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:

• Business book recommendations
• Expanding into health care staffing
• Voicemail messages for cold calls

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 the ASA webinar “Sales Training With Shad Tidler, Part One: How to Get in Front of New Clients and Fill Your Pipeline More Easily.” It takes place today from 2 to 3 p.m. Eastern time. In this interactive webinar, the first part of a two-part sales training series, Shad Tidler will share the keys to ensuring that staffing firms can more easily and more consistently fill their sales pipelines in 2024.

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.

Do you have insights to share with the ASA community? ASA is looking for subject matter experts in the staffing industry to participate at Staffing World^®, the ASA annual convention and expo, which this year takes place Oct. 22–24 in Nashville, TN.

Proposals for Staffing World Knowledge Hub Tech Talks and Speed Talks—10-minute talks on technology topics or on broader industry topics—will be accepted through May 31. Submit your idea today for your chance to speak at Staffing World.

Don’t miss tomorrow’s ASA webinar “Sales Training With Shad Tidler, Part One: How to Get in Front of New Clients and Fill Your Pipeline More Easily,” 2–3 p.m. Eastern time. In this interactive webinar, the first part of a two-part sales training series, Shad Tidler will share the keys to ensuring that staffing firms can more easily and more consistently fill their sales pipelines in 2024.

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.

Attendees of the upcoming ASA Staffing Law & Compliance Conference have the option of also registering for a special compliance preconference program called “Health Care Staffing: Legal and Legislative Updates,” which takes place Wednesday, May 15, 1–5 p.m. at the Westin Washington, DC, Downtown. The main conference begins at the same location the next morning and continues through May 17.

You do not have to be currently operating in the health care staffing sector to register for this newly announced program. Compliance preconference program attendees will hear important updates about legal and legislative proposals and policies that affect a major sector of the staffing industry—including federal and state efforts to regulate staffing agencies with health care lines of business, top current and forthcoming legal issues in health care staffing, and current best practices for compliance and growth. The preconference registration rate is $200. If you have not yet registered for this year’s Staffing Law & Compliance Conference, register today and add on the preconference option.

Learn more at staffinglawconference.net. Questions? Email Katie McGilvery or call 703-253-2020.

Don’t miss the ASA webinar “Staffing Mergers and Acquisitions Market Update: 2023 Takeaways and 2024 Outlook.” It takes place today from 2 to 3 p.m. Eastern time. There were plenty of staffing industry mergers and acquisitions in 2023 despite broader challenges and volatility—what does the market look like for 2024? Jeremy Falendysz of UHY Corporate Finance and Paul Pincus of Ortoli Rosenstadt will analyze the data and share their insights into relevant trends for staffing company buyers and sellers.

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 “Staffing Mergers and Acquisitions Market Update: 2023 Takeaways and 2024 Outlook,” 2–3 p.m. Eastern time. There were plenty of staffing industry mergers and acquisitions in 2023 despite broader challenges and volatility—what does the market look like for 2024? Jeremy Falendysz of UHY Corporate Finance and Paul Pincus of Ortoli Rosenstadt will analyze the data and share their insights into relevant trends for staffing company buyers and sellers.

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.

Several factors caused American workers’ wages to rise in the aftermath of the pandemic, including increased labor demand, inflation, and Federal Reserve policies. In the January–February issue of Staffing Success magazine, ASA chief economist Noah Yosif and research coordinator Max Aldrich take a deep dive into the national upward trend in wages, or wage “inflation,” and examine its potential effects for staffing companies in the new year.

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

The ASA board of directors and staff welcome the following new members, which joined during the week ending Feb. 18.

Highland Medical Staffing
Jefferson, IA
Penbrothers
Indianapolis, IN
Specialized Assessment & Consulting
Cypress, TX

How can you and your team consistently fill your sales pipeline more easily in 2024? Learn how to develop plans and put successful processes in place during the ASA webinar “Sales Training With Shad Tidler, Part One: How to Get in Front of New Clients and Fill Your Pipeline More Easily.” The first part of a two-part sales training series takes place Thursday, Feb. 29, 2–3 p.m. Eastern time.

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.