Blog Post: Membership In Your Professional Association Can Help Your Career

Are you a operations or supply chain management professional who is unemployed, under-employed, or in career transition? Or, maybe you’re concerned about your status with your current employer? Has your job search or career change slowed to a crawl, or maybe it never successfully started? Well, being a member of the professional association for Operations Management can help!

Many employment experts agree that identifying specific companies you want to work for and connecting with "insiders" who can introduce you to "decisions makers" is an effective job search technique. As a reminder, "insiders" are people who already work for companies you want to work for and "decision makers" are people who work for companies you want to work for who can hire you. Since both insiders and decision makers are involved in professional associations, do you think there may be someone involved from several employers on your target company list? Do you think getting involved will provide you an opportunity to connect and build relationships with these people? Since you are in the same profession, do you think it would be easy to talk with these people at an association meeting?

In addition to connecting with insiders and decision makers, some other ways being an APICS member can help your career are:

- An international operations and supply chain community which allows you to draw on the experience of experts in your field

- Award-winning publications and resources to help you gain a competitive advantage through industry knowledge

- World-renowned APICS certifications validating your knowledge and enhancing your earning potential

- Unmatched education and training to help improve job performance and achieve career success

- Local chapter participation allowing you to develop leadership skills through  chapter management

If you're interested in connecting with operations and supply chain management professionals who can help you with your job search, please attend a local APICS chapter meeting. If you'd like to learn more about enhancing your career as an operations or supply chain management professional, please visit the APICS Florida West Coast Chapter web site at http://www.APICS-FLWC.org.

APICS, The Association for Operations Management

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