I recently took a call from the International Association of Employment Web Sites (IAEWS). They want me to join their organization, which is a trade organization for employment related websites. I’m certainly considering it, but I haven’t quite decided whether the annual dues will be worth the investment in the short run (and that’s what you’re worried about when you’re running a bootstrapped startup). My call with the IAEWS reminded me that there’s an association out there for pretty much every interest group under the sun. Some of these associations are huge and have tons of resources to self-manage, but plenty of others outsource their management. Often they’ll hire Mt. Laurel, NJ based Association Headquarters, which “provides associations, voluntary organizations, and medical societies with professional management services tailored to the needs of membership.” Association Headquarters’ clients include The American Mosquito Control Association, The Halloween Industry Association, The National Association of Professional Organizers, The North American Power Sweeping Association, The American Association of Heart Failure Nurses, The American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics, and quite a few others. Like I said, there’s an association for everything.

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The types of organizations that Association Headquarters typically serves are in one of two categories: Business and Trade or Medical and Health. They may hire Association Headquarters based on a fixed monthly fee, an hourly fee, or a hybrid of the two. To get a feel for what Association Headquarters actually does, you should take a look at their Portfolio and their Case Studies. They have a staff of more than 130 people, so they’re well equipped to help organizations on a project basis or on a permanent basis. If that sounds like the kind of work that you’d like to be involved with and you’d like to work at a company that “has been named among the ‘Best Places to Work’ in the Philadelphia area by the Philadelphia Business Journal multiple times,” then you’ll want to check out Association Headquarters’ Jobs page. They don’t have a ton of jobs posted, but there is one position that should interest new and recent grads: Administrative Assistant / Membership Coordinator.

Links to Help You Begin Your Research

• AssociationHeadquarters.com
• Jobs at Association Headquarters
• About Association Headquarters
• What Association Headquarters Does
• Staff at Association Headquarters
• Association Headquarters’ History
• Association Headquarters News
• Association Headquarters Information HQ
• Association Headquarters Case Studies

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