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Six Reasons to Join ASQ or Renew Your
Membership
Develop and Manage Your Career - whether you are searching for a new job, become
unemployed through downsizing, or decide to retire, ASQ is with you for the life of your
career. Accessing our career services online allows you to search for jobs, apply online,
and post your resume - all free services to members. Well established programs such
as dues relief (unemployment) and dues reduction (retirement), are also available at no
additional charge but you must continue to maintain your membership to be eligible. Think
of it as insurance for the lifetime of your career!
Get specialized information - ASQ is your information source for quality
improvement tools and techniques. Make sure you continue to build on your fund of
knowledge and area of expertise by taking advantage of up-to-date information through Quality
Progress magazine, industry-specific information through our Divisions, and Quality
Information Center (QIC) resources. The ability to respond effectively to change by
staying well informed is an important and acquired skill for your future.
Develop high impact skills - to be a leader in today's workplace you must continue
to expand skills such as problem-solving, teaming, benchmarking, and strategic planning.
ASQ's courses, conferences, and seminars address those needs and provide you with
opportunities to learn from business experts. This is information you can take back to
your organization and use immediately!
Strengthen Your Community Interaction - in today's busy world its easy to feel
disconnected from the latest events. Involvement in Section and Division activities
provide you with opportunities to build your leadership skills while making a contribution
to keep the Society strong and vital in the communities we serve. No time to go to
meetings? Stay in touch at ASQNet, the internet community for members of the society. Its
easy to maintain that important link with colleagues worldwide by sharing experiences and
offering suggestions in forums.
Recognition through Advancement - as you accrue years in the Society, ASQ offers
several ways to upgrade your membership status. You can apply to be a Senior member and
can be nominated to Fellow. Achievement of these membership grades shows other members as
well as your professional colleagues that you are a committed and active participant in
the Society.
Sustain Quality Improvement Research - as a continuing member you help provide the
resources ASQ needs to engage in leading-edge quality improvement research. Through
support of multidisciplinary programs such as Innovation and Organizational Change (IOC),
ASQ is able to pursue important research that can be applied to any organization using
quality tools and techniques.
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