Combatting the Great Resignation

Despite strong indications that the labor market continues to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic and employers to augment their staff, the demand for talent continues to remain high as employee turnover remains high. Many employees are now leaving jobs for career, lifestyle, or other preferential reasons in addition to salary, leaving employers faced with new—and costly— challenges to maintain and grow business operations. In order to adjust to the new labor market conditions, employers need to understand which metrics affect their business operations and identify ways to streamline their processes for attracting and acquiring talent. In this talk you’ll learn how to identify areas of improvement (or efficiency gaps) within your existing hiring process, assess your talent acquisition strategy against current labor market conditions, and more.

Safeguarding Your Staffing Firm: What Your Business Needs to Know About Protecting Its Most Valuable Assets

Staffing firms manage enormous quantities of sensitive information daily, including Social Security numbers, bank account numbers, and email and physical addresses. But how safe is this mission-critical data from cyberattack? The multiplatform technology stacks used by staffing companies present a target-rich environment for bad actors and a security nightmare for technology professionals who need to consider security and vulnerability of every component across the enterprise. The emerging use of mobile platforms to enhance the customer experience for talent creates additional security considerations. In this engaging analysis of enterprise technology and security, Avionté’s chief technology officer, Odell Tuttle, discusses best practices, do’s, and don’ts for staffing agencies anxious to protect themselves against critical security threats to their data. The discussion will address both the technological and human elements of data security.

How Will Machine Learning and Automation Revolutionize Recruiting?

With recent changes to the recruiting landscape, talent organizations are being asked to do more with less. During this Tech Talk, learn how next-generation outbound recruiting techniques that leverage machine learning and automation can improve candidate quality, reduce time to fill, and improve the effectiveness of every recruiter. Jeremy Schiff says there will be a shift back to quality over quantity by employers, and most talent organizations aren’t prepared for the shift—adjustments will need to be spearheaded by human resources to help organizations adapt, but technology can help.

An Industrywide Task Force on Digitalization

A task force has been established at the World Employment Confederation—the global body that represents the staffing industry—to support efforts across the industry that are affected by technology. World Employment Confederation members include large global staffing companies and approximately 50 national federations around the world, including ASA. The task force has three specific areas in focus: 1) blockchain and digital wallets, 2) the ethical use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the industry, and 3) the role of platforms in the industry. During this Tech Talk, meet John Healy, the vice president of the World Employment Confederation and the chair of the Taskforce on Digitalization, and hear what role you can play in advocating for the expanding role of technology in the industry and regulatory conditions that enable growth and reduce friction in the process of connecting people with work around the globe.

Unleashing the Power of Holistic Job Matching

In today’s rapidly evolving job market, traditional approaches to recruitment have become increasingly inadequate, particularly for frontline and essential workers. Many frontline and essential workers don’t have a comprehensive or up-to-date résumé, and technology can help bridge the gap between recruiters and these job seekers. By adopting a holistic approach that considers job seekers’ preferences, qualifications, and engagement beyond a traditional résumé, recruiters can vastly speed up their time-to-hire and gain access to pools of talented, hard-working candidates that they would not have encountered otherwise. In this Tech Talk, talent acquisition veteran Thad Price of Talroo will explore the power of holistic job matching and unveil innovative strategies to transform recruitment practices.

Business Rules Engine: What You Need to Know

Automating your company’s business rules can streamline operations, ensure compliance, and ultimately increase revenue. Whether your decisions are rooted in legal regulations, company policy, customer service, or a combination of factors, implementing a business rules management system (BRMS) takes the guesswork out of your workflow. Join Adam Rochelle of Essential StaffCARE to explore the building blocks of a business rules engine. In this talk, he will define what a BRMS is, reveal how to identify the key business logic arguments needed for automation, and look at practical methods for connecting systems and unifying operations.

Automation Tune-Up: 10 Ideas in 10 Minutes

Technology moves fast. Automation adoption moves faster. If you have implemented automation, how do you know it’s providing value? How can you use automation to help recruiters and salespeople adhere to processes? Which automation campaigns can give you a quick win? How can you prove value and return on investment from your automation program? In this Tech Talk, Jeff Staats of Haley Marketing will spend 10 minutes giving you 10 of the most impactful ideas on how to “tune up” your automation platform for better candidate engagement, stronger client lead generation, and more streamlined processes. You’ll come out of this talk with action items you can immediately put into place to drive more value out of your automation program.

Transforming the Staffing Industry: The Power of AI

Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly becoming an integral part of the business world, and the staffing industry is no exception. This Tech Talk will demystify the concept of AI, explore its current applications in the staffing industry, and predict future trends. Learn how AI can automate repetitive tasks, optimize job-matching processes, improve candidate engagement, and ultimately enhance operational efficiencies in staffing firms. Matthew Carson will also touch on the ethical considerations and potential pitfalls to watch out for when integrating AI into staffing operations.

Voice AI Boosts Revenue, Job Turnaround, and Candidate Experience

Join staffing leaders and ConverzAI for an introduction to Voice AI for staffing. Hear early adopters’ perspectives on the growth of artificial intelligence, its impact on the staffing industry, and how new technologies are being leveraged to drive efficient and predictable topline growth. Discover which metrics are most affected by scaled candidate conversations through technology.

How to Optimize Your Back-end Software to Increase Margins

As technology in applicant tracking systems has advanced over the past 10 years in the staffing industry, back-end automation has taken a back seat. As staffing firms grow, having an outdated back-end platform can limit growth because of the need to managing multiple systems that are not built for multiple entities. This Speed Talk will provide staffing owners an in-depth understanding of how NetSuite is able to automate back-end processes and provide valuable data points that can be key to accelerating growth.