Fast Track Your Job Search Through a Professional Association (by Joe Turner)
If you’re looking to expand your job search, you’ll eventually face this question:
Where can I find people who’ll talk with me?”
his is a question most job seekers have to grapple with when the well runs dry and they’re at a loss for new jobs to apply for.
How about Professional Associations?
It’s been said, “there is a professional association for almost everything you do”. Every industry, profession, specialty, or trade most likely has at least one professional association. These organizations perform various roles such as public relations liaison to the media, maintaining professional standards and establishing a vision for the future of their profession or industry.
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March 2nd, 2008 at 7:14 pm
Professional associations are really a key part of any successful job search or long term career development.
It is one of my 4 favorite tips on networking that I share in my blog.
I would suggest membership in more than one actually.
March 9th, 2008 at 4:32 am
Professional associations are a great way to connect for potential job opportunities.
They are also a fantastic means of keeping yourself up-to-date technically and professionally in your industry. I’ve noted in my blog for CIO Magazine that today’s job market demands that individuals be able to deliver immediate results first and foremost. That requires us to stay on top of new events, technologies, business transactions, and more in the industry and with the firms we are targeting.
Professional associations help us to accomplish that, and, it keeps us in circulation with potential hiring managers.
As a side benefit, they can often times provide discounts on training, if you need to enhance your skills.
Mark Cummuta