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:

• ACA compliance with different levels of health insurance benefits
• Communicating through your email signature
• Identifying potential candidates on Facebook

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.

ASA provides a resource designed for staffing industry professionals interested in being part of valuable mentoring relationships—the ASA Mentor Match platform.

Mentor Match allows members to make valuable industry connections, define career goals, and gain insight from staffing peers. The program is about growing professionally and networking with fellow ASA members.

Applications for the six-month cycle that begins in July are due May 31. Visit americanstaffing.net/mentormatch to get started as a mentor or mentee. Questions? Contact ASA at 703-253-2020 or volunteer@americantaffing.net.

Don’t miss the ASA webinar “The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s Continued Scrutiny of Staffing Relationships.” It takes place today from 2 to 3 p.m. Eastern time. Andrew L. Scroggins of Seyfarth Shaw LLP will discuss the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s current initiatives—and how your firm can avoid enforcement activity by updating its practices to ensure compliance.

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.

Are you looking for guidance on your top-of-mind challenges and a chance to hear potential solutions from staffing firm professionals like you? Connect with your industry peers during the Staffing Technology Networking Call, Thursday, May 25, 3–4 p.m. Eastern time. The focus of the discussion, which will be facilitated by staffing firm professional volunteers, is tech stacks and tech education.

Participants can earn continuing education credit toward ASA certification renewal. To learn more and to register, visit americanstaffing.net.

ASA is looking for experts in the staffing, recruiting, and workforce solutions industry to share their experience and expertise at Staffing World^®, the ASA annual convention and expo, which this year takes place Oct. 3–5 at the Charlotte Convention Center in Charlotte, NC.

Submit your proposal to present a 10-minute talk in the Knowledge Hub—either a Tech Talk (on a technology topic important to the industry) or a Speed Talk (on a general topic important to the industry). The deadline for Staffing World Knowledge Hub proposals is May 31. For more information and to start your submission, visit americanstaffing.net.

Are you looking for guidance on your top-of-mind challenges and a chance to hear potential solutions from staffing firm professionals like you? Connect with your industry peers during the ASA Health Care Section Networking Call, Thursday, May 25, 1–2 p.m. Eastern time. The discussion, which will be facilitated by staffing firm professional volunteers, will cover such topics as effective recruiting platforms, sales and marketing strategies, and more.

Participants can earn continuing education credit toward ASA certification renewal. To learn more and to register, visit americanstaffing.net.

Don’t miss tomorrow’s ASA webinar “The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s Continued Scrutiny of Staffing Relationships,” 2–3 p.m. Eastern time. Andrew L. Scroggins of Seyfarth Shaw LLP will discuss the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s current initiatives—and how your firm can avoid enforcement activity by updating its practices to ensure compliance.

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 deadline to submit entries for the association’s professional recognition programs has been extended. ASA will accept applications for the ASA Care Awards, ASA Elevate Awards, and National Staffing Employee of the Year through Friday, June 2.

The ASA Care Awards recognize outstanding social responsibility initiatives among ASA member companies; the ASA Elevate Awards recognize outstanding, innovative, and effective work-based learning programs that train, reskill, and upskill temporary and contract talent; and the ASA National Staffing Employee of the Year and Sector All-Stars program honors individuals nominated by ASA member companies who best exemplify one or more of the staffing industry’s key messages—bridge and flexibility.

To learn more and submit an application or nomination, visit americanstaffing.net/awards.

By attending the ASA Staffing Law Conference, including the pre-conference special session “Health Care Staffing—Combating the Legal and Legislative Issues Ahead,” attendees can earn up to 9.5 continuing education hours (8.0 CE hours for just the Thursday–Friday sessions). To maintain an ASA credential, ASA-certified professionals are required to participate in 30 hours of approved CE every three years. ASA-certified conference attendees can expect their CE hours earned to automatically be added to their CE status 10–14 business days after the conference.

The 2023 ASA Staffing Law conference has also been preapproved by SHRM and HRCI. Upon request, ASA will provide documentation, including a verified letter of attendance, that will be required to validate participation in the conference for other certification programs. For additional information or help with CE questions, email certification@americanstaffing.net.

Staffing companies—particularly small businesses and minority-, veteran-, LGBT-, and woman-owned businesses—find they may be able to partner with larger companies that have supplier diversity initiatives in place.

The ASA inclusion, diversity, and equity advocacy (IDEA) group has developed guidance for ASA members interested in partnering with those companies or in becoming a diverse-owned certified business. The ASA IDEA group is sponsored by ASA corporate partners ClearlyRated and Monster along with supporting sponsors HiringSolved and WorkN.

Visit americanstaffing.net/diversity for a directory of diversity certification organizations, a glossary of common terms, and more.