ASA State of the Industry Webinar Series—First Quarter Update for Staffing Professionals—Focusing on Growth

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Who Should Attend

Staffing, recruiting, and workforce solutions professionals, including company owners, executives, sales and marketing staff, and search and placement professionals.

Highlights

ASA and ClearlyRated, the association’s satisfaction survey partner, for more than a decade bring you the ASA State of the Industry webinar series for 2024. This highly rated, free quarterly webinar brings industry leaders the most important trends, research and legislative updates affecting the industry right now. These quarterly sessions will help your firm stay the course and outpace your competition.

Presenters

Eric Gregg

Founder and CEO, ClearlyRated

With more than 20 years of research experience in the staffing and recruiting space, Gregg and his team at ClearlyRated have analyzed more than seven million surveys with the goal of determining what drives success for staffing and recruiting firms. Gregg has served as an adjunct faculty member in Portland State University’s marketing program and has published numerous articles, business cases, and technical notes in the field of marketing, client loyalty, and employee satisfaction.

Beth Garvey

Chair, President, & CEO, BGSF

Garvey joined BGSF (NYSE:BGSF), a multi-divisional talent solutions provider specializing in IT consulting, finance & accounting, and real estate services, in 2013. A more than 23-year veteran of the industry, she began her career in 1998 with InStaff where she quickly moved into leadership and ultimately the CEO role prior to the company’s acquisition by BGSF in 2013. In 2018, she became CEO and has since continued consolidation efforts including the launch of an entire system upgrade positioning the organization for continued success through strong organic and acquisition growth. In 2022, Garvey was elected Chairwoman of the corporation’s Board of Directors.

As someone who believes in the ripple effect of helping people find jobs, the connection between education and the workforce, and the impact it has on communities, she is actively involved in organizations that support business, women, and those who are underserved. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Corporate Directors in North Texas, Junior Achievement of Dallas, and the Dallas Regional Chamber, where she is a member of the DEI Diversity Leadership Sub-Council, prior Co-Chair of the Talent Attraction Committee, and prior Chair of the Executive Women’s Roundtable. She is a member of YTexas and founding Board Member of the YTexas Foundation an initiative of Texas CEOs to help advance workforce development initiatives for students and veterans in the State of Texas. In addition, she is a member of the Leadership Committee for the Dallas 50/50 Women on Boards.

Stephen C. Dwyer, Esq.

President, American Staffing Association

Dwyer is a leading authority on the legal and public policy aspects of staffing. He engages in and coordinates the association’s legal and public affairs activities and advises the staffing industry on labor and employment law and policy issues. He has testified before legislatures and regulatory bodies regarding, and written extensively and spoken widely on, the staffing industry. Before joining ASA, he was associated with the New York multinational law firm Chadbourne & Parke, as well as De Forest & Duer, a 100-year-old Wall Street firm.

Richard Wahlquist

CEO, American Staffing Association

Wahlquist is the association’s primary spokesman and is responsible for the overall direction and performance of the association. Before joining ASA in 1989 as vice president, administration and government affairs, he led and coordinated government affairs activities on behalf of the staffing industry in all 50 states; Washington, DC; Puerto Rico; and Canada. He speaks regularly before business groups on employment issues and trends and has been a featured lecturer in Europe, South America, South Africa, and Japan. He was recognized by Human Resources Outsourcing Today magazine as one of the “100 Superstars of HR Outsourcing” and by Recruiter magazine as one of the 100 most influential individuals in the staffing and recruiting industry. Wahlquist also serves on the board of directors for the World Employment Confederation and Jobs for America’s Graduates.

Noah Yosif

Chief Economist, American Staffing Association

Yosif is chief economist at ASA. In this capacity, he serves as head of the ASA research team, leading economic and policy research initiatives which support staffing companies across the United States. He also represents ASA on the Economic Affairs Committee of the World Employment Confederation. Yosif previously served as an economist with both the National Association of Federally-Insured Credit Unions and the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA). He is a prolific speaker on economic policy issues and is regularly featured within major financial media including Bloomberg, Barron’s, Wall Street Journal, CNBC, Fox Business, Marketplace, as well as Kiplinger.

This webinar qualifies for 1 hour of CE toward maintaining your ASA credential.