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