New integration: Loxo & Ascen join forces for end-to-end contract staffing

As part of Loxo’s ongoing commitment to making sure all of your needs are met, we’ve recently partnered with Ascen.The partnership will enable Loxo and Ascen to combine their respective strengths to offer a streamlined, end-to-end solution for staffing firms to seamlessly manage their contract placements.Ascen is a back office platform for contract staffing — enabling staffing firms to focus on delivering great service to their clients and candidates. Ascen offers both software and employer of record (EOR) services, including onboarding, compliance, time tracking, payroll, and invoicing.  

This integration enables recruiters and staffing firms to instantly sync data from Loxo’s Talent Intelligence Platform with Ascen's contract staffing management platform. Traditionally, staffing firms have worked with multiple "front office" tools for recruiting candidates before manually importing candidate and job data into their "back office" systems for handling compliance, payroll and invoicing. Now, that workflow can be fully automated — saving recruiters time and removing the inherent risks associated with manual data entry, all while providing management teams with better visibility into their operations. Of the collaboration, Francis Larson, Ascen’s CEO, had this to say:

"We were impressed by how innovative Loxo's platform is and were taken aback after seeing how frequently they were winning head-to-head against the legacy ATS players and growing their market share. Now, with the integration into Ascen, Loxo's customers have a complete solution for contract staffing to include onboarding, compliance, time tracking, payroll, and invoicing."

Loxo’s CEO, Matt Chambers, echoed Larson’s excitement about the partnership:

"We've built Loxo to be a global leader in recruitment software. With the Ascen integration, we provide a complete back-office solution for customers that are planning to grow their contract staffing service offerings or for staffing firms seeking to move off of their legacy ATS to our Talent Intelligence Platform. This strategic partnership with Ascen will allow our customers to have everything they need to win in the massive, $150B+ U.S. contract recruitment space."

The integration went live in 2023 with about a dozen customers — and they couldn’t be happier. "The customers love it,” Larson said. “It has unlocked efficiencies and drastically simplified their operations compared to their previous ATS and back-office suppliers."