October 8, 2025

Staffing World Concludes Today

Staffing World® 2025, the ASA annual convention and expo, wraps up today at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center in Orlando, FL.

The day began with breakout sessions, which started at 9:30 a.m. and continue until 3:15 p.m., and the Expo Hall will be open until 2 p.m.—featuring ASA Cares LIVE—Pawvana (sponsored by Avionté) from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. along with Knowledge Hub talks (sponsored by Benefits in a Card) and Author Talks at the Staffing World Bookstore.

The final event of the convention will be the Super Session from 3:30 to 5 p.m. featuring keynote presenter Carla Harris (sponsored by ConverzAI) and the presentation of the ASA Care Awards.

Follow all the Staffing World action if you can’t be there in person—connect on social media and check out the #StaffingWorld hashtag to read about attendees’ reactions, see photos, and more.

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Upcoming Events

Many Job Seekers Hopelessly Hunting

Participate in the Quarterly ASA Staffing Employment and Sales Survey

The association’s quarterly Staffing Employment and Sales Survey for the third quarter of 2025 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 ASA Staffing Employment and Sales Survey by Nov. 21 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.

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Avoid Unnecessary Risks in Client Agreements

Staffing firms increasingly face client demands to be indemnified against various types of liability, but companies should not assume risks related to their client’s business and should not take on liability for the client’s own products and services.

To help staffing companies protect themselves, ASA developed a tool kit containing various resources to help staffing firms that face unreasonable client indemnification demands.

The tool kit includes resources such as a risk philosophy document you can share with clients, suggested contract language, articles, a presentation slide deck, and more—access the ASA Indemnity Tool Kit at americanstaffing.net.

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