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ABMP Student Membership
Student membership combines the protection of liability insurance, outstanding academic resources, business development tools, and the many benefits of belonging to an organization with 61,000+ members. To order your supply of ABMP Membership Brochures, contact ABMP's education department at 800-458-2267, or click here to locate the ABMP school liaison for your state. Scholarships/Funding Information Copyright © Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals. Below is a small sampling of the resources available for scholarship and financial aid information. Also, check directly with your school regarding financial aid. Scholarship Databases Harry Truman Scholarship Foundation Howard Hughes Medical Institute National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women National Endowment for the Humanities SimpleTuition StudentCredit.com TERI United States Department of Education www.iie.org/fulbright/ Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation www.woodrow.org Zonta International Foundation www.zonta.org Job Placement: Help Your Graduates Succeed A successful graduate is a school's best advertising tool. If one student has a positive training experience and goes on to a thriving career, you can be sure others will hear how it all started with your school. Consequently, you have a vested interested in helping your graduates find jobs after they graduate. Here are some ideas for sending your fledglings out into the world. Research the local market. Tracking hiring trends in your area is not only helpful for your students but a crucial part of the school's success as well. Approach organizations that may hire interns and/or graduates, such as spas and salons, chiropractors, hotels, natural health practitioners, nursing homes, and hospitals. Ask them to fill out a short questionnaire and inquire into the possibility of a partnership. Keep questions short and in a multiple-choice format to encourage response. You may even consider offering a gift certificate at your student clinic if they respond by a certain date. This information not only gives you insight into who is hiring, it may also introduce people to the idea of a creating an onsite position for a massage therapist. Some sample questions might include: Do you currently employ massage therapists? Yes If yes, how many: If yes, are therapists working with clients on a (circle one): Table or Chair No If no, would you be interested in possibly developing a massage therapist position in your company (circle one)? Yes or No Would your organization be interested in developing an ongoing partnership with our school's internship program? Yes or No Would your organization be interested in taking part in our job board where we match positions with interns or recent graduates? Yes or No A similar approach can be made to known large spa resorts in your region of the country or in the nearest large city. Create a job board at the school where new positions can be posted. This way, when either local or regional businesses do call you with job openings, you have a central posting place and students know where to look for new opportunities. Host a career fair. Invite businesses to your campus or to an off-site facility in the case of space constraints. To make this successful, it's important to make it attractive for the potential employers as well as the students. In your invitation to businesses, stress that your job fair is an opportunity to tap into new talent looking to get started in their careers. Invite guest speakers into classrooms. Community business people - including natural health practitioners, economic advisors and hospital administrators - can speak on trends in their area of expertise, giving students some insight into the business world and building relationships between your students and their community (read "potential employers"). You can also set up panel discussions to bring in several different people to discuss relevant topics. These "special events" can be held in the evenings or on the weekend when all students can attend. Offer potential employers a free clinic visit. Once they get a taste of what your students have to offer, they may find reason to hire a massage therapist. Provide a day of free chair massage to a company's employees. The feedback that owners/managers get may be incentive enough to set up a program offering once-a-week chair massage to their employees. Invite potential employers to activities to witness students in action. This education may provide just the insight they need to understand how one of your graduates could benefit their company. Make sure students are prepared to present and market themselves for employment. Marketing (resume, business cards, brochures) and accounting skills need to be in place. It's the school's responsibility to provide the tools-both the anatomical knowledge and the business savvy-for success. You will be rewarded with referrals and a strong reputation. Community Outreach Copyright © Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals. A massage therapist's best marketing tool is word-of-mouth. And one way to get the word out is through community activities. As a school, you may want to make this part of your curriculum. For example, you could require students to contribute to five community events as part of their business class work. Include this information on their transcripts so that students can use it to promote themselves later. Or some schools donate proceeds from their student clinic to charity, such as the Hunger Project. The following list offers ideas on events, activities and segments of the community that students could be a part of. They can offer to give a short presentation on the benefits of massage, provide free chair massage for the ill or discount massage for an after-prom party. Association events Care for the caregivers Career Day at local schools Church functions College and university classes Community living Community organizations Corporate gift certificates for Employee Appreciation Day, Boss' Day, etc. County fairs Educators Fundraisers Health fairs High school proms HIV-positive support programs Hospitals Kids' events Lectures/demos Marathons Nursing homes (staff and patients) Parks Prenatal programs Professional identification (t-shirts, hats, pins to get your logo out there) Races Radio station staff Raffles Retirees Scholarship program Shopping malls Silent auctions Social workers Sporting, fitness & health events Student-generated ideas Teaching wellness TV/articles Underwriters Walks YWCA/YMCA ABMP Bodywork Professional Code of Ethics Copyright © Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals. As a member of Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals, I hereby pledge to abide by the ABMP Code of Ethics as outlined below: Client Relationships
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