Are you looking to support your colleagues and help advance future leaders in the staffing and recruiting industry? Enroll as a mentor 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.

Mentors are matched with a mentee based on areas of expertise for a six-month period. Applications for the six-month cycle that begins in July will be accepted through Dec. 7. Visit americanstaffing.net/mentormatch to get started.

Don’t miss tomorrow’s ASA webinar “Recruiter Onboarding for Today’s Staffing and Recruiting Firm,” 2–3 p.m. Eastern time. Find out how to update recruiter onboarding methods with results-oriented strategies during this session presented by the ASA engineering, IT, and scientific section.

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 third quarter of 2022 will be closing next week. 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 next Friday, Nov. 25, 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.

The ASA board of directors and staff welcome the following new members, which joined during the week ending Nov. 13.

School Health Partners LLC
Washington, DC
Totality Staffing & Consulting Services
Asbury, IA

Economic analysts have been broadcasting doom and gloom for months, and yet the economic outlook remains somewhat unchanged. No matter the market fluctuations, see what your company can do now to ensure maximum success and minimal disruption in the latest issue of Staffing Success magazine.

ASA members can access the current issue and back issues of Staffing Success, and other ASA digital publications, at americanstaffing.net/digital.

Don’t miss the ASA webinar “DOL Developments and Enforcement Priorities Affecting the Staffing Industry.” It takes place today from 2 to 3 p.m. Eastern time. Hear how enforcement priorities of the U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. National Labor Relations Board, and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission will affect the staffing industry, and learn how your staffing firm can ensure compliance. Sponsored by Foley & Lardner LLP.

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 Latest From Your Colleagues on ASA Central

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:

• Explaining market conditions to clients
• Reviewing retirement benefits plans
• Staffing industry mergers and acquisitions

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 a female staffing professional looking for insights from your peers? Join ASA volunteers for the ASA Women in Leadership Speed Mentoring session—it takes place tomorrow from 2 to 3 p.m. Eastern time.

Make connections with and get advice from other women in the industry. Attendees will then be placed in small groups with an industry mentor who will provide resources and ideas. The ASA women in leadership interest group is sponsored by ASA corporate partners Bullhorn and Essential StaffCARE, and by Anthem, Assurance, ClearEdge Marketing, Mee Derby, Sense, Textkernel, WorkLlama, and WorkN.

Don’t miss tomorrow’s ASA webinar “DOL Developments and Enforcement Priorities Affecting the Staffing Industry,” 2–3 p.m. Eastern time. Hear how enforcement priorities of the U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. National Labor Relations Board, and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission will affect the staffing industry, and learn how your staffing firm can ensure compliance. Sponsored by Foley & Lardner LLP.

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.

More than three million temporary and contract employees report for work every week in America’s offices, factories, health care facilities, warehouses, and other job sites—wherever there’s important work to be done, temporary and contract employees are on the job. Meet some of these extraordinary staffing employees and share their stories when talking with clients.

Every temporary or contract employee has a unique story: work background, career goals, skills and talents, and hopes and dreams. Each took a different path to the staffing and recruiting industry, and each has reaped unique benefits. Browse through dozens of stories from ASA member agencies at americanstaffing.net.