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How to Convince Employers to Pay for Professional Development

WBT Systems

According to the 2014 Employee Job Satisfaction and Engagement survey of the Society for Human Resource Management, 40 percent of employees rated job-specific training as “very important” to their satisfaction, and 36 percent rated professional development the same way. Employers with this mindset have it backwards. Do your research.

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Associations and the Vision Thing

YourMembership

It has a clear finish line, so the organization can know when it has achieved the goal; people like to shoot for finish lines.” For some folks it started with YM’s acquisition of Job Target’s career center business unit in 2014. Alternatively, a recruiter could search for qualified candidates based on the courses they’ve taken.

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You Won’t Believe the ROI on This Member Recruitment Campaign

Associations Now

I’m just going to let the following numbers from an association member-recruitment campaign speak for themselves: Total cost for recruitment campaign: $25,000. “That immediately gave us an idea that perhaps LinkedIn is a good place to try to find like-minded people and attract them to the organization,” she says. .

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The World of Opportunities for AMCs: A YM Perspective

YourMembership

This week YourMembership.com is “on the road” in Tempe, Arizona attending the 2014 AMC Institute Annual Meeting. When looking at the bigger picture, it is important to recognize that AMCs have played a vital role in helping these same types of organizations survive and compete in the business world. Generational Pressures.

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Causes Help Reduce Association Hiring Challenges from Retiring Boomers

SCD Group

million Boomers will turn 65 in 2014. And, that creates a hiring challenge for associations and nonprofit organizations. Generational research shows that most of the 80 million millennials coming into the workforce prefer to seek jobs at companies that support causes they care about. That means 3.9 But, many of the 19.6

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Monday Buzz: Signs of a Bright Future for Volunteering

Associations Now

If the findings of online volunteer recruiting platform VolunteerMatch are any indication, organizations should expect a brighter future for volunteer engagement. billion benefit resulting from VolunteerMatch users in 2014. .” billion benefit resulting from VolunteerMatch users in 2014. Great stuff.

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Make Your Meeting a Jobs Hub

Associations Now

But many attendees are also there to find a new job or to recruit new employees, which is why associations often host onsite job fairs or career centers at their major meetings. Research shows that millennials’ primary reason for joining associations is access to job opportunities. You’ll create new revenue streams.

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