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Having trouble viewing this email? Click here HoCoHRS Newsletter May 2015 Committing to HR Excellence in 2015! In This Issue Monthly Meeting, 05/21/15 SHRM Foundation Update 2015 Meeting Dates & Topics News from Maryland State Council 2015 Executive Sponsors We would like to thank our sponsors for 2015. Their support contributes to the success of our chapter. PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE Greetings HR Colleagues: I can't believe I'm writing again about a tragedy in our community. A little over a year ago, the Columbia Mall shooting shook our confidence about being safe at work. Now, our Baltimore community's tragedy over unresolved pain and frustration with how human life is valued has brought us here to consider how should we, as an HR community, react when a life is lost because of decisions that will haunt those involved forever. None of us can sit back and just be a bystander. Action must occur. Every SHRM Chapter in good standing conducts activities that can have a positive impact on the community. So what can your Chapter (or you!) do to be part of a solution in Baltimore or in your own community? HR can have a meaningful impact through resume reviews/writing, business clothing drives, 50/50 raffles with donations toward

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HoCoHRS NewsletterMay 2015

Committing to HR Excellence in 2015!

 

In This IssueMonthly Meeting, 05/21/15SHRM Foundation Update2015 Meeting Dates &

TopicsNews from Maryland State

Council

   

2015 Executive Sponsors   We  would  like  to  thank  oursponsors  for 2015.   Their  supportcontributes  to  the  success of  ourchapter.

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

 Greetings HR Colleagues:

I can't believe I'm writing again about atragedy in our community.  A little over ayear ago, the Columbia Mall shootingshook our confidence about being safe atwork.  Now, our Baltimore community'stragedy over unresolved pain andfrustration with how human life is valuedhas brought us here to consider how shouldwe, as an HR community, react when a lifeis lost because of decisions that will haunt those involvedforever.  None of us can sit back and just be a by­stander. Action must occur.  Every SHRM Chapter in good standingconducts activities that can have a positive impact on thecommunity.  So what can your Chapter (or you!) do to be partof a solution in Baltimore or in your own community?  HR canhave a meaningful impact through resume reviews/writing,business clothing drives, 50/50 raffles with donations toward

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scholarships.  Support Junior Achievement!  Go to the highschools and speak to what it means to be a good employee.  Bepart of the solution.  If you don't do something at your nextChapter meeting to address community challenges, then askyourself "Am I a part of the solution?"  "Am I satisfied with thestatus quo? "  "Who am I and what can I do?"

Carpe Diem. Sincerely, Dawn Rhodes, SPHR, SHRM­SCPPresidentHoward County HR Society

May 21, 2015 Meeting: 2015 Legislative Session Update Please plan to join us at our next monthly meetingfor a presentation by HoCo HRS Legislative Chair,Cheryl Brown of Davis, Agnor, Rapaport & Sklanly. 

 This meeting will update chapter members on allMaryland labor and employment changes and billsthat passed during the legislative session.  Therewill also be a report on any Federal labor andemployment changes to date.  It will provide insightinto to future bills and/or changes and explain howemployers  can maintain compliance.

 The Legislative Update is always a very popularmeeting as it provides practical information for HRpractitioners and business owners.  We lookforward to seeing you there.

This presentation has been approved for 1.5 SHRM­CP and SHRM­SCP Professional Development creditsand 1.5 HRCI general credits. 

Thank you to Spectrum HR Solutions for sponsoringour May Meeting!  

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MONTHLY MEETINGS Our monthly meetings are heldon the 3rd Thursday of everymonth at: Ecker Business Training Center6751 Columbia Gateway DriveColumbia, MD 210458:00 AM ­ 10:30 AM(note:  we do not meet inJanuary or June)    

2015 Membership Rates Our rates for 2015 Membershipare:

Professional SHRMMember:  $50.00Professional non­SHRMMember: $60.00Associate Member $60.00Student $20.00

You can renew and pay your duesat the next meeting! Checks or

credit cards welcome! 

Visit them on the web!www.spectrumhrsolutions.com

SHRM Foundation Update

3 Critical Themes for 2015

HoCoHRS members ­ please consider a donation to the SHRMFoundation.  In addition to the scholarships highlighted inlast month's newsletter, the SHRM Foundation providesresearch for HR to analyze trends to come in the next 5­10years.  Here are the 3 critical themes where the research isfocused: 

1.  Evolution of 'Work' and the 'Worker'.Globalization of business, changing demographics andchanging patterns of mobility will continue to changethe nature of work and the worker over the next 5 to 10years.

Download the EIU report,The Evolutionof Work and the Worker, sponsored byRandstad.Download the companion piece: Five KeyTrends from SHRM's Special ExpertisePanels.     ­­­ Hear Foundation ProgramsDirector, Beth McFarland, discuss thefive trends in a live radio interview.(April8, 2015)

An executive roundtable was held at theUniversity of Southern California thisspring to discuss these trends.

Executive Summary of thediscussion.List of Participants from thatevent.

Thought Leaders Retreat Summary: TheChanging Nature of Work and theWorker

2. Engaging and Integrating a GlobalWorkforce. Cultural integration andclashes/unrest will continue to grow globally atboth a societal and corporate level over the next

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5 to 10 years. 

    ­ Download the EIU report, Engaging andIntegrating a Global Workforce 3. Use of Talent Analytics for CompetitiveAdvantage. Talent shortages will continue togrow globally over the next 5 to 10 yearsrequiring HR to become the provider of humancapital analytics for input to strategic businessdecision making.

See more here. Thank you for your support to this important cause!   

2015 Meeting Topics 

 Mark Your Calendars Now for HoCoHRS  2015 MeetingTopics.  The Program Committee works hard to find itsmembers topics of interest, presented in a condensed yet in­depth overview worthy of SHRM Professional Developmentand HRCI credit!     Please mark your calendars NOW  for a year full of HRprofessional development.  Here is our line­up of speakers sofar (and we'll keep you updated when we add new speakers):  5/21 Legislative Update 

6/17 Happy Hour Networking Event­ Union Jack'sColumbia

7/16 The Future of HR: Promoting Business Successin a Changing Global Workplace

8/20  EEOC­ A Deeper Dive

9/17  Alignment of People Strategies with BusinessStrategies

10/15 Political Organizational Savvy

11/19 Leveraging Behavioral Economics for Benefitsand Retirement

12/17 TBA

News from Maryland SHRM StateCouncil 

A Very Special Network ­ If you do not yet belong toa local SHRM chapter we invite to you join us. Take usfor a test drive and visit a local meeting near where youwork or live. What's the benefit? Got 53 seconds? Checkout our brief video here to learn more! 

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  MD SHRM Annual Conference! Save the Date for2015 conference, currently scheduled for September27th ­ 29th 2015. We're returning to Ocean City, MDwith the hotel and events at a new, all­in­one location.Bookmark our website here   and stay tune for moreinfo! 

SHRM Certification ­ If you are a credentialed HRprofessional as of 1/31/15 you are eligible to participatein the SHRM's Certification Pathway.  The tutorial isavailable online as of January 5, 2015.  Click here formore information. 

Are You Hiring?  Use MD SHRM's job posting boardto reach qualified candidates in and aroundMaryland! Click here  for more information andcompetitive rates.

Earn, Learn and Save!The Maryland State Council,Inc. continues to partner with SHRM's e­Learningprogram. In fact, we are the test case for this project.While earning recertification credits, obtaining at least1 recertification hour for each course successfullycompleted, members enhance their skills through theseexpertly designed programs. ALL 60 recertificationcredits can be earned through this program. Thecourses are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week so itis very convenient for even the busiest person. Membersare encouraged to register with code SHRMMDSC totake advantage of the SHRM e­Learning program.Fliers for this program are being distributed to the localchapter CLAs for their upcoming programs. 

 SHRM 2015 Annual Conference &Exposition, Las Vegas, June 28 ­ July 1, 2015.  http://annual.shrm.org.  Inspiring speakers, endlessnetworking, skill building, HR trends.  Early birdregistration ends April 17. 

Questions or comments? Contact MD SHRM Director, ColleenParker­Denston, SPHR, SHRM­SCP..

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