Can job distribution platforms extend the reach of your job posts? Could your firm be getting a higher return for its job advertising budget? Learn how these tools can give staffing companies greater visibility into their job advertising budgets during the first ASA Staffing Tech Insights webinar of 2020, “Getting Better Return on Your Job Advertising Spend.” It takes place Thursday, Feb. 27, 2:30–3:30 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.

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:

• Cost calculator for W-2 temporary employees
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  Document retention policies
• How many job requisitions per recruiter

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 quarterly ASA Staffing Employment and Sales Survey for the fourth quarter of 2019 closes tomorrow, Feb. 21. Participate in the brief survey and compare how your company is doing with similar-sized companies and firms within your industry sector. After completing the survey, you will have access to an exclusive report on the results, enhanced with graphs.

Register to take the survey 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.

You may have extensive professional networks on LinkedIn, but you might only be scratching the surface of LinkedIn’s full potential. Find out how to use tools, such as sponsored posts, targeted ads, and live video, during the ASA webinar “LinkedIn Best Practices: Answering the Top Staffing Questions.” It takes place Tuesday, Feb. 25, 3–4 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.

Can you offer solutions for the challenges that staffing firms face today? ASA is looking for experts in the staffing, recruiting, and workforce solutions industry to share their experience and expertise in workshops and in Tech Park and Game Changer presentations at Staffing World^® 2020, Oct. 20–22 in Nashville, TN.

The association also is looking for professionals in business, workforce solutions, workplace management, and other disciplines pertinent to the staffing industry to present ASA webinars throughout the year. Proposals for ASA webinars are accepted throughout the year, though earlier submissions get priority. For more information and to start your submission, visit americanstaffing.net.

The new online staffing professional onboarding courses from ASA have been specifically designed for staffing, recruiting, and workforce solutions professionals—and to help your company boost your new hire training program.

Whether you are training team members new to the staffing industry or offering a refresher to skilled team members, this new course is a great way to ensure your team is armed with the most up-to-date and valuable information about the industry.

The online course modules include “Introduction to the Staffing Industry,” “Fundamentals of Sales,” and “Fundamentals of Recruiting”—you can purchase courses and modules separately, or save $100 by purchasing the full series. To learn more, visit learn.americanstaffing.net or call 703-253-2020.

Don’t miss the ASA webinar “Keeping Your Workers Safe and Your Firm Compliant, Part 2.” It takes place today from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Eastern time. In the second session of a three-part series on compliance best practices for industrial staffing, find out how to prepare for an inspection by compliance safety and health officers from the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

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 is an inaugural signatory of the “Getting Talent Back to Work” pledge—part of an effort led by the Society for Human Resource Management to help provide employment opportunities to qualified people with criminal backgrounds. The pledge follows congressional passage of bipartisan criminal justice reform, the “First Step Act,” in December 2018.

To assist companies making the pledge, SHRM developed the Getting Talent Back to Work Tool Kit, which is designed to help businesses apply evidence-based best practices for hiring applicants with a criminal background, understand the legal factors involved, and get practical guidance from industry leaders on recruiting this diverse group of people. ASA member companies are encouraged to join ASA in signing the pledge.

The 2020 ASA Staffing Law Conference—the only event dedicated to the legal and regulatory issues facing staffing companies—takes place May 7–8 at the Grand Hyatt Washington in Washington, DC.

Don’t miss discussions of such topics as immigration enforcement, electronic data security, marijuana regulations, and a special session on how the 2020 elections could affect business with political analyst Charlie Cook.

ASA-certified professionals can earn up to 8.5 continuing education hours (including 7.0 legal CE) by participating in the conference. Get the details at staffinglawconference.net, and register by March 20 to get the best rate available.

Don’t miss tomorrow’s ASA webinar “Keeping Your Workers Safe and Your Firm Compliant, Part 2,” 2–3:30 p.m. Eastern time. In the second session of a three-part series on compliance best practices for industrial staffing, find out how to prepare for an inspection by compliance safety and health officers from the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

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.