ASA Central—the dynamic online community just for staffing professionals—is home to more than 20,000 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:

• Annual performance reviews
• Holiday gifts for employees
• Marketing budgets

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 tomorrow’s ASA webinar “Driving Diversity in the Technology Industry Through Recruiting,” 3–4 p.m. Eastern time. Get tactics you can immediately implement to source a broader community of technical candidates.

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 today’s ASA webinar “Flexible Staffing: Innovative Interim Solutions for Hospital Units,” 3 to 4 p.m. Eastern time. Find out how flexible staffing models can help hospitals maintain optimal patient–nurse ratios.

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 provides a resource designed for staffing industry professionals interested in being part of valuable mentoring relationships—the ASA Mentor Match platform.

Mentor Match allows members to make valuable industry connections, define career goals, and gain insight from staffing peers. The program is about growing professionally and networking with fellow ASA members.

Applications for the six-month cycle that begins in January will be accepted until Nov 30. Visit americanstaffing.net/mentormatch to get started as a mentor or mentee. Questions? Contact ASA at 703-253-2020 or volunteer@americantaffing.net.

Don’t miss tomorrow’s ASA webinar “Flexible Staffing: Innovative Interim Solutions for Hospital Units,” 3–4 p.m. Eastern time. Find out how flexible staffing models can help hospitals maintain optimal patient–nurse ratios.

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 the ASA webinar “Improve Sales by Investing in Marketing.” It takes place today from 3 to 4 p.m. Eastern time. Learn how you can develop an effective content marketing program and utilize the marketing function as an inbound sales tool.

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 2020 closes this Friday, Nov. 13. Don’t miss your chance to get the staffing and recruiting data you need—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 projections, benchmarks for the number of direct hire searches and permanent placements, sector-specific gross margin trends, and payroll and productivity metrics by company size. There are no fees to participate.

Register to take the survey at americanstaffing.net/quarterly-survey.

Get insights from industry peers during sector-specific peer networking calls this week and next—discuss top-of-mind challenges and devise solutions with your colleagues as you deal with questions that are specific to your sector of the staffing industry. 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:

• Search and placement section: Thursday, Nov. 12, 1–2 p.m. Eastern time
• Office–administrative section: Tuesday, Nov. 17, 1–2 p.m. Eastern time
• Engineering, IT, and scientific section: Thursday, Nov. 19, 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.

The American Staffing Association is shaping the future of business through innovative executive education, strong employment law resources, strategic business intelligence, and effective marketing tools. The latest ASA Staffing Professional Catalog presents leading industry resources, including industry-specific harassment prevention training programs, interactive onboarding courses for your professional staff, updated marketing tools, and more, to give your company a competitive edge.

ASA members receive a discount on most products, and free access to ASA webinars and on-demand courses. Gain a professional advantage—visit americanstaffing.net today to view the latest product catalog.