Sometimes smaller enhancements don’t make the blog or new features list. However, it seems the quick & easy fixes often make the biggest impact in a manager’s daily Shiftboard routine. Here are a few updates that are guaranteed to make online scheduling even easier.

-       We’ve added a People Search on the Dashboard so you can find any account from any screen

-       You can customize your automatic “Shift Reminder” messages

-       You can customize the “No Pick-Up” message sent to end users

-       Manager Notes can be sorted by Team or Member across any date range. Of course, just like all other data within Shiftboard the information can be downloaded to Excel in real-time.

-       Members can run their own shift report to view their total hours

-       Last but not least, and certainly the favorite this month is the ability to customize what day of the week shows up first on your calendar.  This setting allows organizations that operate anything different than the standard Monday to Friday schedule to choose their workweek start day.

Thanks to our customers for keeping us in the loop and providing great feedback – enjoy! If you would like any help utilizing these features give us a call at 1-800-746-7531 or email: feedback@shiftboard.com

- Alison

“I need to post a shift and include a PDF or Word document so my employees can have more information on their assignment”.  Done.  Shiftboard’s online scheduling software allows scheduling managers to include additional information for a particular shift or assignment.  You can upload and store documents on your Shiftboard site and then attach these to shifts the calendar.

This process works great for one of our “handyman” service customers.

The employee’s login, and clearly view their assigned shifts in green.  They can pick up additional shifts in red.  For each shift they view the start and end time, the location (with a Google map attached), and whatever additional information is relevant for the job.  This Handyman client attaches invoices for their employees to print out and bring to the clients home.

Other Shiftboard customers are using the upload and attach tools to post waivers, directions, forms, driving routes, etc.  Just like the Shiftboard calendar these files can be viewed from any web browser.  Employees can view and print the documents from anywhere and aren’t required to stop by the office.  This saves time and keeps business running smoothly.