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Midwest Staffing Conference, April 22-23
Join WASS as we partner with ISSA and MASS to host the 2026 Annual Midwest Staffing Conference! This highly anticipated event is designed for staffing professionals from all over the Midwest to come together and share their expertise, collaborate, and learn from industry leaders. This unique opportunity brings together like-minded individuals and to network together…
Interested in getting to know WASS and our Members? Make plans to become a Chapter Sponsor or sponsor an upcoming event. Here is our 2026 Sponsorship Guide to learn more or contact Michelle Kionka, Executive Director.
Check out the updated 2026 WASS Program Calendar and start signing up for your favorite events today!
WASS Wed, January Topic “From Random Acts of Marketing to Brand OS”
Staffing marketing has a chronic disease: randomness. Pop-up events, sporadic campaigns, inconsistent messaging, “one-off” initiatives, all of which are disconnected and exhausting. What if marketing could be a system instead of a series of scattered efforts? Join Jay Mattern, CEO of TerraFirma Marketing and WASS President, Clay Pautz for an interactive discussion on building a…
2025 Advocacy Day-on-the-Hill attendees wrap up an afternoon of meetings with 10+ Wisconsin Representatives and Senators.
Join the WASS Board at WMC’s Business Day…
One seat remains! The Wisconsin Association of Staffing Services is joining forces to support WMC’s Business Day in Madison which takes place on Thursday, October 23, 2025 at the Monona Terrace Community & Convention Center. This event brings business leaders from all over the state together to discuss important issues facing the business community and our…
WASS hosts these timely Zoom roundtable discussionson the third Wednesday of every month. FREE to employees of WASS Member agencies and firms.Registration is required. October’s Topic: Staffing Industry Trends & other insightsfrom ASA’s Staffing World 2025 Join us for our monthly roundtable chat for staffing industry professionals. Our next WASS Wednesday Coffee Chat is: October 15, 2025…
ASA’s 2025 Legislative Achievement to WASS
The Wisconsin Association of Staffing Services has earned the 2025 ASA Certificate of Legislative Achievement. The Certificate of Legislative Achievement recognizes chapters that demonstrate successful legislative activity on legal, legislative, or regulatory issues that arose during the year.
WASS earns ASA’s 2025 Chapter Achievement
The Wisconsin Association of Staffing Services has earned the 2025 ASA Certificate of Chapter Achievement. The Certificate of Chapter Achievement recognizes our continued commitment to advance the staffing industry at a local level and ongoing affiliation as a chapter with the American Staffing Association.
WASS Legislative Conference – Nov. 6th
Registration is OPEN for the 12th Annual WASS Legislative Conference on November 6th in Madison, WI. Trying to keep up with all of the legislative changes since the start of the year? Not sure how these impact Wisconsin? Confident that there are more changes in the pipeline? Uncertain how your organization needs to react to the…