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Gloria Gallegos

Dr. Walker

Freshman Seminar

14 February 2012

Human Resources

Choosing a Human Resources field has a lot of great opportunities. Not only in earning

potential, but also great advancement opportunity. You are able to work in different types of

positions like, recruitment, placement, compensation, labor relations, training and development.

College graduates and someone who has earned a certification would have the best job

opportunities, particularly one with a Bachelor¶s Degree. The earning potential could be from

$38K to $107K depending on the job and experience. Employment is projected to grow by 22%

between 2008 and 2018 in and Human Resource field.

The Society of Human Resources Management (SHRM) is the world¶s largest

association devoted to human resource management. It¶s an individual membership

organization. The members in SHRM could be from HR Generalist to a President or CEO of a

company. SHRM¶s website has various resources. You are able to view videos, latest news, get

resources on legal issues, register for conferences given by SHRM and have several templates

and tools you can use in your office. For a small fee you can become a member and have a lot

more resources, like purchase books and other items at a discount price.

Business and Legal Resources (BLR) is a website where businesses can simplify

compliance with state and federal legal requirements. They offer authoritative content and

practical, easy to use tools. BLR offers compliance solutions like HR & employment law, online

training, compensation & benefits, workplace safety, environmental compliance, legal, and any

custom solutions. They also host several events from expert insight like 2012 payroll taxes

explained, HR¶s guide to W-2, healthcare reporting and more.



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Twin Cities Human Resources Association (TCHRA) is one of the largest affiliate

chapters of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). It¶s a non-for-profit

organization in the Minneapolis/St. Paul Metropolitan area. If you are already a member of

SHRM there is no fee to join this chapter. The benefits of joining the TCHRA are professional

development, networking opportunities, volunteer service and leadership opportunities and

student involvement. They focus on increasing the HR competencies of the members as well as

provide networking opportunities.

Staffing Management Association of Greater Chicago (SMA) is an affiliated chapter of

SHRM. It gives you access to a local network of professionals, as well as professional

development programs. There are several membership categories like professional, corporate

discount, transition, students and if you are a SHRM member already you can get 3 month free

trial. The benefits of joining are access to SMA¶s online membership directory, free webinars,

reduced rates at all seminars and networking events, you can earn your HRCI recertification

credits, and opportunities to volunteer and get involved with a committee.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is responsible for

enforcing federal laws that make it illegal to discriminate against a job applicant or an employee

because of the person¶s race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age (40

or older), disability or genetic information. They work with organizations to prevent

discrimination before it occurs through outreach, education and technical assistance programs.

The website provides help on anything that HR is looking for like record keeping, prohibited

practices, resolving charge, remedies and other employment issues. You are also able to order

EEO is the Law posters.

Suspended for poor performance or race bias? In a Maryland hospital a worker, Mrs.

Larson, a black woman born in Haiti, has been employed since 2004. She was changed to the

day shift in 2006 where she began a relationship with a co-worker. That relationship began to

give her problems and it began to affect her work performance. She began to make lab



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mistakes for which she was written up for 2 times and suspended for 3 days. She also had to

retrain for 2 weeks.

Mrs. Larson¶s performance did not improve. She was called in to a meeting where the

attendees that except her were white and U.S. born. She did not want to participate and she left

the meeting in tears. She resigned the next day. She filed a law suit against the hospital for race

and national-origin discrimination. The court ruled in the hospitals favor because of Mrs.

Larson¶s performance problems. She did try to appeal but because other employees who were

white, were disciplined the same way for similar performance, the court still ruled in the

hospital¶s favor.

Pepsi settles dispute over criminal background checks for $3.13 million. A claim was

filed with EEOC by applicants at Pepsi. Applicants said that they were not being hired by Pepsi

because of their background checks. The offenses were minor which had no bearing on the

type of work they were applying for.

The EEOC investigated that 300 black applicants were not selected by Pepsi to be hired

because they were convicted of minor offences. Pepsi decided to settle for $3.13 million. They

will also offer employment to those who are qualified to work. Pepsi has also agreed to give the

EEOC regular reports on its hiring practices and the training for managers.

Calling in sick? 'I have the flu' is no match for some excuses. Some HR professionals

and hiring managers say employees use so many excuses to call in sick to work. A survey

taken in August and September 2011 with 2,696 U.S. HR professionals, said employees use

some of the following reasons to call in sick:

The employee fell out of bed and broke his nose.

The employee got his toe caught in a vent cover.

The employee got sick from eating too much at a party.

The employee developed a headache from attending too many garage sales.



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Some employers are a little more flexible with employees to use their sick time. They let

employees use their sick time to take care of personal business. Emergencies do happen and

employers understand that employees need to take time off. The employees best bet is to be

honest with their managers when having to call in sick.



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Works Cited

http://www.shrm.org . Society of Human Resources, 2012. January 27, 2012

http://www.blr.com . Business & Legal Resources, 2012. January 27, 2012

http://www.smagc.org . Staffing Management Association of Greater Chicago, 2012. January

30, 2012

http://www.tchra.org . Twin Cities Human Resources Association, 2011. January 30, 2012

http://eeoc.gov . The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 2012. January 30, 2012

HR and Employment Law News. ³Suspended for Poor Performance or Race Bias?´ (2012):2

pages. February 10, 2012 http://hr.blr.com/HR-news/Discrimination/Racial-Discrimination/nt3-

Suspended-Poor-Performance-or-Race-Bias/

Smith, Allen. ³Pepsi Settles Dispute over Criminal Background Checks for $3.13 Million´

(2012):1 page. February 10, 2012

http://www.shrm.org/LegalIssues/FederalResources/Pages/PepsiSettles.aspx

Gurchiek, Kathy. ³Calling in Sick? 'I Have the Flu' Is No Match for Some Excuses´ (2011):2

pages. February 10, 2012 http://www.shrm.org/Publications/HRNews/Pages/SickExcuses.aspx

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