Found money
The application can also be used to apply for
federal Work Opportunity Tax Credits, which can
yield up to $9,000 per qualified worker. “It’s a
massive opportunity in restaurants and retail
where you have a high incidence of individuals
who would qualify,” Helppie says. “Being able to
capture the data up front vastly simplifies the
process of receiving these credits. For
companies that are not doing any tax credits at
all, it’s found money.”
JobApp processes the tax credits and takes a
percentage of what’s recovered on a contingency
basis. The function also can be used to apply
for FICA tax tip credits and any applicable
state or local tax credits.
The company also offers background checks as an
add-on service. One JobApp client found that a
quarter of the employees hired pending
background checks had some level of criminal
background. “It was an eye-opening experience
for them,” Helppie says. “These were not [mere]
applicants, but people they wanted to hire.”
JobApp Network was developed specifically for
multi-unit operations that don’t have a
dedicated recruiting professional in each
location. “Managers will regularly tell us that
they’re spending 80 percent less time on hiring,
and the people they’re hiring are better and
staying longer,” Helppie says. “They’re spending
less time with unqualified applicants.”
That has been the experience at Church’s
Chicken, Smith says. “The new process has
allowed the managers to focus their time on
managing the business and less on the
administrative work of scouring applications to
determine who should be interviewed.”
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