The association’s quarterly Staffing Employment and Sales Survey for the second quarter of 2024 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 Aug. 23 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 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:

• Avoiding Affordable Care Act penalties
• Employee engagement surveys
• How staffing firms can prepare for the possibility of recession

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.

Looking to enhance your new hire process and your team’s knowledge of the staffing industry? Need to train new hires or offer refresher courses to seasoned team members? ASA has developed a program of onboarding courses specifically designed for staffing, recruiting, and workforce solutions professionals.

You can purchase and assign courses to your team and track their progress using the ASA learning management system, ASA Learn. The online course modules include “Introduction to the Staffing Industry,” “Fundamentals of Sales,” and “Fundamentals of Recruiting.” Modules are available as a full set or a la carte. To learn more, visit learn.americanstaffing.net.

Don’t miss the ASA webinar “The Benefits of Building a National ADR Program: Staying Out of Court and Mitigating Risk.” It takes place today from 2 to 3 p.m. Eastern time. Alternative dispute resolution can be a critical tool in resolving disputes and reducing risks, but if your ADR program is regional or fragmented, it may not be serving your company well.

Attorneys Neil Alexander of Littler, Sarah Kroll-Rosenbaum of Akerman, and Ariel Zion of Insight Global, along with Collin Williams of New Era ADR, will discuss how having a national ADR program that uses both mediation and arbitration, or even a combination of both, can improve productivity and possibly help keep your company out of court. Sponsored by New Era ADR.

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 “The Benefits of Building a National ADR Program: Staying Out of Court and Mitigating Risk,” 2–3 p.m. Eastern time. Alternative dispute resolution can be a critical tool in resolving disputes and reducing risks, but if your ADR program is regional or fragmented, it may not be serving your company well.

Attorneys Neil Alexander of Littler, Sarah Kroll-Rosenbaum of Akerman, and Ariel Zion of Insight Global, along with Collin Williams of New Era ADR, will discuss how having a national ADR program that uses both mediation and arbitration, or even a combination of both, can improve productivity and possibly help keep your company out of court. Sponsored by New Era ADR.

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 ASA board of directors and staff welcome the following new members, which joined during the week ending Aug. 4.

AUE Staffing Inc.
Altamonte Springs, FL
Hi–Lo Staffing and Logistics LLC
Miami, FL
Omega Hires
Herndon, VA
Personnel Solutions Plus
Tampa, FL
Spruce Health Pro Inc.
Exton, PA
Stellar Staffing Solutions
Napa, CA

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:

• Employee motivation tactics
• Legal and legislative week in review
• Status of recruiting company franchisees

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.

Staffing World^® is the anchor industry event for the entire workforce solutions ecosystem, bringing together all functions, experience levels, and segments of the staffing industry for unprecedented learning, networking, and collective advancement.

When you come to this year’s ASA annual convention and expo, Oct. 22–24 at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center in Nashville, TN, you can also take advantage of one of the preconvention programs that will take place before the convention begins

• Unlock Sales Potential: High-Impact Techniques for Staffing Excellence—Robert Reid of Butler Street will share techniques to help you boost your sales skills and communication strategies
• Build a Sustainable Strengths-Based Culture—industry veteran Kelly Merbler will explain how to use Gallup’s CliftonStrengths talent assessment to improve employee engagement outcomes

These preconvention programs take place Tuesday, Oct. 22, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.; separate registration is required. Visit staffingworld.net to learn more and register.

Are you ready to create your best future alongside the industry’s brightest leaders? Staffing World^® 2024, the ASA annual convention and expo, brings together people from all experience levels and segments of the staffing industry for unprecedented learning, networking, and collective advancement.

This year’s event, Oct. 22–24 in Nashville, TN, will kick off with one of the most brilliant and innovative business minds in the world. Don’t miss the opening keynote by Peter Diamandis—serial entrepreneur, futurist, technologist, New York Times best-selling author, and founder of more than 25 companies. He is also the founder and executive chair of the XPRIZE Foundation, which leads the world in designing and operating large-scale incentive competitions.

Register at staffingworld.net by Sept. 21—rates will increase after that date.

With technological advances constantly offering new ways to source, engage, select, and hire candidates, navigating and understanding the technology landscape can be a challenge.

ASA and Talent Tech Labs ran an industry-wide survey to understand how staffing firms are leveraging talent acquisition technology, and what their satisfaction is with specific tools and vendors. The results of the study can help you benchmark your firm’s use of technology and develop a technology roadmap.

There’s even 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 what the actual industry “tech stack” looks like today.