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:

• Holiday and vacation policies for temporary employees
• Incentives for attracting clients
• Where to start as a new ASA member

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.

Right now is the perfect time to invest in yourself, your career, and your future success by earning an ASA credential. Through Dec. 31, you’ll get a 30% discount on certification products—including certification packages, a la carte study materials, exams, lapel pins, certificate frames, and travel mugs and tumblers. (The discount cannot be applied to renewal fees.)

Learn about the Certified Staffing Professional^® credential and other ASA certification programs at americanstaffing.net/certification, and then place your order using the discount code HOLIDAY23-E. The sale ends Dec. 31.

Don’t miss your chance to get the staffing and recruiting data you need. The association’s quarterly Staffing Employment and Sales Survey for the third quarter of 2023 will close this Friday, Dec. 1. Participate in the survey and compare how your company is doing with similar-sized companies and firms within your industry sector.

After completing the survey, you will be able to access an exclusive online report archive, which includes benchmarks for the number of direct hire searches and permanent placements, sector-specific gross margin trends, and payroll and productivity metrics by company size. Participate by DATE to get the staffing industry information you’re looking for. Visit americanstaffing.net/quarterly-survey to take the survey today.

Don’t miss the ASA webinar “Tapping Untapped Talents: Fair-Chance Hiring.” It takes place today from 2 to 3 p.m. Eastern time. A panel of experts will discuss recruiting from pools such as formerly incarcerated people, neurodiverse individuals, and people with disabilities to attract a diverse array of qualified candidates during this webinar presented by the ASA inclusion, diversity, and equity advocacy (IDEA) group. The ASA IDEA group is sponsored by ASA corporate partners ClearlyRated and Monster along with supporting sponsor WorkN.

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.

How has mentorship impacted your professional development and career? Find out how your peers answered this question in the latest issue of Staffing Success magazine.

Member Sound Off highlights answers to intriguing questions from industry leaders. For this issue, members were asked about participating in the ASA Mentor Match program and other mentoring relationships.

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

Don’t miss tomorrow’s ASA webinar “Tapping Untapped Talents: Fair-Chance Hiring,” 2–3 p.m. Eastern time. A panel of experts will discuss recruiting from pools such as formerly incarcerated people, neurodiverse individuals, and people with disabilities to attract a diverse array of qualified candidates during this webinar presented by the ASA inclusion, diversity, and equity advocacy (IDEA) group. The ASA IDEA group is sponsored by ASA corporate partners ClearlyRated and Monster along with supporting sponsor WorkN.

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.

To ensure ASA provides you with the industry information you value most, the association has commissioned Readex Research to conduct a comprehensive communications and content survey.

ASA members will receive a unique survey link via email beginning today. Your input is extremely important and will be used to help us enhance ASA publications, resources, and communications. Once you complete the survey, you can enter to win one of five $50 Amazon gift cards.

In observance of Thanksgiving, ASA headquarters will be closed Thursday, Nov. 23, and Friday, Nov. 24. Staffing Today will return Monday, Nov. 27.

The ASA board of directors and staff welcome the following new members, which joined during the week ending Nov. 19.

First Business 2021 Corp.              
Virginia Gardens, FL

Metro Staffing Solutions LLC
Crowley, TX