Search firms say associations generally wary of recruiting top-level staff from across the country because of moving expenses. Geography is not an insurmountable obstacle for anyone looking to take a management-level position at an association, but proximity to an organization certainly helps, according to executive recruiters. Most national groups are headquartered in or near just a few cities—most notably Washington, D.C., and Chicago—so the choice of where to call home is a luxury many people in the association business learn to sacrifice. But what about those jobseekers who live on the Pacific coast, or the plains of Oklahoma? How willing are associations to cover the… Read More