Leading People

Since the end of the Great Resignation of 2021–2022, the staffing industry has been navigating a slow, but steady, cooling period in large part driven by a shift in leverage away from workers and toward employers. As clients have become more cost conscious, hiring has grown more selective and competitive, much to the staffing industry’s… More ›

As a staffing executive, you may see your people making calls all day. But are they getting anything done? When firms measure productivity, “it tells them if they’re hitting their targets for growth,” says ASA chief economist Noah Yosif. “Whether a staffing company is reaching out to enough candidates, whether they are able to get… More ›

Originally Published In Staffing Success Magazine – January-February 2026 Meet the 2026 National Staffing Employee of the Year and read her inspiring story; learn where the growth opportunities are, and how to manage expectations; get insights from ASA board of directors chair Tom Gimbel; and more in the January–February issue of Staffing Success. Learn more… More ›

He can at times seem to have a gruff exterior—but it’s really just the native (and enthusiastic) Chicagoan coming through. He can at times seem overly excited about business topics (he’s a frequent guest on financial TV shows)—but it’s really just decades of growth-focused leadership tackling the challenge at hand. And over a professional lifetime… More ›

EXCLUSIVE INDUSTRY RESEARCH & DATA This issue’s research-focused article summarizes the crisis of opportunity within the labor market and digs into what forces will influence the industry’s growth in 2026. As the industry’s research and data leader, ASA reports on timely industry data in every issue of Staffing Success. If one could assign a final… More ›

 2026 National Staffing Employee of the Year Nichole Dubil, senior copywriter with Cella by Randstad Digital. As a marketing director for a rapidly expanding health care company, Nichole Dubil wore many hats and traveled constantly while working closely with physicians and organizations nationwide. But in 2021, she needed a change. Exhausted from juggling a busy… More ›

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The regulatory landscape for noncompete agreements shifted dramatically in 2025. On Sept. 5, the Federal Trade Commission took steps to formally end its efforts to implement a nationwide ban on noncompetes, agreeing to vacate the Non-Compete Clause Rule and dismiss all pending appeals. However, noncompetes remain under scrutiny—especially in the staffing and health care sectors—as… More ›

At the start of the year, industrial clients were already familiar with a longstanding litany of pre-existing challenges, including elevated labor costs, high interest rates, and difficulty attracting and retaining qualified talent. A sudden, and erratic, changing tariff regime not only added economic turbulence but squeezed industrial profit margins—forcing manufacturers to be cautious about headcount… More ›