HR Matters
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Prepare your volunteer slate of officers to hold elections in accordance with your bylaws. Review your volunteer succession plan; determine where you will need volunteers to fill roles on your board and committees. Start soliciting for new volunteers!
President-elect and/or president should plan to attend and register for the November SHRM Leadership Conference (book hotel and travel). E-mail invitations will be sent sometime during late August.
If there have been any changes in your volunteers, report them to your Regional Administrator. Keep SHRM informed of any changes to volunteer e-mail addresses, contact information, and role changes.
Don Swift- Winner
The meeting will take place at the Omni Fort Worth from 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. with our annual dinner at Joe T. Garcia's following the event. We look forward to seeing you there.
Registration is now open for the 2012 Leadership Conference! This year, our conference moves to the Gaylord National Harbor Hotel & Convention Center, just across the river from Washington D.C. and Alexandria, VA, where SHRM headquarters are located.
We are pleased to announce Cy Wakeman as our keynote speaker on Saturday! Cy is a dynamic keynote speaker advocating a revolutionary new approach to leadership. In addition, we have a great lineup of activities including the SHRM Open House, Capitol Hill visit, Conference Orientation, Membership Summit and more!
The hotel room rate is $229/night for single/double taxes. Eligible attendees may make their reservations directly with the Gaylord National Hotel by calling (301) 965-2000. Hotel accommodations will not be made through or by SHRM. Be sure to mention the SHRM Leadership Conference when making your reservation. A credit card will be required to hold the reservation, even if the attendee qualifies for complimentary accommodations. The Gaylord National accepts American Express, Carte Blanche, Diner's Club, Discover, MasterCard and Visa.
For more information about the conference, eligibility of who can attend, registration and a schedule at a glance, go to http://www.shrm.org/conferences/leadership.
Reminders: Attendees must be current SHRM members. Registration is a two-step process. Attendees are responsible for making their own hotel reservation in addition to registering for the conference.
Each month the SHRM-TSC will randomly place the name of one of our chapter members in the newsletter. When you find your name (which will have the word "Winner" typed beside it) simply email Dena Culpepper at the Council office (denaculpepper@att.net) and she will send your your prize. Thanks for reading!
SHRM e-learning benefits HR Professionals at all career levels. We provide the tools and education to elevate HR professionals and transform them into strategic business partners.
SHRM e-learning also provides online compliance training for your employees and managers. SHRM's compliance training courses help employers establish defenses to potential workplace litigation and emphasize both risk management and education.
As a user, you will benefit from a wealth of knowledge, an abundance of recertification credits and all the support you need. So log in, purchase some credits and redeem them for one of the most thorough and informed educational experiences you and your employees and managers ever encountered.
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The Greater Austin Asian Chamber of Commerce announces the 3rd Annual CONNECT Business & Career Forum, to be held November 8, 2012, in Austin, Texas. Complete details will be released soon at: www.austinasianchamber.org
The Connect Career Forum unites Asian American and minority job seekers with recruiters at government agencies and companies. Asian Americans are about 7 percent of Austin's population- and the Connect Forum attracts diverse participants from around Texas! At the same time, the Connect Business Forum brings together small, minority and women-owned businesses with large corporations and government entities seeking to increase supplier diversity. The unique format helps candidates be their best - so you can quickly learn about their background and experience, while sharing your own organization values and hiring needs.
The event is launched with a 15-minute motivational speech that challenges listeners to articulate the things most valuable to recruiters. Practical workshops targeted to new and experienced hires put them at ease by answering their most urgent questions. Intimate 20-minute roundtable discussions follow. You'll meet 6 to 7 candidates per round. You'll conclude the day with a relaxing VIP Reception that brings together community leaders, government, Chief Diversity Officers and hiring and supplier diversity leaders.
"[In] our organization, capacity building, trust building, are most important. I continued months later to get a handful of referrals from attendees... The seeds are sown at the Connect Forum. One mother contacted me months later... she made it a point that her son tracked with the timeline we had to take applications for interns." -Juanita Baldwin, PHR, Recruitment, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
"My presidential term challenge is to think about the legacy you leave behind. The Connect Forum blended format is really beneficial to build community and trust." Lori Rohre, SPHR, President, Austin Human Resource Management Association (AHRMA)
"The Greater Austin Asian Chamber is committed to building a strong workforce. With the Connect Forum, our partners and corporate sponsors build a robust pipeline. Working together, we increase Austin's competitiveness in the wider marketplace." - David Pena, President, Greater Austin Asian Chamber of Commerce.
BAHRMA is proud to support our military through to SOS signing support for our veterans and the men and woman who are actively fighting for our country.
Come join us for a day of fast-paced, interactive workshops that will give you practical human resource tools to manage your teams more effectively. You will receive relevant forms and materials that you will put to use immediately. Our instructors are experienced trainers and employment attorneys who rely upon a unique blend of humor and knowledge to create a learning environment that is both enjoyable and memorable.
CCHRMA and the Del Mar College Small Business Development Center are proud to present a full day of legal updates on recent developments in Employment Law. The seminar includes insights from top Attorneys and will focus on practical advice that you can apply in your HR practice. Plan to attend this important and informative annual event. To register please visit us at http://www.cchrma.org/.
The event will be held on Thursday, September 20, 2012 from 8:00am - 5:00pm. at the Del Mar College - Center for Economic Development. The address is 3209 S. Staples, Corpus Christi, TX 78411.
Attendees will earn up to 7 hours of recertification credits from HRCI toward the PHR, SPHR, and GPHR designations!
The Permian Basin SHRM chapter is hosting its Fall Seminar, "Driving Your Organizational Culture," on Tuesday, September 11, 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM at Midland College. Click here for more information and to register for the event.
The Wichita Falls HR Management Association is hosting its Fall Conference, "Unmasking Your Organization's Potential," on Tuesday, September 11, from 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM at the Wellington Center.
Click here to learn more information and to register for the event.
SHRM honored several chapters and individuals for excellence at the annual SHRM Student Conference in Atlanta.
Dr. Donna Ledgerwood, University of North Texas, was named the 2011-12 Student Chapter Advisor of the Year. 10 universities received the Outstanding Chapter of the Year award. 88 SHRM student chapters received Superior Merit awards for their chapter activities, 32 received a Merit award and 8 received an Honorable Mention. In addition, the 1st place winners of the 2012 Regional Case Solving Competitions were recognized during the general session at the SHRM Annual Conference on June 26.
For more information and a complete listing of award winners, click here: Student Programs Awards.
Many times basic things seem to slip by us in our busy and hectic days in the HR world. Being heavily involved in working with our Student Chapters of SHRM we have come to realize that paying for a higher education is a "big" deal to the working and non-working students. At the University level many of our students are working adults seeking to improve their status at the job while preparing themselves for that next position or even that next promotion. As our society moves into the new "knowledge" industry it will be imperative for our employees, as well as, those new applicants to be as educated as possible to meet the challenges ahead, and furthering their education is a major step in that direction.
Unfortunately, not only does it take the precious commodity of time from these working adults but it takes money. So whenever we, as professionals in HR, can do to help these folks attain their goals of expanding their educational knowledge we should take that opportunity. We need to provide these folks with as much information and programs as we can to assist them. One way is through Grants and Scholarships made available by various institutions, like SHRM. Therefore, we wanted to take this opportunity to remind you of some Scholarship opportunities available through SHRM that could assist one of your own chapter members.
The SHRM Foundation’s Student Scholarship program is pleased to announce that applications are now available online August 1 – November 1. More than $50,000 will be awarded this year to active SHRM student members studying and excelling in a Human Resources or related program. The following 40 scholarships will be awarded: · 10 Undergraduate Education Awards of $2,500 each · 1 Lisa Burke Award (undergraduates) of $2,500 · 4 Graduate Education Awards of $5,000 each · 25 Awards for the Assurance of Learning Assessment of $200 each Eligible students may apply online or view additional information here:
SHRM Foundation Student Scholarship
To find out how your chapter can take full advantage of the SHRM Learning System Program, read the LeadersEdge article on the VLRC SHRM Learning System Program - LeadersEdge article or visit the HR Certification Institute CLA page of the VLRC VLRC - Certification SHRM Learning System.
To find out how your chapter can take full advantage of the SHRM Learning System Program, please refer to the SHRM Learning System – Chapter and State Council Offer: SHRM Learning System -Chapter and State Council Offer.
Donations from chapter and state council leaders are a strong demonstration of our leaders' commitment to the SHRM Foundation's charitable mission. As outlined in the SHRM Affiliate Program for Excellence (SHAPE) planning workbooks, your chapter or state council must conduct a Leadership Campaign in order to qualify for a Gold Award or Platinum Award.
To qualify for a Gold Award, you must encourage your board members to make a minimum individual donation of $25 each with a goal of 100% participation. To qualify for a Platinum Award, you must achieve 100% participation of board members making a minimum donation of $25 each. The SHRM Foundation prefers that individual donations of less than $25 per person be combined into one SHRM chapter or state council donation. When the chapter or state council makes a donation for board members, keep records of donations made, along with the individual’s names.
In an effort to keep our members informed, we wanted to make you aware of an alternate slate of write-in candidates being proposed by the SHRM Members for Transparency, a group of SHRM leaders who oppose some of the changes instituted by the current SHRM Board of Directors. The "Position Paper" for this group, as well as the identity of the alternate slate of candidates, can be found on their website: www.shrmmembersfortransparency.com
The SHRM-Texas State Council is not endorsing either slate of candidates, but we are encouraging our membership to read the information presented by both groups and make an informed decision when voting. Your vote is very important to the organization. Thanks
