Use the Summer Time to Good Effect: Recruit Early!

July and August are popular months for taking time off and generally there is a lull in business activities that allow for strategic planning or (quite often) catching up on other work! As part of your planning you should consider kick starting any recruitment you had...

Are you ready for a promotion?

The career trajectory of a membership professional can be challenging and comes with an expectation that you have acquired expertise in marketing, membership engagement, business development, customer retention and soft skills including management. When you do attain...

Using Conferences to Boost Career Development

In our previous blog post, Getting Your Membership Career Sorted in 2019, a number of ideas to improve your prospects of finding your next role this year. One of the ideas was attendance at conferences. In this blog post we will look at this in a little more detail,...

Getting Your Membership Career Sorted in 2019

January is a great time to create your goals for the year when it comes to your work and career. Here are the top ten ideas on how to manage your membership career effectively in 2019: Look for opportunities in your current role Think about your current role and the...

MemberWise Launches Membership Focused Job Description Templates

It is critical for membership organisations and associations to attract the right candidates for new and existing member facing roles. It is important we: a) Ensure Job Descriptions are clear, concise and accurately communicate the requirements of the role b) Contain...

Making Your Recruiter Work For You – Part I:

The membership community has culturally tended towards direct recruitment rather than working with agencies whether as a candidate or client and I can often understand why. Recruitment consultancies traditionally have a reputation of being purely about the bottom line...