Attendees of the upcoming ASA Staffing Law & Compliance Conference have the option of also registering for a special compliance preconference program called โHealth Care Staffing: Legal and Legislative Updates,โ which takes place Wednesday, May 15, 1โ5 p.m. at the Westin Washington, DC, Downtown. The main conference begins at the same location the next morning…
Free ASA Webinar Today—Understanding the M&A Market
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…
Heidrick & Struggles Reports Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2023 Results
Heidrick & Struggles International Inc. reported consolidated net revenue of $253.2 million in the fourth quarter of 2023, up 7.4% from $235.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2023. The company reported net income of $14.9 million, down from $16.0 million in the year-ago quarter. By segment, net…
Continuing Privacy Headache for Ordering Criminal Background Checks in California
In response to the California Court of Appeals’ 2021 ruling in All of Us or None v. Hamrick, Los Angeles County no longer will include even a partial date of birth as criteria in its criminal name search engines, effective Feb. 23. The ruling poses challenges given that the Fair Credit…
Half of College Grads Are Working Jobs That Don’t Use Their Degrees
About 52% of college graduates are working in jobs that do not use their degrees, according to a study of the résumés of workers who graduated between 2012 and 2021 by Burning Glass Institute and Strada Education Foundation. The study found that most of the graduates who had non-college-level jobs…
Free ASA Webinar Tomorrow—Understanding the M&A Market
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…
Workers Feel Their Paycheck Is Not Keeping Up With Inflation
More than half of U.S. workers (53%) feel their paychecks are not keeping up with the pace of inflation, according to a new ASA Workforce Monitorยฎ study from ASA and The Harris Poll. As interest rates and inflation exert increased pressure on consumersโ finances, the survey found that only 47% of U.S. workers do think…
Free ASA Webinar Next Week—Fill Your Sales Pipeline
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…
True Acquires Bleeker
Talent acquisition firm True has acquired Bleeker, an executive coaching and assessment company. True has rebranded Bleeker as True Advance and views the acquisition as an opportunity to enhance its talent management platform. Both the assessments and coaching services are available now to clients…
Insperity Announces New Business Outlook Report 2024
Six in 10 small and midsize businesses have an optimistic outlook about their business’ performance in 2024, while one in 10 have a concerned outlook, according to a survey of 1,076 human resource and business leaders by Insperity Inc. The most common HR concerns cited by respondents were talent…