HR execs, recruiters say development and learning officers have been among the most in-demand candidates for association positions The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association hasn't hung a sign on its door reading "Help Wanted," but the group has had difficulty filling certain positions over the past year.
Read MoreForging relationships, insight into member needs, strong interview skills are essential There's no magic formula for landing your first CEO job. But there are strategies and tips to be learned from those who have made the jump from staffer to chief executive. CEO Update talked with six first-time CEOs about their career paths: building relationships, finding mentors, gaining member perspectives and killing it with the search committee.
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Read MoreFinancial Planning Association says move will improve technology services, response to member needs Schadle The $10 million-revenue Financial Planning Association wants to bring its 86 independent chapters and two state councils under the national FPA umbrella in a bid to simplify the organization and provide better services to members.
Read MoreConnell to succeed Blake at ASGE Blake In 2002, Patricia Blake became the chief executive and first employee at the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. Today, the organization based near Chicago has a staff of 50, about 15,000 members and annual revenue of $17 million.
Read MoreHighest CEO pay reported to IRS so far in latest tax year comes from an unlikely group, Society for Human Resource Management Salary increases for the highest-paid CEOs in associations jumped in the latest tax year. The median combined base-and-bonus increase for the 25 top earners was 6.6 percent, according to in the latest tax disclosures from 2017, which are still rolling in. That's up from 5 percent in the previous year and the highest median increase in six years.
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