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APA’s career resources can help you perform at your best as well as help you find and get the position you want, no matter your career stage. Find your perfect position and keep track of the positions you’re pursuing using our job board.
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When you select candidates from APA’s membership, you know you are getting knowledgeable staff committed to continually enhancing their expertise. Find your perfect employee and track your job postings.
Choosing the Planning Profession
Discover what it means to be a planner and what it takes to become a professional planner.
What are fields of specialization within the larger planning profession?
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What skills do great planners possess?
Which schools offer a degree in planning?
It Pays to Be a Planner: APA/AICP 2014 Planners Salary Survey
Nonmembers may read the entire summary; members have full access to the comprehensive survey results.
Mentoring
The Mentor Match program offers emerging and seasoned professionals a tangible opportunity to make connections and share advice about career and professional development during APA's National Planning Conference. Sign up to be a mentor or mentee, and get matched based on areas of interest and geography. For APA members only.
Planning Career GPS
Resources from APA to help you advance your career and employability. Essential advice from industry professionals. Listen, network, grow.
Planner Profiles
APA members generously share stories about their planning careers and experiences. The profiles include an overview of the skills planners use, the path they've taken, and the basic work activities they engage in. A great place for students, new planners, and those changing careers to research the planning profession.
Consultants
Post or search for RFPs and RFQs, manage your online information, and access the world’s largest organization of planning professionals. Most APA members are qualified to make purchasing decisions.