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

Get the full schedule and register at americanstaffing.net:

• Engineering, IT, and scientific section: Tuesday, Nov. 5, 1–2 p.m. Eastern time
• Health care section: Tuesday, Nov. 12, 1–2 p.m. Eastern time
• Office–administrative section: Thursday, Nov. 14, 1–2 p.m. Eastern time
• Industrial section: Tuesday, Nov. 19, 1–2 p.m. Eastern time
• Direct hire section: Wednesday, Nov. 20, 1–2 p.m. Eastern time
• Professional–managerial section: Thursday, Nov. 21, 1–2 p.m. Eastern time

Networking calls are open to ASA members and 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.

Are you looking for guidance on your top-of-mind challenges and a chance to hear potential solutions from staffing firm professionals like you? Connect with your industry peers during the ASA Sales Professionals Networking Call, Thursday, Nov. 7, 3–4 p.m. Eastern time. The discussion, which will be facilitated by staffing firm professional volunteers, will cover such topics as sales trends, sales improvement, revenue drive, and more.

Participants can earn continuing education credit toward ASA certification renewal. To learn more and to register, visit americanstaffing.net.

Don’t miss the ASA webinar “Beyond the DEI Department: Integrating Inclusivity Across Your Organization.” It takes place today from 2 to 3 p.m. Eastern time. True inclusivity requires more than a dedicated diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) department. In this session, Yemi Akisanya of Axon will look at the importance of embedding DEI principles in all organizational operations, from recruitment to customer engagement, and consider ways to infuse DEI objectives into different departments and functions. Presented by the ASA inclusion, diversity, and equity advocacy (IDEA) group, which is sponsored by ASA corporate partners ClearlyRated and Monster.

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 tomorrow’s ASA webinar “Beyond the DEI Department: Integrating Inclusivity Across Your Organization,” 2–3 p.m. Eastern time. True inclusivity requires more than a dedicated diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) department. In this session, Yemi Akisanya of Axon will look at the importance of embedding DEI principles in all organizational operations, from recruitment to customer engagement, and consider ways to infuse DEI objectives into different departments and functions. Presented by the ASA inclusion, diversity, and equity advocacy (IDEA) group, which is sponsored by ASA corporate partners ClearlyRated and Monster.

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 program. Participants are matched for a six-month period (during a January–June cycle or a July–December cycle).

ASA particularly needs experienced industry professionals to serve as mentors in the six-month cycle that begins in January—the deadline to apply has been extended to this Friday, Nov. 8.

Mentor Match allows members to make valuable industry connections, define career goals, and gain insight from staffing peers. The program is meant to help staffing professionals grow professionally and network with fellow ASA members. Visit americanstaffing.net/mentormatch to get started as a mentor.

The ASA board of directors and staff welcome the following new members, which joined during the week ending Oct. 27.

Balanced Diversity
Sacramento, CA

Career Collective
Raleigh, NC

TekHawks
Dallas, TX

When you commit to earning the ASA Certified Staffing Professional^® credential, you’ll also receive access to more than 20 on-demand professional development Knowledge Bites—free.

Knowledge Bites are three- to five-minute videos on a variety of subjects, from search engine optimization to emotional intelligence, and much more. These topics are not covered on the credential exam—this is bonus content from ASA and its trainers, coaches, and industry volunteers.

Purchase your ASA credential exam package today to take advantage of bonus Knowledge Bites videos.

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:

• Staffing World^® takeaways
• Utilizing hot leads in recruitment efforts
• Securing health insurance for Massachusetts temporary and internal staff

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.

Keeping personal data safe is nonnegotiable for staffing firms—especially with privacy regulations continuing to tighten. A growing number of state, federal, and international laws impose legal obligations on employers’ collection, use, and retention of employees’ personal data—and may also trigger obligations when assigned employees handle clients’ personal data. In the September–October issue of Staffing Success magazine, attorney Colleen E. García, Esq., of Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt LLP offers a refresher on how to use, store, and protect employees’ and clients’ data.

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

The Weekly Economic & Business Outlook—or WEBO—is an ASA resource that goes out to member email boxes every Tuesday. Each week, ASA researchers examine trends within the staffing industry, as well as developments within the broader economy, and then deliver succinct takeaways that can help drive strategic business decisions.

In the most recent edition of the WEBO, ASA analysts assessed current macroeconomic trends and what they mean for staffing as we close out the year, as well as the impact to labor demand of the Fed’s first rate cut in September.

The WEBO is a powerful and targeted data and analysis tool with features designed to deliver the data-driven intelligence you need to track trends and capitalize on opportunities. To make sure you’re getting your WEBO each week, as well as other ASA research emails, click the “Unsubscribe/Manage Email Preferences” link at the very bottom of this newsletter and opt in to research content. Also, be sure to allow emails from research@americanstaffing.net.