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Resources for HR Professionals

Managing the employee experience is critical in today's quickly changing work environment. From effective internal communications to building engaging content and programs, equitably connecting with all your employees is more important than ever.

This page contains resources specifically designed to help you understand the community resources your organization needs, craft impactful job descriptions designed to attract the most qualified community talent, and plan for the career path of community professionals at your organization.

Employee Community Intranet Best Practices
Intranet Manager Skills
Online Community Management Jobs
Recommended reading for HR professionals

Research and Best Practices

community careers and compensation report

The comprehensive, 70-page Community Careers and Compensation report includes:

  • Comprehensive, research-backed reviews of the key findings
  • Profiles of four common community roles: Community Specialist, Community Manager, Community Strategist, and Director of Community - including responsibilities, skills, and salary data

Learn more or download the report.

 

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Community Manager Job Descriptions

Our Community Job Description Index highlights 30 roles in community management today.

This resource is a small example of the available roles, titles, and requirements available in the expanding field of community.

View roles and responsibilities, and learn how to craft the right job descriptions to attract top community management talent.

Learn more or download the index.

Community Skills Framework™

Community manager skills - A core component of proven community models and frameworks.

The Community Skills Framework™ includes five skill families with ten skills in each family, prioritized based on what we learned from our extensive community management research.

Use the Framework to identify critical skills needed for your online community team.

View the Community Skills Framework™

Community Management Job Board

Community Management Jobs

Our community management job board highlights jobs at global companies focused on the many facets of online community management.

You can browse the job board for inspiration, or post your own open community roles. 

Recommended Reading

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5 Critical Hiring Characteristics for Community Management Roles

CCC Job Descriptions

Writing Effective Community Management Job Descriptions

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Community Career Pathways

The Community Roundtable News

Online Community Professionals Emerge as Transformational Leaders

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How do you direct your own career path when one is not defined?

How to avoid job burnout in community

Burn-Out Risk is High for Online Community Managers

community skills strategy

Community Management Skills That Matter: Strategy

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Building A Skill-Based Community Manager Job Ad

Director of Community

Community Career Profiles: The Director of Community Role

Community management career trends

Community management salaries are on the rise

Community best practices

Resources for the people who build online communities.

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