Are you looking for a boost in your career, or help developing yourself as an emerging leader in the staffing and recruiting industry? Enroll as a mentee in the ASA Mentor Match program. Mentor Match allows members to make valuable industry connections, define career goals, and gain insight from staffing peers. The goal of the program is to help members grow professionally and network with fellow ASA members.

Mentees are matched with a mentor based on areas of expertise for a six-month period. Applications for the six-month cycle that begins in July will be accepted through May 31. Visit americanstaffing.net/mentormatch to get started as a mentor or a mentee.

The ASA board of directors and staff welcome the following new members, which joined during the week ending May 7.

Network Coverage
Danvers, MA
NGM Enterprise Group LLC
Gainesville, GA
Sworkz
Boca Raton, FL

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:

• Cross-border staffing between the U.S. and Canada
• General liability insurance coverage for staffing employees working with children
• Sending adverse action notifications based on background check results

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.

The association’s quarterly Staffing Employment and Sales Survey for the first quarter of 2023 will close next Friday, May 19. 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. There are no fees to participate.

The data collected by this survey enable ASA to track staffing sales and gross margin trends and provide direct hire metrics. Register to take the survey, or view the questionnaire, at americanstaffing.net/quarterly-survey.

The ASA Women in Leadership Scholarship Program aims to raise the visibility of women in the staffing industry as well as provide scholarships that cover registration fees for Staffing World^®, the ASA annual convention and expo (Oct. 3–5 in Charlotte, NC), as well as the THRIVE: Women in Leadership preconvention program (Oct. 2–3 in Charlotte).

ASA will award scholarships to rising stars who are committed to a career in staffing and have shown career growth potential. Find out more and submit your application at americanstaffing.net. Applications are due May 22.

Don’t miss tomorrow’s ASA webinar “Inclusive Recruitment Tool Kit,” 2–3 p.m. Eastern time. Myra Briggs of Society presents an overview of the inclusive recruitment tool kit developed by Society Global Executive Search, a free resource designed to help organizations ensure that their recruitment processes are inclusive and promote diversity and equity. Presented by the ASA inclusion, diversity, and equity advocacy (IDEA) group, which is sponsored by ASA corporate partners ClearlyRated and Monster, and by HiringSolved 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.

ASA has published a new issue paper by noted industry benefits counsel Alden Bianchi on the most recent wave of employee health plans being offered to staffing firms that promise substantial employer tax savings. The paper “Buyer Beware: The Newest Wave of Hospital/Fixed Indemnity Programs Promising Payroll Tax Savings” explains the applicable rules and discusses why these plans could expose employers to significant liability risks under federal tax and other laws. Bianchi will discuss the issues covered in the paper during a session at the ASA Staffing Law Conference, which takes place next week—May 18–19 at the Grand Hyatt Washington in Washington, DC. Learn more and register at staffinglawconference.net.

The ASA board of directors and staff welcome the following new members, which joined during the week ending April 30.

Fifth Commandment Healthcare Staffing LLC
Irvine, CA
Lapont Assessment & Counseling Services LLC
Tucson, AZ
Peak Staffing Services dba Peak Hospitality
Boston, MA

The ASA Legal Line monthly video series features a member of the association’s legal team and addresses critical legal, regulatory, and legislative topics that have direct implications for your business. In the latest installment, ASA general counsel Brittany Sakata highlights the legal trends around background checks and drug testing and the resources ASA has available to help you navigate these tricky legal issues.

Sakata also previews a session at the ASA Staffing Law Conference dedicated entirely to these two topics and to human resource best practices, “Getting to Know You: Why Are Background Checks and Drug Tests So Hard?” The takes place May 18–19 at the Grand Hyatt Washington in Washington, DC. For more information and to register, go to staffinglawconference.net.

Watch the latest ASA Legal Line video, then join the conversation on ASA Central. The ASA Legal Line monthly video series is sponsored by Essential StaffCARE, an ASA corporate partner.

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:

• Best practices for using automated texting in recruitment
• How recruiting is like a professional sports league draft
• Make a difference for the industry as a volunteer

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.