The ASA board of directors, staff, and thriving member community welcome a new member company, which joined ASA during the week ending Aug. 2:
Sustainable Staffing Inc.
Harvard, IL
The U Group Recruiting Firm
Harrisburg, PA
GTS Technology Solutions
Austin, TX
Preferred Care Staffing
Newark, NJ
Better Future Now Pte Ltd.
Singapore
A new session format will debut this year at ASA Staffing World® 2026 in Denver, CO. “Powered by People” (a seven-minute speed talk) is designed to showcase high-energy stories told by you, an enthusiastic leader in the staffing, recruiting, and workforce solutions industry, who can deliver a compelling talk that is
Submit your “Powered by People” idea no later than today, Aug 7. Questions? Email Monica Graziosi at ASA.
It debuted last year and now it’s back: AI in Staffing Week, Aug. 17–21, presented by the ASA staffing technology taskforce. In just one year, there have been major developments in what artificial intelligence can do, how it can be used, and what considerations staffing professionals must make to ensure compliance.
Throughout the week, join various experts as they guide you in virtual discussions, highlighting key topics revolving around AI in the workplace, including prompt engineering, ethical considerations, cybersecurity risks, and AI-powered tools in action. Learn more and register today.
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.
It’s been another engaging week on ASA Central. Take a look at your colleagues’ discussions and some of the blogs they’ve posted on ASA Central:
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.
A few minutes completing the ASA Staffing Employment & Sales Survey gets your company a comprehensive report benchmarking your sales, margins, and employment trends against the rest of the industry, including a new inflation-adjusted data file. The survey closes Friday, Aug. 28. Complete the survey today.
Questions? Contact your ASA research team at research@americanstaffing.net.
Join the ASA direct hire section today, 1–2 p.m. Eastern time, for a fireside chat conversation focused on how direct hire professionals are building AI into their workflows in ways that drive real results, stronger pipelines, better candidate presentations, and more efficient searches. Key takeaways will cover
The Direct Hire Power Hour: From AI Foundations to Advanced Practice will feature subject matter expert Chris Loope, founder and CTO of Pedagogue Systems, and facilitated by Margot McDonald, president of the Kable Group, and John Morgan, recruiting manager with Procom. Registration is free and reserved for staffing firm members only. Register now.
Join the ASA industrial section for a town hall-style conversation where the agenda belongs to you. Come with what is on your desk, what you are struggling with, and what you have figured out. This is a peer-driven conversation designed to surface what is actually happening in industrial staffing right now and give you at least one thing you can use when you go back to work.
Facilitated by Kyle Decker, co-founder and chief executive officer of the Riley Decker Co., and Jason Leverant, CSP, president and chief operating officer of the AtWork Group, this town hall takes place today, Aug. 4, 1–2 p.m. Eastern time. This online event is free and reserved for staffing firm members only. Register now.
Make plans to be at ASA Staffing World® 2026, where world-renowned mentalist Oz Pearlman will headline the opening session. Pearlman, author of Read Your Mind, studies how individuals think, communicate, and signal intent. He will deliver a keynote performance that is as transformative as it is captivating.
Staffing World takes place Oct. 12–14 at the Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center in Denver, CO. Visit staffingworld.net for more information and to register. The opening keynote performance is sponsored by World Wide Specialty, a Division of Philadelphia Insurance Cos., an ASA corporate partner.
Don’t miss “The Transferable Practitioner: Pivoting Your Expertise to New Arenas,” presented by the ASA IDEA Group and sponsored by ClearlyRated, an ASA corporate partner. The role of leaders and practitioners in the diversity, equity, and inclusion arena has evolved, and so have the people who have held these roles. But no matter the framing, building a strong workplace culture is just as important as it always was. Learn what staffing professionals Natasha Davis of BridgeVoice Interpreters, Ebony Butler of Leadership Focused Solutions LLC, Cordelia Calderon of Tracker, and Victoria Hill of Advance Group, wish they had known sooner, how they adapted to the changing environment, and how to maximize talent.
Learn more and register now.
The ASA member engagement team invites you to attend a young professionals networking call today, 1–2 p.m. Eastern time, to discuss top-of-mind challenges and solutions with your industry peers. The focus will be on timely challenges, professional ambition, and managing up. This virtual networking call will be facilitated by ASA volunteers Eliza Hetrick, market research analyst, Actalent, and Victoria Torres, employer of record payroll manager, Staffmark Group. Registration is free and reserved for ASA staffing firm members only. Sign up now.
This networking call qualifies for 1.0 continuing education hour toward maintaining your ASA credential. Questions? Contact the ASA engagement team at engagement@americanstaffing.net.
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