HR Matters
Texas SHRM
We hope to see you in Fort Worth!
October 5–8, 2014
Fort Worth, Texas
The HRSouthwest Conference (the official SHRM conference for the State of Texas) is the largest regional HR conference in the United States. The conference offers world renowned keynote speakers along with 2½ days of educational sessions and networking opportunities.
If you have not already registered, simply click here.
Please ensure that your chapter board has taken care of these items:
• Be sure that you are maintaining your chapter affiliation requirement throughout the year.
• 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.
Small Chapters (up to 100) Webinar @ 4:00 p.m. ET
Sept. 23 and Dec. 9
To join the meeting: http://shrm.adobeconnect.com/r54de7isae8/
Call-in: (800) 745-6370; Passcode: 882492
Medium Chapters (101–300) @ 4:00 p.m. ET
July 24 and Sept. 24
Large Chapters (301–500) @ 4:00 p.m. ET
July 24 and Sept. 24
Mega Chapters (501–1,000) Webinar @ 4:00 p.m. ET
Aug. 19 and Nov. 11
To join the meeting: http://shrm.adobeconnect.com/r6ku0gvd2ug/
Call-in: (800) 745-6370; Passcode: 882492
Super-Mega Chapters (1,000 ) Webinar @ 4:00 p.m. ET
Aug. 19 and Nov. 11
To join the meeting: http://shrm.adobeconnect.com/r6ku0gvd2ug/
Call-in: (800) 745-6370; Passcode: 882492
accepting his award during last year's Conference.
Calling All Texas Chapters: It’s Time to Nominate Your Texas Volunteer Leader of the Year
- Nominee must be an active SHRM affiliated chapter Board member or SHRM Texas State Council Board member
- Nominee must consistently and significantly contribute to the chapter or TSC and volunteer his or her services time-after-time to the service of the chapter or TSC
- Nominee must have an outstanding record of participation in the Chapter or Council. Their active dedication and enthusiasm demonstrate unparalleled commitment to the advancement of the HR profession through their hours of volunteerism
We hope all the chapters are enjoying their summer and the wonderful Texas heat we all love! We would like to take a minute to highlight some exciting things that are happening in Arlington with the Mid-Cities Human Resource Association.
The April MCHRA meeting featured a Wine Pull, which raised $800 for the SHRM Foundation!
MCHRA recently teamed with University of Texas at Arlington to create and execute a survey of our membership. We had an impressive 81% of active members responding! We coupled the response rate with an incentive to win a iPad mini, which was awarded to Shelly Stone, PHR with Atmos Energy Corporation.
The results of the survey showed that there is an interest for more emphasis on Texas HR law. Beginning with the May meeting, MCHRA has added an additional legal hour for monthly luncheons. With the new legal hour, there is not an additional cost to registered attendees for the second presentation. The legal hour will also be submitted for HRCI credits.
In June, MCHRA teamed up with the Dallas-Fort Worth Healthcare Human Resources Association (DFWHHRA) and had three speakers and 3.5 recertification credits. MCHRA is looking to continue these for the remaining meetings for 2014.
In an attempt to reach more members and increase the interest in MCHRA, we have ramped up our social media efforts. In June, we added a Facebook group and Twitter account to widen communications with our members. We have seen a wonderful increase in participation and requests to join.
Additionally, we are in the midst of reconstructing the current website to provide more information about our chapter, membership, volunteer opportunities, and add a public job board that we hope will attract local employers to share their jobs with us! We just finished up a membership campaign to reach out to those with a lapsed membership and encourage renewal. We took a personal approach and made calls to each person and sent personalized emails.
Typically we take July off, however, this year we have decided to host a mix and mingle event for all! This will be a fun event, with prizes, food, drink, and most importantly an effort to showcase our leadership, membership benefits, and volunteer opportunities!!
As you can see there is a lot going on in Arlington! Stop by for a visit we'd love to have ya!
For more information on the Mid-Cities HR Association: www.mchra.org.In June, DallasHR hosted a 75th anniversary celebration, recognizing the milestone year with special appearances by past presidents and a look back at the organization and the HR profession through the decades.
In
addition, the DallsHR Workforce Readiness Committee continues its work with The
Senior Source to provide interviewing skills and resume support to their clients
looking for employment, helping an impressive 50 – 70 seniors each month. And
DallasHR is excited to be a part of this impactful initiative.
Just
how is this work changing lives? Claire Turner, director of the senior
employment program for The Senior Source, shares her feedback in a note to the
volunteer group:
"Good
morning, All:
I
want to express our highest praise for the fabulous work you did here at The
Senior Source yesterday. Wow – what an incredible turnout of 9 of
you, and we’re so appreciative and honored that you all would give so much
of your time to our older job seekers!
To
many of you, I may sound like a broken record, but as in the past, ALL of our
clients/attendees enthusiastically shared what a tremendous experience yesterday
morning was for them. We received several evaluations that stated your
interaction, guidance and feedback were invaluable! Many also said you
helped them without being judgmental. Lastly, yesterday, as always
when DallasHR is here, our clients left here with a new spring in their step,
smiles on their faces and renewed confidence from the tips they learned from
your individual sessions. Even the most quiet of these were smiling.
So there you have it, you all are THE BEST! We are eternally grateful for your generosity of time yesterday and in the future, as well. Our wonderful seniors appreciate and need you, and we on staff at The Senior Source do cartwheels when we have DallasHR on our agenda for the day."
Clients at the Senior Source during a break-out session led by DallasHR Workforce Readiness volunteers.
For the remainder of the summer, DallasHR will offer
the following educational opportunities and programs:
Geographic Education Offering (G.E.O.) Luncheon:
Workplace Bullies Are Too Expensive to Keep!
Tuesday,
July 22 | 11:30 AM – 1:15 PM
1.0
HR (General) HRCI
Recertification Credit Hour
Global HR PEG Meeting: The Top 10 International HR
Mistakes That Might Get You Fired
Wednesday,
July 23 | 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
1.0
HR (General) HRCI
Recertification Credit Hour
WEBINAR: Healthcare Reform and Compliance
Communications Best Practices
Friday,
July 25 | 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
1.0
HR (General) HRCI
Recertification Credit Hour
DallasHR August Monthly Luncheon:Connecting
the World, Reflecting Our Community: DFW Airport’s Journey Toward Diversity
& Inclusion
Tuesday,
August 12 | 11:30 AM – 1:15 PM
1.0
HR (General) HRCI
Recertification Credit Hour
Monday,
August 18 & Tuesday, August 19 | 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM
12
HR (General) HRCI Recertification Credit Hours
Understanding
HR Metrics: The Practical Approach for Improving Business Performance
Wednesday,
August 20 & Thursday, August 21 | 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM
12.0
Business or HR (General) HRCI Recertification Credit Hours
"Equality"
Under the Radar: EEO Developments HR May Not Be Focused On
Thursday,
August 21 | 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
2.0
HR (General) HRCI Recertification Credit Hours
Relationship
Management for the HR Business Partner
Friday,
August 22 | 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM
6.0
Business or HR (General) HRCI Recertification Credit Hours
DFW
Diversity Strategies Conference 2014
Thursday,
August 28 | 3:30 PM – 7:00 PM
1.25
HR (General) HRCI Recertification Credit Hours
New Rules, Big Impact.
What YouDon’t
Know Can
Affect You.
September 3, 2014
La Quinta Riverwalk, San Antonio, Texas
Work place investigations, Hiring and Firing, and how these decisions will affect your business.
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Space is Limited -
log on to www.sahrma.org for more details
Date: Thursday, August 28
Time: 3:30 pm - 7:00 pm Crowne Plaza Dallas (Near the Galleria – Addison)
14315 Midway Road
Dallas, TX 75001
DallasHR Members - $30.00
Other Host Chapter Members - $30.00
Non-Members - $40.00
Diversity Models: What’s Working, What’s Not - Join us for a live and informative panel discussion about diversity models that work by considering some specific measures of success: recruit, reward, recognize, and retain. These are important concepts in building a diverse workforce, because if you omit any one of them you will substantially decrease your likelihood of success. In other words, it is not enough to just recruit. If you cannot retain minority candidates in your workforce, then the recruiting cycle is nothing more than a revolving door and it yields no net gain.
Organizations must have someone at the top who truly believes that building diversity is the right thing to do, and then see to it that it happens. Leaders must marshal the forces to make change and be consistent in their demand for change to take place. It cannot be an "on again, off again" program, but one of sustained advocacy. In other words, if there is no incentive to change, then change is unlikely to happen.?
Explore how to take your leadership to the next level for better execution?
Define your current diversity model?
Prepare for conversations that will facilitate change?
Activate execution with immediate next steps that will deliver results
To learn more about this event and to register, please click here.
Encourage your members to apply for a Sloan Award in 2014! With your help and support, we hope to make working flexibly the new way of working.
