15th March 2006, 02:14 PM
From IF Lostmetrowel
My apologies if I misunderstood your previous post. However, I still don't really follow your point in the quote above. As previously stated, the only additional cost is a one-off ?10 fee; your subscription will not go up as a result of becoming and AIFA rather than a PIFA.
To give an example of how IFA membership can benefit individual in an organisation that is a fully committed RAO:
Within my organisation, IFA membership is preferred when recruiting archaeologists. That does not mean we would employ a member ahead of a more competent/qualified person, but it does mean that if two candidates were otherwise hard to separate we would be more likely to take the IFA member (or the one with the highest grade of membership). So - a direct benefit to the individual in career opportunities.
We also have an annual performance appraisal process for all employees. As part of that, each individual has certain CPD-related, time-limited targets set at the beginning of the year. There are a wide range of targets, but for archaeologists they often include ones relating to the IFA. Anyone who is a non-IFA member has a target to achieve membership; existing members are often given targets to upgrade. Achievement of the targets is taken into account in the annual pay review - so, upgrading could increase your salary. On top of that, achievement of MIFA means a one-off bonus of ?500. And the company pays all IFA subscriptions, and pays for at least one (often more) staff to attend the conference each year.
Take note that all these benefits for IFA membership are offered by a company in which archaeologists represent less than 1% of the staff.
1man1desk
to let, fully furnished
Quote:quote:So this leads me to again ask the question of increasing my membership to AIFA and the related increase in cost does this equal a benefit or not?
My apologies if I misunderstood your previous post. However, I still don't really follow your point in the quote above. As previously stated, the only additional cost is a one-off ?10 fee; your subscription will not go up as a result of becoming and AIFA rather than a PIFA.
To give an example of how IFA membership can benefit individual in an organisation that is a fully committed RAO:
Within my organisation, IFA membership is preferred when recruiting archaeologists. That does not mean we would employ a member ahead of a more competent/qualified person, but it does mean that if two candidates were otherwise hard to separate we would be more likely to take the IFA member (or the one with the highest grade of membership). So - a direct benefit to the individual in career opportunities.
We also have an annual performance appraisal process for all employees. As part of that, each individual has certain CPD-related, time-limited targets set at the beginning of the year. There are a wide range of targets, but for archaeologists they often include ones relating to the IFA. Anyone who is a non-IFA member has a target to achieve membership; existing members are often given targets to upgrade. Achievement of the targets is taken into account in the annual pay review - so, upgrading could increase your salary. On top of that, achievement of MIFA means a one-off bonus of ?500. And the company pays all IFA subscriptions, and pays for at least one (often more) staff to attend the conference each year.
Take note that all these benefits for IFA membership are offered by a company in which archaeologists represent less than 1% of the staff.
1man1desk
to let, fully furnished