Seven out of 10 people in the U.S.A. belong to at least 1 organization, and 25% are members of 4 or more. So, local and national organizations, associations, and societies are great places to make connections to your next job - even your child's school parent-teacher organizations.

Liz Ryan, 25-year HR executive, is Job-Hunt's Networking Pro providing networking insight, tips, and advice, and "Tapping the Hidden Job Market" provides additional ideas on some of the ways you can leverage associations for your job search. Other excellent job search networking resources include Job-Hunt's Company and Military Alumni Networks.

The associations and societies listed below first appeared in sequential editions of Job-Hunt's twice-a-month emailed newsletter. They are listed below by industry/profession category.

Check the appropriate Specialized Job Site category for more career and employment links relevant to a particular industry, profession, or group:

	Computers & Technology		Education
	Engineering		Finance, Accounting, Banking
	Government (Fed, State, Local)		Green Industry
	Human Resources		Journalism
	Law & Law Enforcement		Marketing, Sales
	Medicine, Healthcare		Women's Associations

See Job-Hunt's Networking and Job Search Support section for links to local associations by state.

Need to find more national and international associations, societies and other collections of people? Try these Web sites:

• American Society of Association Executives - searchable directory of member associations for those in your area of interest and location.
• Canadian Society of Association Executives
• Corporate Alumni Associations - Job-Hunt's collection of over 250 company, military, and government alumni groups where former colleagues stay in contact
• GuideStar - the national database of non-profit organizations (U.S. only)
• Idealist.org - a searchable directory of non-profit organizations in over 100 countries (includes jobs, internships, and opportunities to volunteer, too).
• International directory of Chamber of Commerce Web sites is a great starting point if you are looking for employers in a specific goegrophic area (inside or outside of the U.S.)
• Associations on the Net (IPL) - from the Internet Public Library (by the University of Michigan), organized by category
• Google offers excellent search capability. To find a local organization, do a search on the word "association" plus the name of the location and/or the profession you want.
• Scholarly Societies Project - an international directory of scholarly societies
• Academic360 - start there to find your alumni association. If you've attended a college or university for at least 1 semester, you are probably entitled to consider yourself an alumnus and have access to the network represented by the school's alumni/ae association.

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