What's New at the ChamberWelcome to the Hunterdon County Chamber of Commerce What's New at the Chamber. Chamber Employment OpportunitiesPresident, Hunterdon County Chamber of Commerce Hunterdon County (NJ) Chamber of Commerce is accepting resumes of qualified individuals with demonstrated leadership experience for the FT position of President. Duties include ultimate and overall leadership, operation and accountability for the Hunterdon County Chamber of Commerce including its profitability, internal systems, operations, business development, recruitment of board and volunteers, planning and organizing, ethical conduct, personnel issues and civic, government and business interface. Must have Bachelors Degree, Masters preferred or equivalent experience. Must have systems thinking, be a visionary, comfortable with public persona, known/demonstrated leadership style and very strong written and verbal communication skills with high degree of relevance. Full and PT staff. Oversees Shared Services and tourism functions. Salary: $80s. Benefits. EOE. Click here to view the entire HCCC President job description. In addition to a cover letter, resume, salary requirements and two references, applicants must submit responses to the following two questions: 1) Give an example of a situation that demonstrates your ability to turn around a project, situation or event that was heading for a less that desirable conclusion. Emphasize how your ingenuity, diplomacy, communication skills, ability to think quickly on your feet and other skills managed the situation and resulted in a positive conclusion. 2) What, in your opinion, is the primary role of the Chamber of Commerce? Please submit to: or to Business and Professional DevelopmentBusiness and Professional Development geared to keep business owners and their employees on track with the latest innovations of thought and practice…to fill in where corporate education left off as many of our members chose different career paths.
Programs on the schedule include:
Human Resources Forum – February Staff Appreciation Day – April Job Readiness (a workforce readiness program) - second and fourth quarters TBA Educational Seminar – third quarter Year-end Economic Vitality Forum – December Ethics in the Workplace - December MarketingMarketing Programs include two distinct offerings to members: Marketing programs offering publicity include:
NJ HorseXpo - May
taste of clinton – September
Home & Business Expo – October
Awards Breakfast – November
Christmas at the Farm – December PriceBackTM Universal Discount Card
Affinity Programs
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Ongoing Membership programs Chamber Publishing: Monthly newsletter, Bi-annual map (2007), Bi-annual life-style magazine Hunterdon Living (2008), Event-specific brochures Chamber-generated coaching/consulting Industry clustered business development,advertising and marketing campaigns Critical Eye sessions focusing on your specific business Open Houses/tele-conferences: “How to Benefit from Chamber Membership” Membership Activity Plans TourismWith a new grant to more formally establish Hunterdon County as a Destination Marketing Organization, the Chamber Board and staff are dedicated to having Hunterdon County’s natural resources, its outstanding recreational opportunities and events and retail/boutique excellence pay off in tourism dollars. “New Jersey’s West Coast” has much to boast for the state and will garner the Chamber’s attention with sustained fervor in 2008. Networking EventsNetworking events and programs, often social in nature, that bring members and non-members together to make vital connections.
They include: The new AirChamber Team - welcomes and orients new members Card Clubs Annual Meeting and Dinner Dance – first quarter
Monthly Golf-Plain & Simple - third quarter Triple Play - summer Summer Time Out – third quarter AdvocacyThe expertise of our legal and political volunteers who educate themselves, make the right contacts, meet frequently to assimilate legislation and political trends and then recommend actions to the chamber board and staff that they believe most represent you and your needs for an active business climate, one that maintains our quality of life and sustainable tax structure for the future.
Activities include:
Monthly Legislative breakfasts An Ag Summit - planned for second quarter The State of the County Breakfast - April The Mayors’ Dinner - May The Clerks’ Luncheon – late third quarter Shared ServicesShared Services focuses on establishing working relationships between municipalities, the county, schools and other public entities to seek ways of consolidating, reducing redundancy and sharing equipment, personnel and services toward saving tax-payer dollars.
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