The next few weeks will be full of free education from ASA. These upcoming ASA webinars will offer lessons from industry leaders, tips on how you can grow your business, and more.

Aug. 15—”Engaging and Retaining Professional–Managerial Talent“
To keep talent engaged throughout the entire recruitment process, recruiters need to focus on the relationship with candidates and talent. Cody Cope, TSC, CSP, will discuss how you can become a career partner for every professional-managerial candidate you work with. Sponsored by the ASA professional–managerial section.

Aug. 22—”Connecting and Supporting HR in the Corporate World“
To support an organization, the human resource team must also support itself and protect its members. Attorney Robbin Wilder is a former HR professional who will present tips on how you can help your business—and your HR team—thrive by managing relationships with internal clients. Sponsored by Taylor English.

Aug. 24—”Scaling Your Direct Hire Business for Success“
When a direct hire business hits a plateau in its development, there are approaches you can use to get it growing again. Thomas Kosnik of Visus Group will focus on aspects of scaling a direct hire business, including how to allocate funds, where to focus investments, and ways to design compensation for recruiters. Sponsored by the ASA direct hire section.

Aug. 29—”Women in Leadership CEO Series: Journey to the C-Suite“
Hear a panel of female chief executive officers in the staffing industry discuss their paths to the c-suite—including how they got their start in staffing, challenges they’ve faced, and how they continue to grow and develop themselves and their teams. Presented by the ASA Women in Leadership interest group, which is sponsored by ASA corporate partners Bullhorn, ClearlyRated, and Essential StaffCARE, and by ClearEdge Marketing, Mee Derby, Sense, Staffing Referrals, Textkernel, and WorkN.

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 association’s quarterly Staffing Employment and Sales Survey for the second quarter of 2023 is now open. Staffing companies that complete the brief survey by Aug. 25 receive an exclusive report on the results, which includes gross margin and sector-level data.

Register to take the survey, or view the questionnaire, at americanstaffing.net/quarterly-survey. If you have questions or did not receive a survey link, email research@americanstaffing.net. There are no fees to participate.

Don’t miss the ASA webinar “New Form I-9 Compliance and Virtual Verification Update.” It takes place today from 2 to 3 p.m. Eastern time. Immigration attorney Helen L. Konrad will look at the new Form I-9 released by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, review changes to the form instructions, and which employers will remain eligible to complete Form I-9 verification virtually.

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:

• Annual performance reviews for remote employees
• Completing Form I-9 for a rehired employee
• Obtaining a facility security clearance from the federal government

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.

Don’t miss tomorrow’s ASA webinar “New Form I-9 Compliance and Virtual Verification Update,” 2–3 p.m. Eastern time. Immigration attorney Helen L. Konrad will look at the new Form I-9 released by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, review changes to the form instructions, and which employers will remain eligible to complete Form I-9 verification virtually.

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.

Creating an inclusive and respectful work environment, where individuals feel safe to take risks, share ideas, and engage in open dialogue, can drive organizational success. Get insights into
fostering a psychologically safe environment during the networking call “Cultivating Psychological Safety in the Workplace,” Wednesday, Aug. 16, 3–4 p.m. Presented by the ASA inclusion, diversity, and equity advocacy (IDEA) group, this virtual networking call will be facilitated by Cordelia Calderon of Medix and Marvin Figaro of Kelly.

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

Don’t miss the ASA webinar “Unlocking ROI: Maximizing Your Client and Talent Experience Initiatives.” takes place today from 2 to 3 p.m. Eastern time. Eric Gregg of ClearlyRated, an ASA corporate partner, will speak with panelists representing Best of Staffing award-winning firms—they’ll discuss the lessons they learned while implementing client and talent experience initiatives. Sponsored by ClearlyRated.

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.

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:

• Office–administrative section: Tuesday, Aug. 22, 1–2 p.m. Eastern time
• Direct hire section: Wednesday, Aug. 23, 1–2 p.m. Eastern time
• Engineering, IT, and scientific section: Thursday, Aug. 24, 1–2 p.m. Eastern time
• 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

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 tomorrow’s ASA webinar “Unlocking ROI: Maximizing Your Client and Talent Experience Initiatives,” 2–3 p.m. Eastern time. Eric Gregg of ClearlyRated, an ASA corporate partner, will speak with panelists representing Best of Staffing award-winning firms—they’ll discuss the lessons they learned while implementing client and talent experience initiatives. Sponsored by ClearlyRated.

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.

Looking for real-time data on staffing employment? The ASA Staffing Index reports weekly changes in the number of people employed in temporary and contract work, now including data on staffing starts (new assignments). The data will help your firm evaluate its performance against a national metric on both a weekly and long-term basis.

All staffing firms with U.S. operations are invited to participate in the ASA Staffing Index survey. Every Tuesday, participants receive an email with the results of the weekly survey, including figures by company size, and access to historical data and new dynamic charts. These data, which are not available anywhere else, allow staffing firms to compare how their business is doing on a weekly basis relative to similarly sized firms in the industry. There are no fees to participate in the five-question survey.

Don’t get stuck with outdated or unreliable data—sign up to participate in the ASA Staffing Index and receive the most up-to-date information about the staffing industry. For more information about the index, visit americanstaffing.net/staffing-index.