    3 min read | January 23, 2025

    How Social Scheduling Reduces Manager Time Spent Reworking The Schedule

    Discover how Social Scheduling in SubItUp's employee scheduling software can minimize manager intervention and save valuable time.
    3 min read | November 22, 2024

    Essential Checklist for Planning a Successful Event

    Master the art of event scheduling with our comprehensive checklist to ensure your next event is a resounding success.
    3 min read | November 22, 2024

    3 Ways SubItUp's Scheduling Automation Will Create Efficiencies In Your Department

    Discover how SubItUp's advanced scheduling automation can revolutionize your department's workflow, saving valuable time and resources.
    4 min read | October 30, 2024

    5 Ways A Strong Scheduling Manager Can Increase Employee Performance And Job Satisfaction

    Discover how a proficient scheduling manager can enhance employee performance and job satisfaction in the higher education sector through strategic workforce management.
    3 min read | October 18, 2024

    Increase Employee Productivity Using Timeclock Software

    Discover how timeclock software can revolutionize your workplace by boosting employee productivity and streamlining operations.
    3 min read | October 11, 2024

    How You Can Use Performance Review Systems To Drive Employee Development

    Unlock the hidden potential of your workforce by leveraging performance review systems to fuel career growth and enhance skill sets.
    3 min read | October 8, 2024

    How Simple Workforce Management Processes Can Keep Your Department Compliant

    Ensuring compliance in the workplace is a critical aspect of effective workforce management. Learn how SubItUp's comprehensive modules can simplify this task.
    3 min read | October 4, 2024

    Student Work Study And How It Can Be Utilized To Improve Your Departments Budget

    Unlocking the financial benefits of student work study programs for departmental budgeting.
    4 min read | October 4, 2024

    Streamline Scheduling Your Event with Workforce Management Software

    Planning an event can be a logistical nightmare, but workforce scheduling software can turn chaos into order.
    4 min read | September 24, 2024

    Utilizing SubItUp's Timeclock Integrations to Simplify Workforce Management

    Discover how integrating SIU Timeclock can revolutionize your workforce management by streamlining processes and enhancing efficiency.
    4 min read | September 19, 2024

    How Effective Employee Scheduling Will Increase Employee Performance And Job Satisfaction Within Higher Education Departments

    Discover how implementing effective employee scheduling software can revolutionize performance and job satisfaction within higher education departments.
    3 min read | September 17, 2024

    How SubItUp's New Copy-And-Paste Function Will Create Efficiencies And Save You Countless Hours In Your Scheduling Process

    Discover how SubItUp's latest copy and paste function is revolutionizing employee scheduling by allowing managers to save time and enhance efficiency in the scheduling process.
    4 min read | September 12, 2024

    How SubItUp's Social Scheduling Tools Can Elevate Your Workforce

    In today's fast-paced work environment, fostering employee engagement is more crucial than ever. Discover how SubItUp's innovative social scheduling tools can transform your workplace dynamics.
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    4 min read | September 11, 2024

    The Benefits of Shift Based Scheduling For Higher Ed Departments

    Discover how innovative scheduling methods can transform employee efficiency and management in Higher Education departments.
    8 min read | February 17, 2023

    How to Keep Your Best Employees During Tough Economic Times

    We may or may not be in a recession right now, or were in one earlier this year, or may still be headed for one – but one thing is certain and that is the economy is struggling. This means your...
    8 min read | February 17, 2023

    How to Help Your Employees Feel More Financially Secure

    An employee who is stressed is an employee who probably isn’t focusing 100% on their job — and finances are a major source of stress for many people. This is why the financial situation of your team...
    7 min read | February 17, 2023

    How to Know What Your Employees Really Feel About Their Compensation

    Inflation has hit American families hard over the past few years. We’ve gotten some good news lately, but there’s still a long way to go until many people feel that everyday essentials are...
    9 min read | February 17, 2023

    Higher Ed Tips: Improving Employee Engagement With Your Tech Stack

    SHRM, the Society for Human Resource Management, recently said “Businesses around the world are failing miserably at creating an engaged workforce.” Recent surveys and Gallup data show that the need...
    6 min read | February 17, 2023

    Make 2023 the Year You Embrace AI and Analytics in Your Employee Management Efforts

    A new year is well under way. What changes have you made around your company or department for 2023? Hopefully, you have a pretty good answer to that question. If not, it’s time to take a step back...
    6 min read | February 17, 2023

    Employee Recognition Programs: Which Ones Really Work?

    In generations past, it probably wouldn’t have occurred to a manager that part of his job was to make sure his employees felt good about themselves. “They’re here to work!” an old fashioned boss...
    6 min read | February 17, 2023

    Save Money in the New Year With the Best Employee Scheduling Software

    It may seem hard to believe, but a new year has come again! In January, millions upon millions of people across the world set goals for themself on areas they’d like to improve. No doubt, you’ve...
    6 min read | February 17, 2023

    How You Can Boost Employee Engagement (and Save Money!) by Giving Individual Attention

    Running your organization efficiently means paying attention to your bottom line. Going over budget simply isn’t an option. Because of this focus on finances, it’s easy to let less tangible metrics...
    7 min read | February 17, 2023

    The Negative Impacts of Scheduling with Excel

    Many organizations, from higher education institutions to community recreation centers, need to schedule employees for shift work. The scheduling process can get complicated and it isn’t always...
    6 min read | February 17, 2023

    How to Make an Impact at Your Organization and Give Your Employees a Voice

    Whether you’re in higher education, recreation, or a number of other industries, you want your employees to be as engaged as possible. Engaged employees do their jobs better and care more. How can...
    6 min read | February 17, 2023

    Announcing the New SubitUp Employee Reviews Tool!

    We’ve been around for a while, helping big names like Arizona State University, smaller organizations like Sun Country Sports Center®, and countless others in between to create smarter schedules more...
    7 min read | February 17, 2023

    How Purdue and SubitUp Partnered Together to Achieve Work/Life Harmony for Their Professional Staff

    For managers all across the country, their daily lives are anything but “harmonious”. In fact, the managers at your organization may see a word like that and chuckle, thinking it’s an impossible...
    8 min read | February 17, 2023

    The Top 3 Trends Shaping Employee Scheduling in 2023 (and How You Can Adapt!)

    The past few years have seen disruptive changes in our society. The result of a pandemic, economic troubles, and societal tension have been cataclysmic shifts in the way people want to work. Many of...
    6 min read | November 21, 2022

    How You Can Boost Employee Engagement

    Running your organization efficiently means paying attention to your bottom line. Going over budget simply isn't an option. Because of this focus on finances, it's easy to let less tangible metrics...
    9 min read | October 17, 2022

    The 4 Things The Right Scheduling Software Will Fix For You Today

    For many managers in a variety of industries, much of their time is spent creating and then adjusting the schedule. Whether you build the schedule one week at a time, one month at a time, or more,...
    8 min read | October 11, 2022

    Identifying and Solving 3 Common Workplace Communication Problems

    Good workplace communication is key to managing a successful department, no matter what industry you’re in. Engagement, efficiency, productivity, working relationships, and morale all take a hit...
    7 min read | August 12, 2022

    Why Employee Reviews Matter (to Them and to You!)

    If a member on your team needs a little direction, you need to tell them. Just the same, if someone is doing fantastic work and you’re pleased with their performance, they need to be told too. In...
    6 min read | July 28, 2022

    Why Your Schedule and Time Clock Should Be Integrated

    Whether you're in higher education or running a private recreation facility, your staff members are the most important as well as the the most expensive resource for your organization. Your payroll...
    6 min read | July 21, 2022

    How To Make Employee Scheduling for Multiple Locations & Time Zones Simpler

    Do you have staff that work across different locations or multiple time zones? If so, a regular scheduling software isn't going to cut it. The limitations of other scheduling tools require you to do...
    8 min read | July 4, 2022

    5 Employee Engagement Goals You Should be Focused on

    An engaged team is one that works collaboratively, solves problems together, and is happier and more productive. Because of that, they're more likely to remain at the organization longer. An engaged...
    5 min read | June 27, 2022

    How To Fix Your Manual Request for Time Off Process For Good

    Far too often, one of the most confusing tasks for a scheduling manager is when a team member wants time off. This is particularly true if they waited too long to tell you and your team's schedule is...
    6 min read | June 6, 2022

    What Makes a Scheduling Software Easy to Use?

    You know your team is not running as smoothly as it should be. You also know there are software tools out there that will eliminate much of what you consider to be a daily struggle. You know a new...
    8 min read | June 1, 2022

    3 Things Your Department Can & Should Do This Summer to Improve Next Fall

    The 2021-2022 school year is finally winding down. As the manager of an on-campus department, you don't have a ton of time to sit and reflect. It's the season to begin thinking about what changes you...
    8 min read | May 9, 2022

    How to Run Your Department More Like a Business

    Schools are designed to be safe places that allow students to grow and develop their personality and career skills in a way that will benefit them in the future. For this reason, it may seem a bit...
    8 min read | May 9, 2022

    How to Run Your Department More Like a Business

    Schools are designed to be safe places that allow students to grow and develop their personality and career skills in a way that will benefit them in the future. For this reason, it may seem a bit...
    6 min read | May 2, 2022

    5 Tips for Better Performance Reviews

    Performance reviews can affect everything from a team member's career path to their chances for a raise, so it’s not surprising if they make your employees nervous. You may be tempted to forgo them...
    5 min read | April 25, 2022

    3 Ways Your Team May be Sharing Germs at Work You Don't Realize

    How clean is your work environment? If you can't respond to this question with confidence, the true answer is probably "not very." That being said, even if you're taking great care to clean...
    6 min read | April 18, 2022

    4 Benefits of Employee Shift Scheduling Software with AI

    A number of different industries rely on their employees working shifts. Rec centers, healthcare, and higher education are only the beginning. Within companies in these verticals, there is a lot of...
    6 min read | April 11, 2022

    Social Scheduling™: What it is and Why You Need it!

    You do your best to create the perfect schedule every time, but your employees are human beings with changing needs and life circumstances. When a team member has a personal emergency, adjustment of...
    6 min read | March 28, 2022

    Are Your Managers Suffering from Scheduling Burnout?

    A record 6.3 million people quit their job in November of 2021 alone. Each individual had their own reasons for resigning, but many of them stated it was, at least in part, due to burnout.
    7 min read | March 21, 2022

    3 Ways SubItUp's Employee Management System Keep Labor Cost Down

    Watching the news, listening to other business professionals talk, or reading your favorite website, you'll encounter one troubling word over and over again — inflation. The cost of doing business is...
    7 min read | March 21, 2022

    3 Ways SubItUp's Employee Management System Keep Labor Cost Down

    Watching the news, listening to other business professionals talk, or reading your favorite website, you'll encounter one troubling word over and over again — inflation. The cost of doing business is...
    6 min read | March 14, 2022

    Advice for Switching to the Right Employee Management Software

    Your team is looking for a robust workforce management tool, not just scheduling software. That means you're on the prowl for what is known within the industry as "employee management software." This...
    6 min read | March 7, 2022

    The Problem with Manual Time Tracking

    Chances are pretty good that your daily life looks nothing like it did a few decades ago. Your alarm is on your smartphone, not a clock by your bed. You ask your favorite conversational AI bot what...
    5 min read | February 28, 2022

    What to Look for in a New Employee Management System

    It's easy to feel like you have too much on your plate and too few people to help you get it all done. What if the help you so desperately need could come not from another person around the office,...
    6 min read | February 21, 2022

    What to Expect from Event Planning in 2022

    The year 2022 is here and for many of us, large events are back! Everything from the Summer Olympics to Coachella to the NYC Marathon to Octoberfest has been cancelled the past two years, but the...
    5 min read | February 17, 2022

    How to Ease the Pain of Healthcare Staffing

    With the third year of COVID-19 beginning, hospitals and other healthcare offices continue to struggle with a labor shortage that industry experts, executives, and analysts don’t expect will...
    8 min read | May 4, 2021

    Need to Know: Fair Workweek Laws and Employee Scheduling

    It was announced on Wednesday April 28, in a Forbes article, that New York City's Department of Consumer and Worker Protection was suing Chipotle for approximately 600,000 violations of New York's...
    4 min read | April 2, 2021

    Four Things To Do When You Open Your Wellness Center Back Up

    Wellness and campus recreation facilities offer many benefits to students, staff and faculty on-campus. From the community benefits, to the ability to recruit and attract students and...
    5 min read | March 1, 2021

    How To Manage A COVID Outbreak at Work

    Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, many organizations have seen their workforce decimated by close contact between employees to the point where shutdowns of the actual business are necessary to...
    5 min read | August 10, 2020

    How to Simplify Employee Time Tracking During COVID 19

    With the advent of Covid-19, our way of working has drastically changed. For some, it's involved new work from home (WFH) guidelines. For others, it's led to an increase in health and wellness...
    6 min read | August 8, 2020

    A Complete Guide on How to Become a Scheduling Coordinator

    The average American will change jobs 12 times over the course of their working life. In a 50-year career, that means you'd spend roughly four years in each job.
    3 min read | August 3, 2020

    How is scheduling managed in cloud computing?

    You can handle your employee scheduling remotely by virtualized technology. Workforce management becomes complex in an interactive cloud computing system, but automated staff scheduling lets you...
    5 min read | August 1, 2020

    Do Electronic Time Clocks Help Decrease Labor Costs?

    One of the biggest problems for a manager is keeping labor costs under control. Every year, time tracking errors result in lost revenue due to time spent resolving them or the costs of failing to do...
    3 min read | July 30, 2020

    5 Wonderful Ways to Have a More Productive Work Day

    US employees are not working as efficiently as they once were. With many employees still working from home due to the pandemic, there's been a 14% drop in productivity.
    6 min read | July 30, 2020

    Which is the Best School Scheduling Software for Employees?

    In fall 2019, an estimated 19.9 million students attended colleges and universities in the US. That represents over a quarter of US students (starting from elementary) combined. All in all, the...
    3 min read | July 27, 2020

    What Is Workforce Management?

    You're constantly seeking new ways to run your business more effectively. So, you're laser focused on getting important tasks done across the board.
    4 min read | July 21, 2020

    The Best Global Workforce Management Tool

    The Best Global Workforce Management Tool ( the Benefits of Using One!) Whether you're an eCommerce business with a distributed team, an international corporation with a global workforce, or an SMB...
    3 min read | July 6, 2020

    An Introductory Guide to Time and Leave Management

    Did you know that American workers forfeited almost half of their paid vacation in 2017? The same study found that 10% of American workers didn't take any vacation days.
    3 min read | July 3, 2020

    5 Tremendous Benefits of Automated Schedule Creation for Your Business

    Are you still wasting your business's time with manual scheduling?
    6 min read | July 1, 2020

    How to Automate Workforce Management With an Automated Scheduling Tool

    Respecting your employees' time by enabling a great work/life balance is an integral part of running a successful business.
    6 min read | June 28, 2020

    Streamline Your Business With Shift Schedule Generating Tools

    Keeping a large team working at full efficiency is a challenge that is faced by businesses in a huge variety of industries. Employee scheduling is fraught with potential issues from a practical...
    3 min read | June 22, 2020

    The Night Watch: How to Survive Working the Night Shift (Tonight!)

    Starting a new job can be exciting yet nerve-wracking. You'll be facing new challenges and getting to know new co-workers.
    3 min read | June 20, 2020

    How COVID 19 Is Shining a New Light on Shift Rotations

    With more organizations and businesses opening their doors following a period of mandatory shutdowns, how organizations operate their businesses and manage their workforce many never fully return to...
    5 min read | May 4, 2020

    Is Your Current Scheduling Solution Compliant?

    Compliance is a crucial component of every organization. From adhering to local fire regulation codes to federal regulations monitored by the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency), it is important to...
    6 min read | April 24, 2020

    7 Workplace Scheduling Conflicts (And How to Fix Them)

    If you're a manager, you've experienced workplace scheduling conflicts before.
    4 min read | April 24, 2020

    6 Strategies for Managing Your Remote Workforce

    With a renewed focus on public health, more organizations have rapidly transitioned their workforce to work remotely. This is resulting in significant changes and some of these changes may continue...
    7 min read | April 20, 2020

    Event Planning 101: 7 Tips To Make Planning Your Next Event a Breeze

    Whether you've been charged with scheduling a frisbee tournament, a concert, a wedding reception, an academic conference, or a fundraiser - you're virtually guaranteed to face countless headaches....
    4 min read | April 13, 2020

    8 Features to Prioritize When Purchasing an Employee Scheduling App

    Searching for an employee scheduling app can be a daunting task. Every provider has a laundry list of features that they claim will help your organization. But what features should you prioritize in...
    4 min read | April 13, 2020

    7 Considerations When Purchasing an Employee Scheduling Software

    It is time. You are finally sick and tired of the many headaches of manually managing your workforce. From managing multiple shift conflicts to hearing about employee's scheduling frustrations, you...
    6 min read | November 16, 2017

    8 Must Follow Steps for Effective Employee Certification Tracking

    Whether you're tracking lifeguards' CPR certifications or hiring a new truck driver in need of a CDL, staying on top of certifications is a key part of running an effective workplace.
    7 min read | November 15, 2017

    Make it Simple for Students to Max Out Their Work Study Budgets

    Did you know that roughly 700,000 students receive federal work-study subsidies each year? That's 1 in every 10 full-time, first-year undergraduates. And with an annual cost of about $1 billion,...
    7 min read | November 8, 2017

    21 Must Have Higher Education Apps

    Higher education is all about learning.
    6 min read | November 6, 2017

    Everything You Need to Know About Scheduling Millennials

    Whether you manage a downtown coffee shop, run a community library or supervise the volunteers for a city's annual marathon, chances are you employ at least a few 18-to-34 years olds. If you don't ...
    6 min read | November 2, 2017

    5 Ways to Foster Positive Work Ethic in the Workplace

    Beyond the obvious business issues of employees who show up late, leave early, and don't accomplish their tasks, is the fact that their poor work ethic forces everyone else to step up. This can...
    7 min read | November 2, 2017

    10 Types of Workplace Culture: Which is Best for YOUR Business?

    Company culture stems from management, then rolls on down through the ranks. As such, much of a company's culture takes care of itself. If you make smart managerial decisions and hire the people you...
    6 min read | October 30, 2017

    The Case for Updating Employee Availability More Frequently

    Updating employee availability often is one of the best ways to avoid scheduling headaches.
    6 min read | October 26, 2017

    The Essential Guide to Managing Shift Swaps

    If you're a manager, giving your employees the ability to swap and trade shifts is an important way to save you time (and sanity).
    6 min read | October 25, 2017

    Prepare Your Team For Success With These 8 Employee Onboarding Best Practices

    When you hire that perfect someone for a vacant role you feel a well-earned sense of victory. But getting someone to sign on the dotted line is only step one in the employee onboarding process.
    6 min read | October 23, 2017

    And the Perfect Corporate Team Building Game Is... Jenga

    Yup, you read that right.
    6 min read | October 18, 2017

    5 Human Resources Mistakes Made by Small Businesses (and How to Fix Them)

    There are a number of reasons small businesses struggle with human resources.
    4 min read | October 4, 2017

    More Bang for Your Buck: Maximizing the Value of Open Availability

    Job descriptions for roles ranging from baristas to bookkeepers stress in bold, underlined, or italicized statements that open availability is a welcomed sight (if not a requirement) for all...
    5 min read | October 2, 2017

    5 Crucial Features Your Employee Scheduling App Needs to Have

    Finding the best scheduling app to manage your employees with can feel a bit like looking for a quarter at the bottom of a sack of dirty laundry: there's a whole bunch of junk to sift through.
    5 min read | September 28, 2017

    3 Keys to Creating a Work Schedule That... Works

    Creating a work schedule is a daunting, thankless chore.
    8 min read | September 27, 2017

    7 Ways to Improve Employee Accountability in the Workplace

    Regardless of organization or industry, accountability in the workplace is critical to the success of your employees and your business.