Everything to Enhance Your Career and Find a Job

APA gives you all you need to find a planning job. Complete, up to date, and the first choice of employers — you can't go wrong with APA's job services.

Begin with APA's extensive, free online database of jobs. Find positions by region or job title. Look for entry-level jobs or internships. Get tips on job hunting.

Then, add your resume to the Jobs Online Resume Bank so employers can find you and you can respond quickly and easily to job ads.

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Career Information
Are you a student interested in learning more about the field of planning? This is your complete urban and regional planning career information site. Find out what planners do, explore accredited planning schools and other university programs, and learn more about scholarships, internships, and the history of American planning.

2006 Planning Salary Survey
Based on more than 10,000 responses, the APA/AICP 2006 Planners Salary Survey is the most comprehensive look at compensation and benefits in the profession. Review a profile of planners' qualifications, experience, and work; see how compensation is affected by a variety of variables; and use the online Salary Calculator to estimate what others are earning. Members may access the entire survey; everyone may read the summary.
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ResourcesZine
Planners and Educators have their own site Organized in a searchable database, it contains articles, lesson plans, links to other sites, and recommended children's books on planning.

Youth Education
Kids, parents, and teachers — visit Kids and Community for a fun way to learn about planning.

Practicing Planner Education
AICP and APA offer a wealth of educational programs that make it easy to keep up with your professional education. Choose from books, CD-ROM training packages, audio recordings, and live conferences and workshops.
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University and other continuing education programs

AICP Certification
An important step in advancing your planning career is membership in the American Institute of Certified Planners. AICP members are certified through an exam process. Certified planners are skilled at finding solutions to problems in ways that will carry a community toward its long-term goals.
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Professional Practice Center
Are you looking for more information about the profession of planning but you're not sure where to start? The AICP Professional Practice Center is an online reference tool that demonstrates the professionalism of planning and how AICP functions add incomparable value to professional planning.

Education for Commissioners and Officials
This is your center for complete information on training materials for planning officials. Explore APA's newsletter, The Commissioner, check up on the latest audio conferences, or find out about programs at the National Planning Conference and training packages for planning commissioners.