Are you a woman looking for ways to grow your leadership skills and expand your professional reach? ASA THRIVE will deliver valuable content designed especially for women in the staffing industry. Brought to you by the ASA women in leadership interest group, it takes place Thursday, May 12, from 1:30 to 6 p.m. Eastern time.

Hear from keynote speaker Shennice Cleckley, who will explain how you can embrace work–life harmony so you can prioritize what’s important for you and choose what’s best for your life based on who you want to be and where you want to go.

Learn more and register at americanstaffing.net. 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.

What is the current state of the market for staffing mergers and acquisitions? How can you maximize value for your firm? Find out what the market looks like in 2022 during the ASA webinar “Staffing Mergers and Acquisitions in 2022—The State of the Market.” It takes place Tuesday, May 24, 2–3 p.m. Eastern time.

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 first quarter of 2022 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 May 20 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 is looking for experts in the staffing, recruiting, and workforce solutions industry to share their experience and expertise at Staffing World^®, the ASA annual convention and expo, which this year takes place Oct. 25–27 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

Submit your proposal to present a 10-minute talk in the Knowledge Hub—either a Technology Talk (on technology topics important to the industry) or a Knowledge Hub Talk (on a general topic important to the industry). The deadline for Staffing World Knowledge Hub proposals is May 31. For more information and to start your submission, visit americanstaffing.net/presenters.

The ASA board of directors and staff welcome the following new members, which joined during the week ending May 1.

Avesta Care Medical Staffing LLC
Montgomery, AL
Conflux Systems
Alpharetta, GA
Firm Advice
Leonardtown, MD
LSP Renewables Inc.
Dover, DE

The 2022 Staffing Employee Turnover Report from ASA corporate research partner ClearlyRated looks at why some staffing firm employees stay and why some leave. The Great Resignation has resulted in a historically high number of staffing employees walking away from jobs, says ClearlyRated chief executive officer Eric Gregg—which means that, now more than ever, firms must take a team building approach that focuses on developing and retaining qualified internal staff.

In the latest issue of Staffing Success magazine, find out more about the report and what it indicates about trends that can help firms address their internal needs and shortcomings.

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

The latest issue of the ASA for You newsletter is available on americanstaffing.net. It features information about a new ASA initiative aimed at educating the public about the role of staffing agencies in workforce development and training. You can also learn about upcoming events such as THRIVE Virtual and Staffing World^® 2022; entering to win a prestigious ASA award; participating in the newly reopened Staffing Compensation and Benefits Survey; and other ASA member benefits.

The ASA Staffing Law Conference takes place today and tomorrow at the Grand Hyatt Washington in Washington, DC. Today’s presenters will discuss remote and hybrid work arrangements, immigration enforcement trends, and more—including the always-popular “You Be the Judge: Top Staffing Cases of 2021” session reviewing some of the most important staffing litigation of the past year.

If you can’t be at the conference, find out what’s happening by following ASA on Twitter (@StaffingTweets) and checking the #StaffingLaw hashtag.

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:

• Placing teachers for a school district
• Remote work best practices
• Termination procedures for employees on assignment

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 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. 25–27 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas), as well as the THRIVE: Women in Leadership preconvention program (Oct. 24–25 in Las Vegas).

ASA will award scholarships to two rising stars who are committed to a career in staffing and have shown career growth potential. These scholarships have been made possible by the generous support of Assurance, founding sponsor of the ASA women in leadership interest group.

Find out more and submit your application at americanstaffing.net—the deadline to apply is May 25.