There's a lot to love about a career in the sign, Graphics and Visual Communications industry
The sign and graphics industry is a dynamic, growing industry that employs more than 200,000 American workers and has an economic impact of $37.5 billion.
Ask anyone in the sign and graphics industry and they’ll tell you why their jobs are better than in other fields:
- The work is exciting and fulfilling;
- Employees like the feeling of helping their community;
- Career development and growth exists;
- They enjoy seeing their handiwork on display throughout their towns.
- Industry careers offer great pay and technical skills are valued.
Tools for students & teachers
- ISA Digital Badge
- Industry-Specific Education
- Sign Manufacturing Day
- Job Descriptions
plus, we're hiring!
71% of companies in the sign, graphics and visual communications industry are actively seeking qualified workers.
Future employees can find a great career and prospective employers through experiences like Sign Manufacturing Day.
Find and post jobs and resumes on ISA’s job board for the sign, graphics and visual communications industry.
Key Insights into HR in the Sign & Graphics Industry
Supporting a culture of dignity and respect has a tangible and critical impact on the workplace. This webinar will share the business, culture, and legal reasons why we strive to create interpersonal safety in the workplace for all employees.
- Speaker: Kelly Radomski, Compass Business Solutions, Inc.
- Price: $0.00 for members; $15.00 for non-members
Psychological safety is the belief that you can take risks and put forward ideas, questions, or challenges without facing ridicule or retaliation. This presentation will serve to examine why psychological safety is an imperative for a modern and diverse workforce and will analyze the significant benefits for individuals, teams, and organizations. The workshop will cover the four levels of maturity of psychological safety in the workplace and teach five strategies to be adopted to ensure progress.
- Speaker: Michele Nealon, Psy.D. | The Chicago School
- Price: $0.00 for members; $15.00 for non-members
The presence of harassment or discrimination in the workplace can forever change the culture and success of an organization. Join us to define what constitutes these behaviors in the workplace and how to identify it when you see it. Learn how these unacceptable behaviors impact your organization and the importance of training and empowering all employees to respond quickly.
- Speakers: Kelly Radomski, Vice President-Client Solutions, Compass Business Solutions, Inc. | Moira Singer, Vice President-Clients Solutions, Compass Business Solutions, Inc.
- Price: $0.00 for members; $15.00 for non-members
In response to the #metoo movement and statistics around workplace lawsuits, organizations today are responsible for establishing a healthy, safe work environment free from harassment and discrimination. This can be difficult in an industry with such diversity of employees, work environments, and locations. Learn how to set a solid foundation of internal policies to ensure accountability. Sample language for policies will be reviewed and you will leave with a plan for how to establish and communicate a plan that sets your work environment up to be a no harassment zone.
- Speakers: Kelly Radomski, Compass Business Solutions; Jennifer Russell, Compass Business Solutions
- Price: $0.00 for members; $15.00 for non-members
Now that marijuana is being dispensed, are you asking how you should handle questioning employees or future employees about their use of medical marijuana and other prescription drugs? Are you wondering what policies and procedures you need to have in place or if changes need to be made to your company’s drug testing procedures? How to handle drugs in the workplace is a topic that causes great anxiety to employers. Learn what the law says to employers, identify how this may be at odds with your current policies and procedures, and learn how to develop new policies and procedures.
- Speakers: Moira Singer, Compass Business Solutions, Inc.; James Southworth, Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, P.C.
- Price: $0.00 for members; $15.00 for non-members
Finding qualified workers is one of the biggest challenges facing the sign, graphics and visual communications industry. Learn how Sign Manufacturing Day is helping to solve this issue by engaging students and teachers and showing them the exciting career opportunities that exist within the industry. Gain resources and tools you need to plan and host a Sign MFG Day event as well as hear from past Sign MFG Day participants who share their experience and provide tips for a successful event.
- Speakers: Bob Mattatall | Mattatall Signs; Kyle Craig | ISA; Matt Baker | Bakers’ Sign and Manufacturing
- Price: $0.00 for members and non-members
In order to foster an inclusive and respectful workplace where employees are supported to be their best, it must be free from harassment and discrimination. Discrimination and harassment pose significant risks to companies and employees, including those in management roles. This recorded webinar will help you gain a better understanding of what constitutes discrimination and harassment, the applicable laws and how to establish appropriate policies and processes.
- Speaker: Kelly Radomski, Compass Business Solutions, Inc.
- Price: $0.00 for members; $15.00 for non-members
Taught by a former corporate leader, this interactive webinar introduces corporate based mindfulness training through science, anecdotes, and exercises. Learn new tools to support yourself through rapid change, massive distractions and hyper-focused growth. Participants will gain an understanding of what mindfulness is and how it can drive results, how the brain works, actionable techniques for incorporating mindfulness to increase performance and wellbeing and a 10-minute practice that ‘anyone can do’.
- Speaker: Alexis Pokorny, Open Deltas
- Price: $25.00 for ISA members and non-members
In order to survive and thrive in the 21st century workplace, we all need to master the fundamentals of communication. Our ability to communicate effectively is directly linked to our success in meeting the needs of employers, colleagues, customers and clients. This webinar will focus on the core skills needed to communicate with clarity including active listening strategies; understanding the diverse communication styles; acknowledging non-verbal communications; and learning how to respond to internal expectations on types of communication.
- Speaker: Kelly Radomski, Compass Resources, Inc
- Price: $15.00 for members; $25.00 for non-members
At MetLife, we study the workforce so we can identify trends and better understand what’s driving them – from both employer and employee perspectives. This year MetLife’s 18th Annual US Employee Benefit Trends Study (2020) explores how employees are managing work-life stress in the wake of the pandemic and how a holistic approach to well-being, supported by the right programs and benefits, can promote a more engaged, productive and successful workforce. Through this webinar, Geoff Vandal, National Sales Director for MetLife’s Association Business, will share insights from the study and talk about the impacts and opportunities for the manufacturing industry.
- Speaker: Geoff Vandal, National Sales Director, MetLife
- Price: $0.00 for members; $15.00 for non-members
Medical Marijuana in the Workplace is a topic that causes great unease to employers. It is topic that challenges current best-practices for recruitment, state disability law compliance and implementation of fitness-for-work policies. This webinar will inform you about what the law says to employers, help you identify how this may be at odds with current policies and procedures, and assist in the development of new policies and procedures.
- Speakers: James W. Southworth, Esquire (Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, P.C.) and Moira A. Singer (Compass Business Solutions, Inc.)
- Price: $0.00 for members; $15.00 for non-members
Most leaders, irrespective of gender, have learned a model for communication and leadership success that looks and sounds masculine. As a result, men, women, and those who are non-binary often have a hard time accessing their authentic style for how to communicate and influence. In this presentation, participants will discover how to slay diminishing self-talk and cultivate the mindset, behaviors, and self-trust to walk into any room, conversation, or onto any stage and speak up for themselves, the ideas, and issues that matter to them (and to their organizations). They will also reconcile their desire to claim visibility with the insecurity visibility often triggers so they can move forward and have more influence.
- Speaker: Alexia Vernon, Step Into Your Moxie
- Price: $0.00 for members; $15.00 for non-members
On June 15, 2020, the Supreme Court ruled that the 1964 Civil Rights Act provides protection to LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer) employees. Title VII of the Act defines protected characteristics that may impact critical employment decisions and best practices in the workplace. Join us for this informative webinar to define all protected characteristics, understand how to keep discriminatory practices out of your organization, discuss ways to create an inclusive environment, and share research on how a diverse and inclusive workforce has a positive impact on your bottom line.
- Speaker: Kelly Radomski, Compass Business Solutions, Inc.
- Price: $10.00 for members; $15.00 for non-members
Finding and attracting the best talent is key to building a successful business. We’ll explore the top 6 tips to help you optimize your hiring process. Learn the basics of what you need to do before starting the hiring process and the most effective ways to attract top talent.
- Speakers: Tabitha Bowen, All-Right Sign; Alison Kent, ISA
- Price: $0.00 for members; $15.00 for non-members
Within an organization, it is essential that leaders and individuals take ownership of keeping the work environment free from harassing or discriminating behavior. Following the EEOC task force guidelines, learn how to create and emphasize a culture that encourages bystander intervention. This best practice-driven session includes real tips and strategies to empower all employees to stop and address harassing behaviors. It will also delve deeper into some of the hidden sources of harassment and discrimination such as implicit bias, discriminatory policies, and ineffective leadership behaviors.
- Speaker: Kelly Radomski, Compass Business Solutions
- Price: $0.00 for members; $15.00 for non-members
The ISA Wage and Benefits Report is a data-based report provided from survey results gathered by Association Research, Inc. (ARI), an independent research firm. This report offers key insights you can use to benchmark your company to other companies of similar scope, size and geographic area. This recorded webinar will give a broad overview of the 2021 report and give your company a better understanding of how you can make these insights work for you.
- Speakers: Michael Egart, Association Research, Inc.; Alicia Auerswald, ISA
- Price: $0.00 for members; $15.00 for non-members
