Once a quarter the AMA Phoenix hosts an In-Transition Session for marketing professionals looking to make a job transition or currently in a transition. This month’s theme will be “How to Market Yourself in the Phoenix Marketing Market.”

Special guest, Karen Kallet, Founder of Peer Mentor, current AMA Chapter President, and VP of Marketing for Dr. Weil. Karen has over 20-years of professional marketing experience in the Phoenix job market. Moreover, she has helped over a thousand job seekers successfully navigate their transitions.

Be sure to bring your resume and business card …it’s a great opportunity to network.
This event is free for AMA members and $10.00 for non-members.
Also, consider attending the AMA luncheon to follow at 11am.
Visit: www.amaphoenix.org to register for the event.

AMA is holding a membership campaign that offers special discounts and perks for first time members – making this a perfect time to join.

The special offer for new members includes $50 in savings and runs through June 12th. It includes $30 off the regular price, and a $20 prepaid MasterCard AND participation in a new members-only webcast titled: Destination: Success. Taking control of Your Career in the New World of Work, featuring an expert panel versed in career trends.

This is a particularly good time to join as a $20 price increase will take place on July 1st—If you have wanted to become a member, if you want to expand your network, increase business and make connections with the largest marketing association in the southwestern US —this is really the best time to do so.

The new membership campaign ends June 12th.  Please visit http://AMAPhoenix.org to join or for detailed information about this special offer or member benefits. You can also email membership@amaphoenix.org to request information.

Announcing a New Meetup for American Marketing Association Job Transition Meetup Group!

What: April AMA Job Transition MeetUp
When: April 15, 2009 10:00 AM
Where: Paradise Bakery at Tempe Marketplace Click the link below to find out!

Join fellow marketing professionals considering or currently in a job transition stage. Share insights, opportunities and leads, as well as develop a support network with professionals who understand the challenges you face in your transition.

Be sure to bring 10 copies of resume (double-sided to save on paper & ink) to share with others.

Learn more here

At last, a professional source … The Phoenix Chapter of the American Marketing Association. With nearly 400 members. We are your leading source for “Marketing professionals.  In a recent survey of 1,300 employers, 79% said that:

“People who have made the commitment to expand their skills through membership in a professional association are more likely to be higher quality job candidates.”

Looking for a targeted job posting solution with the best ROI? AMA Phoenix is a member of the Marketing Career Network, a network of leading marketing associations whose members are marketing, advertising, public relations and sales professionals that have committed themselves to constantly learn and growing their skills.
Post your jobs on careers.amaphoenix.org for a single listing price and your advertisement will be listed on all 48 Marketing Career Network Partners sites, automatically!

Go where the targeted candidate density is the highest. We have over 44,000 active resumes that you can search. We average 3,000 detailed page views of targeted marketing and advertising professionals for your job listing.

Our prices are very competitive at $200 per job posting. (multiple job posting discounts and resume searching packages also are available).

Check out the web site at : www.amaphoenix.org for more information today.

Don’t miss this unique opportunity to advertise your job opening on 48 of the best professional marketing, advertising, public relations and sales job boards in the industry for the price of one and have your listing viewed by the large exclusive audience of the industry’s best and brightest!

On September 25, Aquent hosted a webcast with the American Marketing Association titled “Careers in Marketing: Flux, Flexibility, and the Future.” During the presentation, Matt Grant explained how to find your way through the changing landscape of marketing careers.
For your reference, we’ve posted the presentation online along with a few other links we thought you might be interested in, including a link to his blog where he will be answering the questions he wasn’t able to get to during the Q-and-A period of the presentation.
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About Aquent: For more than 20 years, Aquent has led the way in transforming how companies find and utilize marketing and creative talent to execute their brand strategies. Aquent’s pioneering approach to staffing and services has helped thousands of companies – including two-thirds of the Fortune 500 and 90 of the Fortune 100 – build their internal marketing and communication capabilities. Last year, we placed over 11,000 Aquent talent at more than 3,000 companies. Aquent, online at www.aquent.com, is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.