ASA Interactive Masterclass Series: Practical AI for Staffing Agencies With Lauren B. Jones

Welcome to the exclusive Interactive Masterclass Series, where ASA delivers the expertise you need and provides you with the necessary tools to excel in your field. This upcoming masterclass, “Practical AI for Staffing Agencies,” is designed to give you in-depth knowledge of AI applications in staffing and empower them with practical applications and real tools to implement in their workflow.

All sessions are 2–3 p.m. Eastern time

Session 1: Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026
Session 2: Wednesday, Sept. 23
Session 3: Wednesday, Oct. 7
Session 4: Wednesday, Oct. 21
Session 5: Wednesday, Nov. 4
Session 6: Wednesday, Nov. 18

Beyond these live, virtual sessions, participants will engage in breakout discussions and interactive activities designed to reinforce learning and encourage peer dialogue.

Attend this Interactive Masterclass Series

Six sessions starting on Sept. 9, 2026

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$299 ASA member
$449 Nonmember

Between sessions, participants will be encouraged to apply their new tips and tool within their organizations and reflect on the outcomes with the cohort. This applied learning approach helps ensure that attendees leave the program with practical experience using the tools, not just conceptual understanding.

This series is limited to 30 attendees.

Who Should Attend

Staffing agency leaders and recruiters who want to learn more about AI, are eager to learn and master new technology and use them in their day-to-day responsibilities to streamline processes and work more efficiently.

About the Masterclass

This masterclass series is not just another webinar. Limited to only 30 participants, this exclusive format ensures a more personalized and engaging experience. Over the course of six bi-weekly 60-minute sessions, you will have the unique opportunity to interact directly with our expert, Lauren B. Jones, and collaborate with other professionals in the staffing sales industry.

Masterclass Structure  

Each session focuses on a critical aspect of AI in Staffing: 

Session 1: The Multiplier Organization—September 9 (all sessions begin at 2 p.m. Eastern time/11 a.m. Pacific time) 

Opens the series with the core reframe: AI agents should be treated like hires, not tools—with a job description, a KPI, and a manager. Attendees run a live audit of their own desk or agency to find where a task has a repeatable pattern, then leave having scoped or built their first agent against a real gap in their own business 

Session 2: The Recipe—September 23 

Teaches the prompting framework behind every working AI skill, then puts it to immediate use: a live build of a personal productivity agent. Attendees leave with it running and a two-week assignment to test it against real work. 

Session 3: The Desk in Your Voice—October 7 

Applies AI to the parts of the job that are hardest to systematize: candidate and client communication. Attendees build one communication skill against their own real desk language, so it sounds like them, not a template. 

Optional Bonus Experience: In-Person Intensive at Staffing World—October 14  

Those at the conference will have the option to register and attend a three-hour, in-person, hands-on session to build live and have an extended Q&A with Jones. More information coming soon!  

Session 4: Building the Bench—October 21 

Moves from individual skills to a system. Attendees rerun the Session 1 audit at the agency level instead of the desk level, surfacing the gaps that need a team decision, not just a personal fix. 

Session 5: The Roadmap—November 4 

Shows what full AI adoption looks like at the agency level, using a four-shift operational model (Prep, Parallel Scale, End-of-Day, Sleeping). Closes by naming the live intensive at Staffing World as where the agency-level gaps identified in Session 4 get solved, hands-on. 

Session 6: The Finale—November 18 

Join Lauren for a hands-on agent-building session. Learn the best practices for building agents whether in Claude, CoPilot, or ChatGPT.  

Interactive and Collaborative Learning 

Beyond the live sessions, you’ll engage in breakout discussions and interactive activities designed to reinforce your learning. Between sessions, you’ll complete practical learning activities and share insights with fellow participants in our ASA Central forum. This collaborative approach ensures that you can immediately apply what you’ve learned and gain valuable feedback from your peers. 

Meet Your Expert: Lauren B. Jones

Lauren B. Jones is the founder and CEO of Leap Advisory Partners, a staffing technology advisory firm built on one operating principle: Make the complex simple and the results real. Since 2020, Jones and her team have conducted close to a demonstration per day—giving industry professionals one of the most hands-on, vendor-agnostic views of the staffing tech landscape. 

A regular speaker and subject matter expert at ASA Staffing World, TechServe Executive Summit, and SIA Executive Forum, Jones is known for telling the truth about technology when the room needs to hear it. She is among the authors of Together We Rise and Rising With Courage, books that focus on women’s leadership and professional empowerment. The Real Girl’s Roadmap to Mastering AI—Jones’s book and live cohort program—were designed to help women build confidence and competency with AI. 

Jones is a past recipient of the ASA Care Award and has been named to professional recognition lists such as LinkedIn’s Inspiring Women, Top 15 Staffing Professionals, and Top 200 Thought Influencers to Watch.