Immersion Programs
THURSDAY, OCT. 11
CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS
IN HEALTH CARE REFORM
strategies to ensure your firm is on track with its
internal hiring.
Ed Lenz, Esq., senior vice president, legal and
public affairs, American Staffing Association
James A. Essey, CSP, president and chief
executive officer, the TemPositions Group
of Cos.; and chairman, ASA legal and legislative
committee
Alden Bianchi, Esq., chairman, compensation
and benefits practice; Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris,
Glovsky & Popeo PC
THURSDAY, OCT. 11, 9–10:45 A.M.
ASA and its business allies have worked with
the Obama administration for more than a year
to mitigate the impact of the Affordable Care Act
on staffing firms and other businesses whose
employees’ work patterns are variable and
unpredictable.
Leffkowitz and his team discuss methodologies
in conversational “innerviewing” that produce
consistency and predictability in the hiring of staffing professionals to place temporary, contract,
and direct hire employees. Tamkin and Thibeault
discuss and demonstrate online search tactics that
immediately produce the names, backgrounds,
and e-mail addresses of the recruiters and business development candidates with the skills you
need. Learn and practice on your laptop the best
techniques for finding and interviewing great new
employees who will help fuel internal success.
3.25 CE
This session examines the recent guidance issued
by the administration, at ASA’s urging, that will
allow staffing firms to use a “look back” safe harbor
of up to 12 months to determine whether employees are “full time” for the purpose of offering health
insurance coverage or paying penalties under the
employer responsibility provisions of the Affordable
THE FUTURE OF EMPLOYMENT
AND LEADERSHIP FOR WOMEN
Tracey Wilen-Daugenti, vice president and
managing director, Apollo Research Institute
THURSDAY, OCT. 11, 9–10:45 A.M.
Care Act. The workshop also addresses the
challenges, and potential solutions, in offering health
insurance to temporary employees. 1.75 legal CE
INTERNAL SUCCESS:
HOW TO FIND THE RIGHT PEOPLE
TO HIRE
Peter Leffkowitz, chief executive officer, Morgan
Consulting Group
Jason Thibeault, trainer, Morgan Consulting Group
Tricia Tamkin, trainer, Morgan Consulting Group
THURSDAY, OCT. 11, 9 A.M.–12:15 P.M.
To examine how gender, generation, and geography are reshaping the workplace and creating new
demands for innovative leadership, the Apollo
Research Institute conducted a study of women
leaders in the 21st century work force. Wilen-Daugenti and a team of researchers interviewed
nearly 200 female entrepreneurs and executives
in diverse fields to examine their essential work
skills, work–life balance, and leadership and
negotiation styles.
DID YOU KNOW? As a condition of ASA membership, each member pledges its support of and adherence to the principles
and practices set forth in
the ASA Code of Ethics
and Good Practices. In
an ASA survey, clients
said that the association’s
code of ethics is the most
important reason to work
with an ASA member. Learn
more about ASA benefits at
americanstaffing.net.
Even the most distinguished staffing companies
are subject to client, management, or shareholder
scrutiny when recruiters and business development staff lack an instinctive ability to accurately
read people and assert relationship-building skills.
This Immersion Program delivers valuable
The study results will help you gain a better
understanding of the skills in demand for
business leaders and how those skills will vary
by industry. Get the answers to commonly asked
questions about work–life balance, mentoring
relationships, and networking strategies. And
find out which industries are looking best—and
worst—for women executives and managers.
1.75 CE
