August 21, 2024

Just Announced—Come to Staffing World to Hear Author and Business Consultant Debbie Peterson

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 feature highly sought-after speaker, business consultant, podcaster, and author Debbie Peterson. She is widely known for her impactful presentations focused on effective and clear communication strategies in professional environments where leaders must maximize performance and inspire innovation.

In her closing keynote, “Communicating With Clarity: Transformative Strategies That Reap Results,” Peterson will guide you through proven techniques to overcome communication barriers and inspire your team to achieve new levels of success.

The session will also include a panel discussion featuring staffing industry leaders, who will apply “communicating with clarity” strategies to discuss business hot topics and emerging trends as well as engage in a lively exchange about workplace culture, employee engagement, and what’s ahead for the industry.

Learn more and register at staffingworld.net by Sept. 21—rates will increase after that date.

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The Staffing Celebration Happens Next Month

National Staffing Employee Week is only a couple of weeks away. The annual celebration that honors individuals employed by U.S. staffing agencies will take place Sept. 9–15.

During National Staffing Employee Week, local associations and industry partners organize events and activities aimed at honoring and recognizing the contributions and achievements of temporary and contract employees in the staffing industry across the nation. The week kicks off with the official announcement of the 2025 National Staffing Employee of the Year, along with All-Stars identified in major economic sectors.

ASA has developed materials to help members plan their own National Staffing Employee Week festivities—visit americanstaffing.net/nsew to find answers to your questions about National Staffing Employee Week, download resources, and get ideas about how to celebrate your employees.

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Catch Up on Legal Issues Affecting the Staffing Industry—Read Staffing Law Digest

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 the new ASA Guide to Grassroots Advocacy, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s guidance on harassment in the workplace, and the withdrawal of proposed antistaffing legislation in California and Iowa.

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

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