National Staffing Employee of the Year

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The National Staffing Employee of the Year and National Staffing All-Stars and their member agencies will be announced to ASA members, the public, and the news media during National Staffing Employee Week, Sept. 8-14 and will be recognized at an award ceremony during Staffing World 2025, Oct. 6-8 in Orlando, FL.

ASA will also recognize finalists for the National Staffing Employee of the Year and National Staffing All-Stars in each industry sector: health care; industrial; office-clerical and administrative; professional-managerial; and engineering, information technology, and scientific.

Nominations for the 2025 National Staffing Employee of the Year, National Staffing All-Stars, and National Staffing All-Star are open.

Watch videos that share the extraordinary success stories of former National Staffing Employee of the Year winners and All-Stars.

National Staffing Employee of the Year, National Staffing All-Stars, and National Staffing All-Star Finalists Nomination Form

Nominations

Want help in preparing your nomination(s)? Download the tips sheet.

Star Treatment for your Staffing Stars

National Staffing Employee of the Year

Being selected as the ASA National Staffing Employee of the Year is a high honor. These are some of the benefits of winning:

• Graphics recognizing your staffing agency as the home of the National Staffing Employee of the Year and/or National Staffing Employee All-Star.
• Cover story in Staffing Success magazine
• Gift card valued at $2,000
• Recognition during National Staffing Employee Week via a news release, social media, and the ASA website and publications.

National Staffing Employee All-Stars

Being selected as an ASA National Staffing Employee All-Star is a high honor. These are some of the benefits of winning:

• Graphics recognizing your staffing agency as the home of a National Staffing Employee All-Star and a toolkit for media outreach.
• Gift card valued at $500
• Recognition during National Staffing Employee Week via a news release, social media, and the ASA website.

Being selected as an ASA National Staffing Employee All-Star Finalist is a high honor. These are some of the benefits of winning:

• Graphics recognizing your staffing agency as the home of a National Staffing Employee All-Star Finalist and a toolkit for media outreach.
• Recognition by ASA and throughout the year on ASA’s website and social media channels.

Eligibility Requirements

• The ASA National Staffing Employee of the Year program is open to active ASA member agencies and branches.
• Member staffing agencies are free to nominate more than one temporary or contract employee.
• To qualify for nomination, the temporary or contract employee must have worked through the member agency sometime since May 23, 2025.
• ASA must be able to disclose the name of the client company where your nominee works or worked in ASA publications, on the ASA website, and in other promotional materials, including a news release about the National Staffing Employee of the Year, Staffing Success cover story, and via social media. It is the responsibility of your company to gain permission from your client company to disclose its name. Please refrain from nominating an employee if you cannot guarantee that ASA can publish this information.
• Your staffing agency must confirm that the nominee understands that he or she will serve as a “face” of the staffing industry, and may be required to participate in a photo and video shoot (in his or her hometown) for public relations purposes.

Frequently Asked Questions

• What are you looking for in a National Staffing Employee of the Year nominee?

  ASA is looking for a standout success story that can be shared with members and the public. Only one nomination needs to be submitted to be considered for National Staffing Employee of the Year, National Staffing Employee All-Stars, and National Staffing Employee All-Star Finalists. To be strongly considered, the National Staffing Employee of the Year nominee must exemplify at least one of the industry's key messages of bridging, flexibility, access to a new career and have an amazing staffing success story to share. Take a look at the National Staffing Employee of the Year submission tip sheet for a refresher on what these messages mean.

  To be strongly considered, the National Staffing Employee of the Year, National Staffing All-Star, and National Staffing Employee All-Star Finalist awards, nominees must exemplify at least one of the industry's key messages of bridging, flexibility, or access to a new career. Take a look at the National Staffing Employee of the Year submission tip sheet for a refresher on what those messages mean."

• Who can submit a National Staffing Employee of the Year nomination?

  Any active ASA member company representative can nominate a current or former temporary or contract employee for the National Staffing Employee of the Year, National Staffing Employee All-Star and National Staffing Employee All-Star finalist distinction. Please note that the employee you are nominating must have worked for your staffing agency sometime since May 1, 2023.

• Can I nominate more than one employee for National Staffing Employee of the Year?

  Yes! Feel free to nominate as many of your star temporary or contract employees as you see fit.

• Once selected, what does the National Staffing Employee of the Year receive? All-Stars? All-Star Finalists?

  Here is what awaits the National Staffing Employee of the Year:

  • A cover story in Staffing Success magazine and recognition in other ASA publications
  • Gift card valued at $2,500
  • Recognition during National Staffing Employee Week. The National Staffing Employee of the Year will be announced to the news media on the first day of that week.

  The ASA member staffing agency that nominates the next National Staffing Employee of the Year will also receive recognition in ASA publications and at Staffing World.

  Honorees and their staffing agencies can promote their awards by using special award logos, template news releases, and more.

  Here is what awaits a National Staffing Employee All-Star and their staffing agency:

  • Graphics recognizing your staffing agency as the home of a National Staffing Employee All-Star and a toolkit for media outreach.
  • Gift card valued at $500
  • Recognition during National Staffing Employee Week via a news release, social media, and the ASA website.

  Below that add "Here is what awaits a National Staffing Employee All-Star Finalist and their staffing agency:

  • Graphics recognizing your staffing agency as the home of a National Staffing Employee All-Star Finalist and a toolkit for media outreach.
  • Recognition by ASA and throughout the year on ASA's website and social media channels.

• Where can I learn about past National Staffing Employee of the Year honorees?

  You can learn more about previous National Staffing Employees of the Year by reading their cover stories in Staffing Success magazine (requires ASA username and password for access). Their stories should give you a good sense of what ASA is looking for in a future National Staffing Employee of the Year.

  • 2021 National Staffing Employee of the Year: Linda Cardenas
  • 2020 National Staffing Employee of the Year: Will Bennett
  • 2019 National Staffing Employee of the Year: Violetta "Shaya" De Oleo Medina
  • 2018 National Staffing Employee of the Year: Brittney Bourgeois
  • 2017 National Staffing Employee of the Year: Wendy M. Hobbie
  • 2016 National Staffing Employee of the Year: Ben Keen
  • 2015 National Staffing Employee of the Year: Tom Sutton

• Are recruiters eligible to be nominated for the National Staffing Employee of the Year program?

  No. The National Staffing Employee of the Year program is only open to current or former temporary and contract employees.

• Who can I contact if I have additional questions about the nomination process?

  You can send any National Staffing Employee of the Year-related questions to N***@americanstaffing.net or call 703-253-2020 and ask to speak with a member of the ASA public relations team.

• I'm ready to send in a nomination. When is the nomination deadline?

  Nominations for the 2025 National Staffing Employee of the Year, All-Stars, and All-Star Finalists is now open. The deadline to enter is May 23, 2025. The online application form is available now.