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    Quick Guide

    Professional Associations

    This Quick Guide explains Business and Commerce


    Accounting / Finance / Taxation
    the role of professional • Chartered Accountants Australia & New
    Zealand
    associations and provides • CPA Australia
    some examples. • Institute of Public Accountants
    • Financial Services Institute of Australasia
    (Finsia)
    • Financial Planning Association
    Professional associations are not-for-profit
    • Tax Institute
    organisations aimed at furthering the interests
    • Association of Taxation and Management
    and growth of a specific profession or industry.
    Accountants
    They have a range of functions including:
    • providing a central ‘voice’, communicating
    Human Resource Management
    with government and other sectors on behalf
    • Australian Human Resources Institute
    of members.
    • boosting the public profile of the profession.
    Economics
    • regulating and guiding the practice of
    • Economics Society of Australia
    professionals (some associations may have
    an eligibility criteria for membership).
    Marketing
    • advising educational institutions on curriculum
    • Australian Marketing Institute
    development for the profession.
    • Australian Market Research Society
    • providing resources, a jobs board,
    professional development / training,
    Business / Management
    scholarships, professional networking events
    • Rockingham / Kwinana Chamber of
    and mentoring for members.
    Commerce and Murdoch University – Young
    Professionals
    Membership often requires a fee; but
    student membership fees are usually
    considerably cheaper or free. Membership with a
    Professional Association relevant to your degree is a Governance and Administration
    great way to develop your professional network • Institute of Public Administration in Australia
    BEFORE you need it! It also impresses
    • Public Health Association of Australia
    employers, so don’t forget to also add it to your
    resume under “Professional Affiliations and
    Memberships”.
    Creative Arts and Communication

    The following is a list of Professional • The Communications Council


    Associations and other Industry groups by • Public Relations Institute of Australia (PRIA)
    discipline (there will be others not featured on • Society for Technical Communications
    this list).
    • Digital + Technology Collective Nursing
    • Screen Australia • Australian Nursing and Midwifery
    • Interactive Advertising Bureau Association
    • Radio Info
    • Magazine Publishers in Australia Psychology
    • Australian Psychology Society (APS)
    Engineering, IT and Mathematics • Australian Association for Cognitive and
    Behaviour Therapy (AACBT)
    Engineering
    • Australian Psychotherapy and Counselling
    • Engineers Australia
    Federation of Australia (PACFA)
    • IET (The Institute of Engineering and
    Technology)
    Law and Criminology
    • Institution of Chemical Engineers
    Law
    • The Environment Institute of Australia and
    New Zealand • National Environmental Law Association
    • Institute of Electrical Engineering, Computer • Australian Lawyers Alliance
    Science and Electronics (IEEE)
    • Australian Institute of Energy Criminology
    • Subsea Energy Australia • Australian and New Zealand Society of
    Criminology
    Information Technology (IT)
    • Australian Computer Society (ACS) Social and Cultural Studies
    • Australian Information Security Association • The Australian Sociological Association
    • IET (The Institute of Engineering and • Australian Institute of International Affairs
    Technology) • Australian Historical Association

    Mathematics Teaching
    • The Statistical Society of Australia • Professional Teacher’s Council of WA
    • Australian Mathematical Society
    Sciences
    Health • Royal Australian Chemical Institute
    Chiropractic • Australian Institute of Physics
    • Chiropractors’ Association of Australia (CAA) • Australian and New Zealand Forensic
    • Chiropractic Australia Science Society
    • Environment Institute of Australia and New
    Zealand
    • Australian Veterinary Association
    Counselling • Australian Marine Sciences Association
    • Australian Counselling Association (ACA) • Ecological Society of Australia
    • Australian Psychotherapy and Counselling • Australian Society for Biochemistry and
    Federation of Australia (PACFA) Molecular Biology
    MCO0003566

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