Don’t miss Monday’s “ASA Economic and Staffing Forecast | July 2025.” The next installment of this monthly webinar series—only for ASA members—takes place July 7, 1–1:30 p.m. Eastern time. The ASA research team will share expert analysis to help you navigate the dynamic landscape of the staffing industry with confidence and foresight.

All ASA webinars are free for ASA members, and most qualify for continuing education hours toward ASA certification renewal. To learn more and to register, visit americanstaffing.net.

ASA Central—the dynamic online community just for staffing professionals—is home to more than 27,000 staffing professional profiles and countless ongoing industry conversations.

This week, take a look at your colleagues’ discussions and some of the blogs they’ve posted on ASA Central:

• Enrolling commercial drivers in a testing consortium
• Staffing industry trends that are reshaping recruiting in 2025
• Would you start working for a new account before the agreement is signed?

Get involved with the community—update your profile today so you can network with colleagues, join a section community, recommend and comment on your colleagues’ posts, and share your own blog or discussion post. Log in to ASA Central now.

In observance of the Independence Day holiday, ASA headquarters will be closed Friday, July 4. Staffing Today will return Monday, July 7.

ASA offers a new, effective way to get your firm on an upward trajectory in just nine weeks. Staffing Pro Stacks, its new professional development program, is a first-of-its-kind intensive credentialing program expertly designed by the best trainers in the industry to tackle your company’s biggest challenges. The program addresses specific pain points that staffing companies are struggling with right now.

There are three programs—focused on Sales, Recruiting, and Leadership. Complete one, two, or all three programs and stack your knowledge for maximum success. Additional programs will be released in the coming year.

Find out more at americanstaffing.net/pro-stacks. ASA members get a discount.

The Weekly Economic & Business Outlook—or WEBO—is an ASA resource that goes out to member email boxes every Tuesday morning. Every week, ASA researchers examine trends within the staffing industry, as well as developments within the broader economy, and then deliver succinct takeaways that can help drive strategic business decisions.

In the most recent edition, ASA analysts looked at the current state of the labor market overall and the evidence of incremental gains in staffing employment and sales.

The WEBO is a powerful and targeted data and analysis tool with features designed to deliver the data-driven intelligence you need to track trends and capitalize on opportunities. To make sure you’re getting your WEBO each week, as well as other ASA research emails, click the “Unsubscribe/Manage Email Preferences” link at the very bottom of this email and opt in to research content. Also, be sure to allow emails from research@americanstaffing.net.

Every new generation has an effect on the makeup of the workforce. Generation Z—typically defined as individuals born between 1997 and 2012—has some unique characteristics that will affect workplaces and the ways employers staff them.

In the May–June issue of Staffing Success magazine, learn about the particular skills and expectations of the people who currently make up about one-quarter of the population and approximately 18% of the labor force.

Access the current issue and back issues of Staffing Success, and other ASA digital publications, at americanstaffing.net/digital.

In the first six months of this year, the U.S. Congress and state legislatures have introduced bills regulating artificial intelligence and its use in employment decisions, making staffing services subject to sales tax, and more.

The ASA Legal Line monthly video series features a member of the ASA legal team or industry legal expert and addresses critical legal, regulatory, and legislative topics that have direct implications for your business. In the latest installment, Toby Malara, ASA vice president of government relations, gives an overview of the federal and state legislative activity from the first half of 2025.

Watch the latest ASA Legal Line video, then join the conversation on ASA Central.

The next few weeks will be full of free education from ASA. These upcoming ASA webinars can help you utilize artificial intelligence, position your firm for growth in the second half of the year, and more.

July 7—”ASA Economic and Staffing Forecast | July 2025“
In the next installment of this monthly webinar series only for ASA members, the ASA research team will share expert analysis to help you navigate the dynamic landscape of the staffing industry with confidence and foresight.

July 22—”2025 Halftime Huddle: First-Half Insights and Second-Half Strategies for Staffing Leaders“
Eric Gregg, founder of ASA corporate partner ClearlyRated, will review data from the first two quarters of 2025 and identify strategic shifts that staffing firms can implement to adapt and dominate in the second half of 2025. Sponsored by ClearlyRated.

Aug. 5—”Going Digital: Elevate Your Recruitment Game With Virtual Tools“
Learn how artificial intelligence, virtual reality, gamification, and other emerging trends can help your firm gain a competitive edge in an evolving workforce landscape from Kelley Cure Anderson and Bobby Wilburn of Malone Workforce Solutions, who will explore the benefits of virtual recruitment.

Aug. 12—”Good Grief: Navigating Loss in the Workplace“
Lindsay Stanton of the Soul Revival and Jason Seiden of Comfort Communications will share their experiences with grief and provide strategies for fostering a more compassionate workplace where grief is acknowledged, understood, and supported with humanity.

Aug. 19—”Smarter Selling With AI: Empowering Your Staffing Teams for Success“
Hear from Joey Frampus and Erika Bantz of Butler Street to learn how to use artificial intelligence tools to accelerate placements and how to infuse AI into the sales cycle without losing the human touch. Presented by the ASA direct hire section.

All ASA webinars are free for ASA members, and most qualify for continuing education hours toward ASA certification renewal. To learn more and to register, visit americanstaffing.net.

The ASA board of directors and staff welcome the following new members, which joined during the week ending June 22.

Level 1 Nurse Staffing, LLC
El Dorado, KS
VSG Business Solutions
Hamilton, NJ
WYN Solutions
Alpharetta, GA

ASA Central—the dynamic online community just for staffing professionals—is home to more than 27,000 staffing professional profiles and countless ongoing industry conversations.

This week, take a look at your colleagues’ discussions and some of the blogs they’ve posted on ASA Central:

• Collecting data for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s EEO-1 report
• Perspectives on the ‘quiet quitting’ trend
• Summer workplace wellness tips

Get involved with the community—update your profile today so you can network with colleagues, join a section community, recommend and comment on your colleagues’ posts, and share your own blog or discussion post. Log in to ASA Central now.