Elevate Your HR Processes at Arcoro’s Annual User Conference
Arcoro’s Annual User Conference highlights how HR technology can help construction HR teams overcome workforce shortages and project delays—caused by unqualified candidates and skill gaps—by automating repetitive tasks like payroll and onboarding, thereby increasing scalability, reducing errors and costs, improving employee satisfaction, enhancing compliance, and enabling data-driven decision-making to optimize recruitment, training, and workforce management.
HR teams working in construction have been facing ongoing challenges in hiring and maintaining a productive workforce. Workforce shortages have significantly impacted the industry in recent years, making many HR tasks more difficult.
According to the Associated General Contractors’ 2024 Workforce Shortage Survey, sponsored by Arcoro, construction workforce shortages have negatively affected construction firms and their projects. Key findings from the report include:
- 94% of respondents report having openings for craft workers, and 85% have openings for salaried workers.
- 54% report experiencing project delays due to shortages of their own or subcontractors’ workers.
- 62% of respondents report that available candidates are not qualified to work in the industry, often due to a lack of skills.
Solutions to these challenges may involve improved recruitment, training, and workforce management efforts, including the use of HR technology.
How HR Tech Does the Heavy Lifting
HR technology automates repeatable HR processes such as payroll, benefits, job postings, onboarding, training, and daily tasks like PTO requests, timesheets, and changes to employee information. The benefits of automating these processes include:
- Increased scalability and adaptability for future growth
- Improved customer experience with faster response times and fewer service errors
- Enhanced employee satisfaction by reducing repetitive, mundane tasks
- Reduced human errors
- Greater visibility into processes and teams
- Access to valuable data insights for data-driven decision making
- Streamlined compliance processes
- Improved ability to respond effectively, providing a competitive advantage
- Reduced costs, such as labor, while optimizing resource allocation
- Improved efficiency, allowing companies to focus on strategic goals
A significant advantage of process automation is the elimination of paper-based processes, such as tracking worker time. However, to fully realize these benefits, proper implementation and user engagement with HR technology are essential. A quality software provider ensures customers understand how the software works and what it can do for them.
How Arcoro Supports Customers
Arcoro recognizes that support continues after the contract is signed and that evolving HR processes with technology requires additional education and support. Arcoro offers several support options:
- Support Central: Provides resource articles on general talent management and troubleshooting.
- Live and Recorded Training: Includes sessions such as 9@9, HR Hour, and Just In Time ExakTime Webinars.
- SourceAssist: An optional program offering professional advice and support to maximize Arcoro’s Applicant Tracking System.
Arcoro also hosts its annual Elevate Users Conference.
2024 Elevate Users Conference
The 2024 Elevate Users Conference is scheduled for October 9, 2024, in Scottsdale, Arizona. The conference is designed for both experienced users and those new to Arcoro products. It features experts sharing knowledge about Arcoro products through tips, techniques, and best practices. This live event is exclusive to Arcoro customers.
Attendees will have the opportunity to:
- Hear from the leadership team about Arcoro’s vision and commitment to customer success
- Participate in focused sessions on each Arcoro and ExakTime product, led by experts
- Gain inspiration from real-life stories of Arcoro’s impact on businesses
- Engage in one-on-one sessions with product specialists and support team members
- Connect and exchange ideas with fellow users
Informational sessions at the 2024 event include:
- ExakTime: A Deep Dive into ExakTime Groups & Categories
- Applicant Tracking System: Optimizing Recruitment: Building and Managing Effective Pipelines
- Core HR: Enhancing HR Efficiency with Best Practices and Automated Workflows
- Performance Management: Leveraging Project Reviews for Ongoing Feedback and Enhanced Performance
- Core HR: Driving Manager and Employee Adoption of Core HR
- ExakTime: Getting the Most from the Newest ExakTime Features
- Onboarding: Onboarding Portal How To’s: Tips, Techniques and Favorite Checklists
- Advanced Analytics: From Data to Insights: Exploring Advanced Analytics Tools
- Benefits Management: Open Enrollment and ACA Best Practices: Planning for Success
- Learning Management System: The Power of LMS for Personalized Learning Plans and Certification Tracking
- Introducing Arcoro’s Newest Product: Payroll
By attending, Arcoro customers can gain valuable insights into maximizing the benefits of their HR technology.
Plan for 2026 Elevate!
The Elevate User Conference will return in-person in 2026. The annual Arcoro and ExakTime customer conference will be held April 28-29, 2026, in Dallas, Texas, at the Omni Las Colinas Hotel.
Elevate offers Arcoro and ExakTime users the chance to learn, connect, and improve their business practices. Attendees will leave with actionable strategies to streamline workflows, reduce manual work, improve accuracy, and build a stronger HR and operations foundation for the coming year.
Register for the 2026 event here.
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