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 utilizing technology and how satisfied they are 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.

The association’s quarterly Staffing Employment and Sales Survey for the third quarter of 2025 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 ASA Staffing Employment and Sales Survey by next Friday, Nov. 21, to get the staffing industry information you’re looking for. Register at americanstaffing.net/quarterly-survey. There are no fees to participate.

The ASA board of directors and staff welcome the following new members, which joined during the week ending Nov. 2.

CDHL Staffing LLC
Murray, UT
Search Station
Crowley, TX

Don’t miss the ASA webinar “From Cost Cutting to Competitive Advantage: The Nearshore Shift.” It takes place today from 2 to 3 p.m. Eastern time. Learn from business analysts Glenda Quiroz and Adleigh Hunter how nearshore hiring—outsourcing work to countries close by instead of several time zones away—is helping staffing firms scale operations, maintain delivery speed, and unlock agility in a blended staffing model. Sponsored by ASA corporate partner VensureHR Staffing Alliance.

All ASA webinars are complimentary 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 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:

• Firms working to help staff FIFA World Cup events
• Implementing the Entrepreneurial Operating System
• Partnering with local managed service providers and vendor management systems

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 “From Cost Cutting to Competitive Advantage: The Nearshore Shift,” 2–3 p.m. Eastern time. Learn from business analysts Glenda Quiroz and Adleigh Hunter how nearshore hiring—outsourcing work to countries close by instead of several time zones away—is helping staffing firms scale operations, maintain delivery speed, and unlock agility in a blended staffing model. Sponsored by ASA corporate partner VensureHR Staffing Alliance.

All ASA webinars are complimentary for ASA members, and most qualify for continuing education hours toward ASA certification renewal. To learn more and to register, visit americanstaffing.net.

Nearly two million temporary and contract employees report for work every week in offices, factories, health care facilities, warehouses, and other job sites across the U.S.—wherever there’s important work to be done, temporary and contract employees are on the job. Meet some of these extraordinary staffing employees and learn about them so you can share their stories when talking with clients.

Every temporary or contract employee has a unique story: work background, career goals, skills and talents, and hopes and dreams. Each took a different path to the staffing and recruiting industry, and each has reaped unique benefits. Browse through dozens of stories from ASA member agencies at americanstaffing.net.

The ASA Staffing Compensation and Benefits Survey provides the only comprehensive view of corporate employee salaries and benefits in the staffing industry, and reports are now available.

Report data are based on peer input from more than 50 staffing companies and provide compensation benchmarks for 27 positions specific to the staffing industry, in addition to general benchmarks about benefits offerings. The reports are based on data for fiscal year 2023 collected in 2024.

Visit americanstaffing.net for more information and to order your report—ASA members get a discount.

Do you want to be a greater asset to your clients and talent? Differentiate yourself and your company? Show staffing firm employees that you value them and their careers?

If you answered “yes,” here are five reasons to invest in yourself, your team, and your staffing company by earning the ASA Certified Staffing Professional^® credential from ASA:

• An ASA credential is the most prestigious in the staffing industry.
• You will be a more valuable partner to your clients.
• You’ll be better equipped to attract and advocate for talent.
• Your staffing company will have an expert in you.
• You’ll be able to help protect your staffing firm from potentially costly legal missteps.

Learn more at americanstaffing.net/certify. Questions? Contact ASA at certification@americanstaffing.net.

The ASA board of directors and staff welcome the following new members, which joined during the week ending Oct. 26.

EthicalNurse Medical Staffing Agency         
Beloit, WI

Meridian Global Staffing Solutions LLC       
Arverne, NY

Multifamily Elites       
Bellvue, WA