Employers—You'll find information on how our service works, our fee structure, and the experience level of our candidates. Our Job Opening Form allows you to advise us about full-time positions or short-term assignments you're looking to fill.

Job Seekers—You'll find information on how to join our registry and the types of job opportunities available. Our Background Profile Form and Terms and Conditions Form are located in

News & Notes—This area contains two sections: the first section provides you with information about career related articles. The second section contains links to meeting industry related magazines and professional association web sites. Several of these web sites have a job board where employers, for a fee, can post available positions.

The MeetingConnection fills full-time positions, short-term contract assignments, and on-site management. With short-terms assignments, you're able to maintain hands-on management of the meeting or event instead of outsourcing the project. Our candidate acts as a temporary in-house planner, becoming part of your team. Short-term assignments can be as little as 1-week or last for 6-months or more. We provide qualified planners to act as on-site managers for multi-city programs such as product launches, training and seminar series.

The MeetingConnection's main office is located in Novato, California, north of San Francisco. Our registry includes meeting professionals nationwide located in most metropolitan cities. The registry is comprised of meeting and event planners, trade show managers, and incentive travel specialists. We also have a growing number of candidates with experience as managers and directors of meeting and conference departments.

Sheryl Sookman, CMP, started the MeetingConnection in 1997, after co-managing a similar placement service for three years. Sheryl has been involved in the meeting industries for over fifteen years, including seven years as president of SOOKMAN and ASSOCIATES, a meeting management company based in Northern California. Her experience includes working on programs and events such as sales meetings, distributor and user conferences, annual meetings, trade show coordination, exhibit management, and incentive travel programs.

Sheryl has been an active member of Meeting Professionals International since 1991. She served on the Board of Directors of the Northern California chapter for two years, including one term as the Vice President of Education. She is currently the Editor of the chapter's award-winning newsletter.