Revolutionizing the staffing and recruiting industry
Akken is changing the way staffing and recruitment companies manage their business. Founded in 2005, Akken has developed the only cloud-based All-in-One business software suite that automates all core front and back office functions. For a predictable and affordable fee, Akken enables staffing and recruitment firms of all sizes to focus on what they do best - put great people to work. With Akken, there is no software to install, update or manage. Adding new users is just a mouse click away.
The Akken Staffing suite is a modular web-based service that seamlessly integrates email and calendaring, applicant tracking, customer relationship management, job management, accounting, human resource management, self service, payroll processing, reporting and more. Hundreds of small to large staffing and recruitment firms are running their business on Akken Staffing.
Our mission is to help staffing and recruitment firms integrate workflows across both front and back office operations so they can run more efficient, responsive, and profitable businesses.
Our story
Fast Facts
Year Founded: March, 2005
Ownership: Privately held
Headquarters: Nashua, NH
Customers: 400+ and growing
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In 1999, Akken Founder and CEO Giridhar Akkineni created InterWorldNet, an IT staffing firm based in Rocky Hill, CT. He immediately set out to find a packaged software solution that would automate the mundane day to day operations of his new staffing business, but soon realized that no such solution existed. While there where many adequate applicant tracking systems on the market, they only simplified one function of a staffing firm's business and did not integrate with other front and back office applications such as email, customer relationship management, employee management, payroll, billing, accounting and reporting.
Akkineni immediately recognized the need and opportunity to provide an integrated, All-in-One system that could change the way staffing and recruitment firms run their businesses. Instead of requiring companies to install, manage and knit together several expensive stand-alone point solutions, he envisioned an all purpose system that could be accessed from anywhere, at anytime, over the Internet for a monthly subscription. Akkineni closed his IT staffing firm to put all his energy into the research and development of a cloud-based business management suite for staffing and recruitment firms. Akken Staffing was introduced in June of 2007.