ARLINGTON, Va. / November 30, 2009 – The National Apartment Association Education Institute (NAAEI) has declared February as the first-ever National Apartment Careers Month.
National Apartment Careers Month was instituted to create awareness of and to promote the attractive and recession-resistant careers in the apartment industry,” Maureen Lambe, CAE, NAAEI Executive Vice President said. “With the current state of the economy, there are not only more people choosing to live in apartments, there are also more people seeking a career in our industry; we want to take this opportunity to show that a career in the apartment industry can be a viable career choice with many rewards and benefits.”
National Apartment Careers Month is also meant to encourage hiring personnel, whether they are onsite managers or corporate human resources managers, to evaluate the new and raw talent entering the industry more effectively, exploring applicants’ core competencies and not just previous apartment industry experience before making their hiring decisions.
NAAEI is also promoting National Apartment Careers Month as the perfect time for apartment management companies to partner with local high schools and community colleges to promote awareness of apartment careers through career fairs, job shadowing and speaking engagements. These companies are also encouraged to partner with local career organizations such as Jobs for America’s Graduates (JAG), DECA, Job Corps, SkillsUSA as well as their local community college and technical schools, in activities such as internships, job shadowing or exhibiting at college career fairs.
In preparation for this event, NAAEI has developed several career guide tools for hiring managers, apartment management companies and NAA affiliates and associations. To download the career guides and the Participant Toolkit, click here.
To learn more about National Apartment Careers Month and to sign up to participate, click here or contact Julie Barden, Manager of Communications and Affiliate Relations at juliebarden@naahq.org or 703/518-6141, ext. 691.
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The National Apartment Association Education Institute (NAAEI) is the education arm of the National Apartment Association. The mission of the NAAEI is to provide broad-based education, training and recruitment programs that attract, nurture and retain high-quality professionals and develop tomorrow’s apartment industry leaders.