ASA is excited to introduce the newly upgraded ASA Central Community. After months of development, and feedback from members of the ASA Central working group, the association is ready to unveil a series of exciting updates designed to enhance your experience and make the community more interactive and user-friendly. This upgrade is intended to make ASA Central an even more valuable tool for collaboration, networking, and professional development.

• Enhanced user profiles: Now it will be even easier to complete your profile, which will enhance your visibility and networking opportunities within the community.
• Improved navigation: The new “Quick Links” sidebar will allow you to find areas of interest more quickly and more efficiently.
• Optimized communication functionality: New features provide more effective ways for members to communicate and start discussions, fostering a more connected and engaged community.

Log in to ASA Central now to explore the new features.

Greg Palmer, the chairman and chief executive officer at Supplemental Health Care whose Palmer Forecast predicts future temporary staffing levels, has been named the newest inductee into the American Staffing Association’s Leadership Hall of Fame.

Palmer’s reputation for innovation and leadership is rivaled only by his track record of success in the staffing industry. He got his start as a branch manager for Olsten Corp., then quickly rose through the ranks to become senior vice president. After being named the president and CEO of Remedy Temp, Palmer led the company’s turnaround and growth to $600 million in revenue before it was sold in 2006. In the following years, he co-founded the Stepping Stones Group, which grew to more than $1 billion in revenue, before joining Supplemental Health Care.

Palmer has served the staffing industry in several important ways through the course of his career, including serving on the ASA board of directors from 2003 to 2006. He has been featured as a keynote and contributing speaker and writer at numerous ASA and other industry conferences and publications. He also created and has generously shared the Palmer Forecast, a quarterly temporary labor forecast that has been broadly featured in major media outlets throughout the world.

“Greg Palmer’s innovative approach to staffing has helped shape our modern industry and connect countless people to meaningful work,” said Richard Wahlquist, CEO at the American Staffing Association. “Greg is a visionary thinker with a proven track record of success as well as a lifetime of giving back to help others. We look forward to inducting him into the Leadership Hall of Fame at Staffing World.”

Since its inception in 1985, the ASA Leadership Hall of Fame recognizes outstanding individual contributions made through dedicated service to ASA and the staffing and recruiting industry. This year’s ASA Leadership Hall of Fame award is sponsored by Nixer Comp. Palmer will be recognized during Staffing World^®, the ASA annual convention and expo, which this year takes place Oct. 22–24 at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center in Nashville, TN.

To kick off National Staffing Employee Week, ASA today announced that Amanda Alexander, Ph.D., is the 2025 National Staffing Employee of the Year. Alexander, a civilian operational psychologist for the U.S. Air Force 57th Rescue Squadron, works through the Arora Group. ASA also named National Staffing Employee of the Year All-Stars in the five staffing industry sectors.

Alexander will be formally honored and celebrated by staffing industry professionals from around the country at Staffing World^®, the ASA annual convention and expo, Oct. 22–24 at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center in Nashville, TN.

Sponsored by StaffPro³, a division of PMC Insurance, the National Staffing Employee of the Year and All-Star awards honor current or former temporary or contract employees whose extraordinary stories of staffing success best exemplify one or more of the industry’s key messages of bridging into permanent employment, job flexibility, and access to a new career field.

National Staffing Employee Week, Sept. 9–15 this year, honors the contributions of millions of temporary and contract employees who work for U.S. staffing and recruiting companies each day.