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Thank you for checking out our blog page. Our content is all about the most relevant and pressing issues concerning staffing and recruitment in the membership sector.  You'll also find numerous contributions from guest bloggers here.

If you're interested in adding to our blogs by contributing as a guest blogger, please drop Maura, our Marketing Director, an email, we'd love to hear from you.

 

Successful Chief Executive Officer (CEO) appointment for the Construction Equipment Association.

Successful Chief Executive Officer (CEO) appointment for the Construction Equipment Association.

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How is Hiring in the Membership Sector Impacted by High Inflation Rates?

How is Hiring in the Membership Sector Impacted by High Inflation Rates?

2022 wasn’t without its global challenges, including COVID repercussions and the war in Ukraine, which triggered accelerated energy prices and supply...

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The Path to Becoming a CEO

The Path to Becoming a CEO

By Ian Barratt One of my first mentors, when I became Chief Executive of a professional institute, remarked that “All the skills that get you to CEO are...

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Membership Renewal

Membership Renewal

By Charles Veal Your membership renewal rate is a key metric to understanding how your organisation is performing. As a rule of thumb, it costs about...

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How the Ultimate Professionals ask for a Pay Rise

How the Ultimate Professionals ask for a Pay Rise

Most people who have been in a permanent role in the membership sector or membership-focused organisations for any length of time will have developed...

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The Outlook for Recruiting in the Membership Sector in 2023

The Outlook for Recruiting in the Membership Sector in 2023

You cannot have failed to hear that we are officially now in a recession. It’s a strange one for recruiters because it’s a recession with a high level of...

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Member Wishes and Priorities - Are They the Same?

Member Wishes and Priorities - Are They the Same?

By Ian Barratt One of the regular themes to emerge as I have worked with membership organisations is how they can deliver the ‘shopping list’ of member...

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How to Make Sure Your Second Interview Performance Gets You The Job

How to Make Sure Your Second Interview Performance Gets You The Job

A second interview can be anything from a very brief chat with a more senior executive to assess cultural fit to a day-long programme of panels and...

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The Pace of Recruitment in Today's Market

The Pace of Recruitment in Today's Market

In this high-vacancy-low-candidate era, one of the most important aspects of a successful recruitment campaign is speed. If you’re meandering through...

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Why is the Recruitment Market so Tough at the Moment?

Why is the Recruitment Market so Tough at the Moment?

It feels like this has been a question on all our minds for a long time now. If you search the question on Google, you’ll see articles asking the same...

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Successful Trade Associations are built on excellent communications

Successful Trade Associations are built on excellent communications

By Emily Wallace, CEO of Trade Association Forum There is no doubt that successful trade associations are built on excellent communications, but keeping...

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Membership Bespoke Salary Guide 2022

Membership Bespoke Salary Guide 2022

Membership Salary Guide 2022 We started last year’s salary guide with the introduction, “If we thought 2020 was an interesting year, 2021 certainly comes...

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