Earlier this month CerkiTek was approved for membership in the AeA, a nationwide non-profit trade association that represents all segments of the technology industry (formerly the American Electronics Association). Two of the main reasons that we decided to pursue AeA membership were that we wanted a voice in the IT political agenda as well as member benefits such as group health insurance.
By joining the AeA, we are now able to provide group health insurance to our employees at a more attractive rate – a challenge for many of our fellow entrepreneurial companies. We realized that being able to provide a comprehensive benefit package to our dedicated staff would help us to attract top talent as we continue to grow.
We are seeing huge demand for our expertise in the area of SharePoint development right now and there is a real shortage of SharePoint developers. We realized that we need to convince good people that this is a place for them to build their career and the AeA gives us even more to offer to our employees.
Having just completed a large project in the healthcare industry, we have several more on the horizon and will need to hire developers to support fulfillment of the demand.
The AeA is the largest association of high-tech companies in the United States and provides an array of business solutions for employers and employees. With nearly 2,500 member companies, we joined an influential public policy force in the area of major interest and impact for information technology companies. The next few years will be crucial in shaping how competitive US IT companies will be against their foreign competitors. The political agenda around US Competitiveness and R&D tax reform are part of the AeA 2007 Public Policy initiatives and issues that we feel passionately about.
More about AeA
AeA (formerly the American Electronics Association), founded in 1943, is a nationwide non-profit trade association that represents all segments of the technology industry and is dedicated solely to helping their members’ top line and bottom line. They do this in partnership with our small, medium, and large member companies by lobbying governments at the state, federal, and international levels; providing access to capital and business opportunities; and offering select business services and networking programs. Their website is http://www.aeanet.org/southeast.
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