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    3 min read | July 21, 2016

    SubItUp and IMLeagues Partner-Up to Bring Online Scheduling Efficiencies to Intramural Game Management

    Manchester, NH – July 5, 2016 - SubItUp, the leading online employee scheduling platform for campus recreational facilities, has advanced its support of intramural game scheduling via its new...
    5 min read | June 30, 2016

    This Propelled the Evolution of the Employee Scheduling Excel Spreadsheet

    It wasn’t all that long ago that campus rec facilities managers embraced the use of the Excel spreadsheet to inject some element of control into the process of scheduling employees.
    SubItUp update
    9 min read | June 22, 2016

    Now You Can Become a Shift Planning Ninja

    Are you ready to take your employee scheduling up a notch with NEW features from SubItUp? SubItUp is at it again - introducing new features and updates to its employee scheduling software designed...
    how to manage
    4 min read | December 7, 2015

    How to Survive Shift Planning this Holiday Season and Throughout the New Year

    “Tis the season,” whimpers many a manager while sipping cocoa and contemplating the 10 different requests for schedule changes this week. It’s enough to turn any manager into the Grinch. Now that...
    how to manage
    7 min read | November 16, 2015

    The Secret to Hiring and Retaining Part-Time Employees

    In October 2015 there were over 20 million people in the US that worked part-time for non-economic reasons.1 With the cost of recruitment, training and reduced productivity while a new employee...
    time management
    6 min read | August 26, 2014

    5 Ways for Managers to Self-Manage

    Managers can easily get consumed by a wide variety issues that come up during a regular work day. It is imperative that managers have the ability to multitask. They need to be able to address the...
    online employee scheduling
    2 min read | August 22, 2014

    Attract More Talent. Publicize Online Scheduling.

    Your workforce today looks something like this: 76 million Baby Boomers, 79 million Millennials. As the younger population graduates into today’s work force, along with them come a new set of...
    online employee scheduling
    3 min read | August 19, 2014

    So what’s the deal with Online Scheduling?

    A Scheduling Revolution Summarized A simple Google search for “online scheduling” or any variation of those terms, along with the terms scheduler, software, programs etc. will show you a plethora of...
    scheduling solutions
    2 min read | August 18, 2014

    Shift Swap: The Best-Kept Workplace Secret

    It’s buzzed about in the far corners of the break room, whispered through empty aisles during lunchtime. Texted, never talked about: the black market of the workplace.
    online management
    4 min read | August 12, 2014

    The 5 Vague Steps For Project Management

    As with any project there are a series of emotions and actions that need to occur to get it off the ground, allow it to grow and most importantly sustain the growth for the long term. I’ve broken the...
    Did You Know?
    3 min read | August 8, 2014

    Cover the Summer Events with Volunteer Scheduling

    Organizing summer charity events is steadily making its way to the forefront of event managers’ minds. Making sure there are enough volunteers to cover every post, being one of the priorities. No...
    employee communication
    2 min read | August 1, 2014

    The Online Staff Scheduling Formula

    More Flexibility = Increased Productivity It’s an equation that doesn’t seem to add up, at first glance. But the reasoning is simple: workers who break out of the set-schedule routine – a system...
    online scheduling application
    2 min read | July 29, 2014

    The Future Of Online Scheduling

    To some, it’s difficult to think of a software solution as revolutionary or life-changing. But consider Windows, word processing programs, Photoshop, email clients, and the world’s first Internet...
    online employee scheduling
    2 min read | June 25, 2012

    Our Cause, Our Mission: A Better Life

    People are stressed. People are overworked. It’s the 21th century, and we can do better. If we have anything to say about it (and trust us; we do), it’s this: the devil is in the details. The little...
    online employee scheduling
    2 min read | June 15, 2012

    Switch to Online Scheduling. Enjoy 4-Day Vacation. Nice.

    Paper may be quainter, but let’s face it: tradition takes time. Between the hours you spend hammering out dates and times, printing, placing schedules, speaking with employees, processing requests,...
    online employee scheduling
    2 min read | June 4, 2012

    Online Scheduling Saves 100 Man Hours In Ohio Fire Department

    There’s a lot of talk about “increasing productivity” in various industries across the board, but precious little done to achieve that goal. It’s like a bad first date where neither party can decide...
    online employee scheduling
    2 min read | May 21, 2012

    Attract More Talent. Publicize Online Scheduling

    Your workforce today looks something like this: 76 million Baby Boomers, 79 million Millennials. As the younger population graduates into today’s work force, along with them come a new set of...
    scheduling solutions
    1 min read | April 18, 2012

    Does Mobile Staff Scheduling Lead to Happier Employees?

    Today, we ask the following question: are employees happier when working at an organization that offers mobile access to online scheduling? The short answer: yes, they are. How much happier? Try 500...
    2 min read | April 17, 2012

    The Results Are In: Online Scheduling Is 35% More Efficient

    In this age of mobile technology, it’s hard to imagine that the majority of businesses and organizations across America still handle scheduling the old-fashioned way—with sheets of paper tacked onto...
    online employee scheduling
    2 min read | February 2, 2012

    Online Employee Scheduling 2.0

    In case you haven’t glanced outside your window in a while, we’ve got news: it’s 2012. While these modern times haven’t let us jump around willy-nilly on silver moonboots or speed along on hover...
    social scheduling
    1 min read | January 31, 2012

    Musing on Amusement Park Employee Scheduling

    Behind the swoosh of every high-speed roller coaster and tuft of cotton candy, there’s a grittier, more mundane reality: staffing. Amusement parks require more than popcorn to keeping the lines...
    employee scheduler
    1 min read | January 30, 2012

    Scheduling Online: A World Wide Scheduling Solution.

    Europe. A vast land of rich history, fine cheeses, and workers hailing from 50 separate countries. Ignoring their current tumultuous economic environment for a moment, we’d like to hone in on our...
    online employee scheduling
    2 min read | January 17, 2012

    A Smarter Scheduling Strategy: Online Scheduling Templates

    In an ideal world, shifts would flow one after the other like so many grains of sand in the greathourglass of employment and full coverage would be a foregone conclusion. Alas, your employee base is...
    online scheduling application
    2 min read | December 29, 2011

    Shift Swaps: The Best-Kept Workplace Secret

    It’s buzzed about in the far corners of the break room, whispered through empty aisles during lunchtime. Texted, never talked about: the black market of the workplace.
    subitup scheduling
    1 min read | December 22, 2011

    Online Scheduling Feature: Employee Requests for Time Off

    SubItUp employees, did you know that your online schedule allows you to see the status of your Request Time Off (RTO) after hiding the status at the top of the screen? Employees! When you Request...