As your staffing firm faces evolving challenges and tries to answer unexpected questions, are you dealing with questions that are specific to your sector of the staffing industry? Get insight from industry peers during a peer networking call where you can discuss top-of-mind challenges and devise solutions. Calls are facilitated by volunteers from ASA (participants will not receive official legal updates or guidance regarding Covid-19).

Get the full schedule and register at americanstaffing.net:

• Industrial section: Tuesday, Sept. 19, 1–2 p.m. Eastern time
• Professional–managerial section: Wednesday, Sept. 20, 1–2 p.m. Eastern time
• Technology disruptions in health care staffing discussion: Thursday, Sept. 21, 1–2 p.m. Eastern time
• Hospitality staffing: Tuesday, Sept. 26, 1–2 p.m. Eastern time
• Office–administrative section: Tuesday, Oct. 17, 1–2 p.m. Eastern time
• Direct hire staffing: Wednesday. Oct. 18, 1–2 p.m. Eastern time
• Engineering, IT, and scientific section: Thursday, Oct. 19, 1–2 p.m. Eastern time

Networking calls are open to ASA members and members of ASA sections, which are sector-specific communities that provide resources, webinars, town hall forums, and sector-specific news for member companies and their employees. To join a section, update your profile on ASA Central.

Don’t miss the ASA webinar “Seven Laws of Sales Success.” It takes place today from 2 to 3 p.m. Eastern time. Sales success depends on relationships, and better relationships can help you achieve tremendous success through incremental steps. Adam Conrad, Great Recruiters chief experience officer, will discuss seven laws to help you grow and thrive in 2023, whether you’re a frontline recruiter, a manager, or a salesperson. Presented by the ASA engineering, IT, and scientific; industrial; and professional–managerial sections.

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.

Don’t miss tomorrow’s ASA webinar “Seven Laws of Sales Success,” 2–3 p.m. Eastern time. Sales success depends on relationships, and better relationships can help you achieve tremendous success through incremental steps. Adam Conrad, Great Recruiters chief experience officer, will discuss seven laws to help you grow and thrive in 2023, whether you’re a frontline recruiter, a manager, or a salesperson. Presented by the ASA engineering, IT, and scientific; industrial; and professional–managerial sections.

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.

People with neurocognitive disabilities have talents, perspectives, and skills that can be distinctly beneficial in many work environments. Get tips on how to foster an inclusive workplace culture for neurodiverse team members, by engaging in collaborative small group exercises, during the networking call “Inclusive Practices for Neurodiversity in the Workplace,” Monday, Sept. 18, 1–2 p.m. Presented by the ASA inclusion, diversity, and equity advocacy (IDEA) group, this virtual networking call will be facilitated by Gerry Altamirano of AMN Healthcare and Victoria Hill of Advanced Group.

The call qualifies for continuing education hours toward ASA certification renewal. The ASA IDEA group is sponsored by ASA corporate partner Monster and by Anthem and WorkN.

Are your clients confused about the various laws and rules pertaining to joint employment in third-party staffing arrangements—especially in light of the U.S. Department of Labor’s recent rescission of the Trump-era joint employer legal test? To assist members in addressing client’s questions and concerns regarding joint employment, ASA has updated the ASA Joint Employment Tool Kit.

The tool kit offers a collection of resources to help staffing companies address client concerns about co-employment (the relationship between a staffing firm and its client in which each has legal rights and duties with respect to the same employees), including updated fact sheets, issue papers, and sample letters to clients that dispel myths regarding joint employment and explain how working with a staffing agency can actually protect clients from liability. It’s free to ASA members.

The ASA board of directors and staff welcome the following new member, which joined during the week ending Sept. 3.

OR Pros Staffing
Kenilworth, NJ

Whether you’re a recruiter, human resource professional, or business owner, you’ll find valuable insights, networking opportunities, and inspiration to accelerate your firm’s growth at Staffing World^® 2023, Oct. 3–5 at the Charlotte Convention Center in Charlotte, NC.

Session descriptions are available online. Visit staffingworld.net for details about the learning opportunities—more than 30 sessions in 12 major content categories—and plan your educational track. ASA-certified professionals can earn up to 22.75 continuing education hours by participating in breakout sessions and other programming.

Make your plans to get together with the brightest minds in the staffing community at the ASA annual convention and expo this fall. Go to staffingworld.net for more information and to register.

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:

• Evaluating a client’s credit risk
• Measuring employee productivity
• Offering payroll advances to temporary employees

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.

Are you ready for Staffing World^®, the industry’s biggest event? The ASA annual convention and expo, Oct. 3–5 at the Charlotte Convention Center in Charlotte, NC, will give you the chance to choose among more than 30 learning sessions in 12 major content categories—including business development, talent management, technology, and more.

Among the new learning opportunities this year are preconvention programs that will take place before the convention begins:

• THRIVE Live (presented by the ASA women in leadership interest group), featuring keynote speaker Henna Pryor of the Pryority Group—a renowned author and workplace performance expert
• Staffing Firm Owners Masterclass, created to meet the operational and growth-focused needs of staffing firm owners in an increasingly dynamic industry—where relationships are often as important as experience
• Recruiting Masterclass, designed specifically for recruiters working in today’s multichannel, talent-driven, technology-enabled staffing landscape

These preconvention programs take place Monday, Oct. 2, and Tuesday, Oct. 3; separate registration is required. Visit staffingworld.net to learn more and register.

Don’t miss the ASA webinar “Organizational Readiness: Planting the Seeds of Growth in Uncertain Economic Times.” It takes place today from 2 to 3 p.m. Eastern time. If the current state of the economy has you concerned about conditions for the staffing industry, it may be time to optimize your organizational processes. Hear Brett Cavanagh, Sophia Montana, and Kevin Standa of TempWorks Software and Lone Oak Payroll—three staffing professionals with 70 years of combined expertise—discuss how they’ve seen staffing agencies prepare to thrive during tough economic times.

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.