Key Findings:

• This report is based on responses to the following survey question:
  • Through which of the following organizations are you certified?
    • ASA Certified Staffing Professional--American Staffing Association
    • NAPS Certified--National Association of Personnel Services
    • Certified Contingent Workforce Professional (CCWP)--Staffing Industry Analysts
    • AIRS Certified--Advanced Internet Recruitment Strategies
    • REC Certified--Recruitment & Employment Confederation
    • MARS Certification--Master Accreditation in Recruiting and Sourcing
    • APSCo Certified--Recruitment Practice Standard
    • Other (Please specify)
• Industry certifications seem to be highly region-specific, with very little overlap between regions in terms of shared certifications.
• Roughly a quarter of surveyed North American staffing executives were certified by the American Staffing Association; another quarter were certified by one of five other organizations. Three-quarters of European staffing firm executives were certified by either the Recruitment & Employment Confederation or the Association of Professional Staffing Companies. More than half of Australia/NZ staffing firm executives were certified by the Recruitment & Consulting Services Association.
• Executives were classified by region (North America, Europe, or Australia/NZ) based on the primary geographic source of revenue of their staffing firm.

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