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:

• Choosing which job board to use
• Customer incentive programs
• When to schedule a morning check-in meeting

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.

Do you have insights that are essential to the staffing, recruiting, or workforce solutions industry that you’d like to share with the ASA community in 2024? Submit your idea today for your chance to speak at Staffing World^®, the ASA annual convention and expo, or to present an ASA webinar in 2024.

Staffing World 2024 takes place Oct. 22–24 in Nashville, TN. Slots are available for

• Breakout Sessions—interactive sessions lasting 60-75 minutes
• Knowledge Hub Tech Talks—10-minute talks on technology topics
• Knowledge Hub Speed Talks—10-minute talks on broader industry topics

ASA webinars, virtual programs held throughout the year on Tuesdays, are typically 60 minutes long. For more information and to start your submission, visit americanstaffing.net/presenters. The deadline for ASA webinar and Staffing World Breakout Session proposals is Jan. 31, 2024, and the deadline for Staffing World Knowledge Hub talks is May 31.

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 conducted an industry-wide survey to understand how staffing firms are leveraging talent acquisition technology—as well as how satisfied they are with specific tools and suppliers.

Take a look at the results for help benchmarking your own firm’s use of technology against your peers and mapping out your firm’s technology roadmap. Learn more at the ASA Staffing Tech Center

The ASA Legal Line monthly video series features staffing law experts and attorneys addressing critical legal, regulatory, and legislative topics that have direct implications for your business. In the latest installment, experienced attorneys from the law firm of Akerman LLP share their 2024 legal forecast and compliance recommendations.

Watch the latest ASA Legal Line video, then join the conversation on ASA Central. The ASA Legal Line monthly video series is sponsored by Essential StaffCARE, an ASA corporate partner.

Get a boost to start the new year by investing in yourself, your company, and your future success with ASA certification programs. During the ASA certification sale, you’ll save 30% on certification products (excluding renewals)—including certification packages, exams, books, lapel pins, certificate frames, and travel mugs and tumblers.

Why should you earn an ASA credential? Visit americanstaffing.net to learn the answer—then place your order in the ASA store, using discount code HOLIDAY23-E, by Dec. 31.

In observance of Christmas, ASA headquarters will be closed Monday, Dec. 25. Staffing Today will return Dec. 26.

The ASA board of directors and staff welcome the following new member, which joined during the week ending Dec. 17.

Lowe Labor LLC dba Priority Placements Group
Johnson City, TN

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:

• Factoring sick leave costs into client contracts
• Rehiring a candidate who could not prove authorization to work in the U.S.
• Where to invest your efforts when business conditions are tough

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.

ASA members can now access the latest issue of Staffing Law digest as a digital edition; the print version of the issue will arrive in member mailboxes soon. This issue includes articles about ASA efforts to fight state bills that would harm the staffing industry, a new issue paper providing guidance on New York City’s artificial intelligence law, and more.

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

To ensure that ASA provides its members with the industry information they value most, the association has commissioned Readex Research to conduct a comprehensive communications and content survey, which will close this Friday, Dec. 22.

Members received a unique survey link via email, and reminder emails were sent last week. Your input is extremely important and will be used to help ASA enhance its publications, resources, and communications. Once you complete the survey, you can enter a drawing for a chance to win one of five $50 Amazon gift cards. Responses will be kept confidential.