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:

• Reporting requirements for nursing facilities
• Sourcing certified nursing assistants
• What you hope to learn at Staffing World this year

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 the ASA webinar “California’s New Pay Transparency Law: What Staffing Firms Need to Do NOW.” It takes place today from 2 to 3 p.m. Eastern time. Find out what preparations your firm should be making to get ready for the new California law that expands the scope of the state’s existing pay transparency laws. The law, which takes effect Jan. 1, will extend pay data reporting requirements to many staffing companies.

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 is now open. 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 be able to access an exclusive online report archive, which includes benchmarks for the number of direct hire searches and permanent placements, sector-specific gross margin trends, and payroll and productivity metrics by company size. Participate by 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.

Don’t miss tomorrow’s ASA webinar “California’s New Pay Transparency Law: What Staffing Firms Need to Do NOW,” 2–3 p.m. Eastern time. Find out what preparations your firm should be making to get ready for the new California law that expands the scope of the state’s existing pay transparency laws. The law, which takes effect Jan. 1, will extend pay data reporting requirements to many staffing companies.

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.

On Monday, the THRIVE Live preconvention program kicks off Staffing World in Las Vegas. Presented by the ASA Women in Leadership interest group, THRIVE Live (Oct. 24–25) will offer effective growth strategies designed especially for women in staffing.

Another valuable preconvention program is Emerging Leaders: Next-Level Leadership Skills, which takes place Oct. 25. In this session designed for emerging staffing industry leaders, participants will learn how to sharpen and apply leadership skills that will maximize their contributions and take company performance to the next level.

Take advantage of one of these new learning opportunities and then enjoy the full professional development experience at the ASA annual convention and expo, Oct. 25–27 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Preconvention programs require a separate and additional registration purchase. Add the THRIVE Live or the Emerging Leaders program to a full registration package when you register online at staffingworld.net.

Are you looking for opportunities to contribute your skills and insights in the staffing industry, and serve as an industry leader? ASA is currently seeking dedicated members to serve on volunteer committees and councils—the deadline to apply is Oct. 31.

Apply for a volunteer opportunity to work directly with other members, learn about workforce trends and best practices, and build on your experience to become a thought leader with the association.

Don’t miss the ASA webinar “Staffing STATS—The 2022 Staffing Industry Playbook.” It takes place today from 2 to 3 p.m. Eastern time. During this installment of the Staffing STATS webinar series, you’ll get exclusive economic and industry data from ASA—and analysis of key staffing metrics and how they could affect your firm in the months and year ahead. Sponsored by Essential StaffCARE.

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 sector-specific peer networking call where you can discuss top-of-mind challenges and devise solutions. Calls are facilitated by volunteers from ASA section communities (participants will not receive official legal updates or guidance regarding Covid-19).

Get the full schedule and register at americanstaffing.net:

• Industrial section: Tuesday, Nov. 8, 1–2 p.m. Eastern time
• Professional–managerial section: Wednesday, Nov. 9, 1–2 p.m. Eastern time
• Health care section: Thursday, Nov. 10, 1–2 p.m. Eastern time
• Hospitality staffing: Monday, Nov. 14, 1–2 p.m. Eastern time
• Office–administrative section: Tuesday, Dec. 13, 1–2 p.m. Eastern time
• Search and placement section: Wednesday, Dec. 14, 1–2 p.m. Eastern time
• Engineering, IT, and scientific section: Thursday, Dec. 15, 1–2 p.m. Eastern time

Networking calls are open to 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 “Staffing STATS—The 2022 Staffing Industry Playbook,” 2–3 p.m. Eastern time. During this installment of the Staffing STATS webinar series, you’ll get exclusive economic and industry data from ASA—and analysis of key staffing metrics and how they could affect your firm in the months and year ahead. Sponsored by Essential StaffCARE.

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.

Technology is advancing at a rapid pace, providing innovative new ways to source, engage, select, and hire candidates. Navigating and understanding the technology landscape, however, is a challenge. ASA and Talent Tech Labs ran an industry-wide survey to understand how staffing firms are leveraging talent acquisition technology, and what their satisfaction is with specific tools and vendors.

Check out the results for help benchmarking your firm’s use of technology and mapping a technology roadmap. There’s an infographic that highlights the most important strategic findings from that survey—including overall industry adoption, satisfaction with vendors, the average number of technology tools that staffing firms use, and even what the actual industry “tech stack” looks like today.