National Staffing Employee Week is only a couple of weeks away. The annual celebration that honors individuals employed by U.S. staffing agencies will take place Sept. 9–15.

During National Staffing Employee Week, local associations and industry partners organize events and activities aimed at honoring and recognizing the contributions and achievements of temporary and contract employees in the staffing industry across the nation. The week kicks off with the official announcement of the 2025 National Staffing Employee of the Year, along with All-Stars identified in major economic sectors.

ASA has developed materials to help members plan their own National Staffing Employee Week festivities—visit americanstaffing.net/nsew to find answers to your questions about National Staffing Employee Week, download resources, and get ideas about how to celebrate your employees.

Don’t miss the ASA webinar “Creative Marketing Strategies for Generating Leads and Scaling Staffing Sales.” It takes place today from 2 to 3 p.m. Eastern time. If conventional sales methods aren’t taking your staffing firm where you want it to go, let Brad Bialy of Haley Marketing explain how to combine traditional sales tactics with digital marketing strategies to engage and convert clients with a powerful, multifaceted approach.

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 your chance to get the staffing and recruiting data you need. The association’s quarterly Staffing Employment and Sales Survey for the second quarter of 2024 is open through this Friday, Aug. 23. Participate in the survey and compare how your company is doing with similar-sized companies and firms within your industry sector.

After completing the survey, you will receive an exclusive report on the results, which includes gross margin and sector-level data. Register to take the survey at americanstaffing.net/quarterly-survey. There are no fees to participate.

Don’t miss tomorrow’s ASA webinar “Creative Marketing Strategies for Generating Leads and Scaling Staffing Sales,” 2–3 p.m. Eastern time. If conventional sales methods aren’t taking your staffing firm where you want it to go, let Brad Bialy of Haley Marketing explain how to combine traditional sales tactics with digital marketing strategies to engage and convert clients with a powerful, multifaceted approach.

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 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 considered what the Consumer Price Index report would mean for the likelihood that Federal Reserve will cut interest rates next month, and reviewed the data suggesting that wage growth in the U.S. is abating.

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.

The ASA board of directors and staff welcome the following new members, which joined during the week ending Aug. 11.

Carter Lard Consulting
Tarrytown, NY
Done Staffing
Arlington, TX
Taylor White
Tampa, FL
StreamlineHR Services LLC
Clarkston, MI

The association’s quarterly Staffing Employment and Sales Survey for the second quarter of 2024 is now open. Staffing companies that complete the brief survey—including search and placement firms—will have access to an exclusive report on the results, enhanced with graphs. The report, which participants can download from the ASA website, also includes an executive summary, plus sales category and sector-level data.

The data collected by this survey enable ASA to track staffing sales and gross margin trends and provide direct hire metrics. Participate in the Staffing Employment and Sales Survey by Aug. 23 to get the staffing industry information you’re looking for.

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.

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:

• Avoiding Affordable Care Act penalties
• Employee engagement surveys
• How staffing firms can prepare for the possibility of recession

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.

Looking to enhance your new hire process and your team’s knowledge of the staffing industry? Need to train new hires or offer refresher courses to seasoned team members? ASA has developed a program of onboarding courses specifically designed for staffing, recruiting, and workforce solutions professionals.

You can purchase and assign courses to your team and track their progress using the ASA learning management system, ASA Learn. The online course modules include “Introduction to the Staffing Industry,” “Fundamentals of Sales,” and “Fundamentals of Recruiting.” Modules are available as a full set or a la carte. To learn more, visit learn.americanstaffing.net.

Don’t miss the ASA webinar “The Benefits of Building a National ADR Program: Staying Out of Court and Mitigating Risk.” It takes place today from 2 to 3 p.m. Eastern time. Alternative dispute resolution can be a critical tool in resolving disputes and reducing risks, but if your ADR program is regional or fragmented, it may not be serving your company well.

Attorneys Neil Alexander of Littler, Sarah Kroll-Rosenbaum of Akerman, and Ariel Zion of Insight Global, along with Collin Williams of New Era ADR, will discuss how having a national ADR program that uses both mediation and arbitration, or even a combination of both, can improve productivity and possibly help keep your company out of court. Sponsored by New Era ADR.

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.