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HR Times is a quarterly, local human resources magazine endorsed by the SHRM Delaware State Council. Subscribers include SHRM Chapter and SHRM At-Large Members, business leaders and local HR professionals. We are currently collecting articles and content for the first issue, to be launched at the Delaware Annual HR Conference in November. We are also in the process of reviewing articles and content for future issues of the magazine. Though quarterly, we look for information that our readers can return to as a reference. Articles could include topics from these subjects: Employee Relations, Training and Development, Compensation and Benefits, Recruitment and Ret ention, and Legal and/or Legislative Updates. Articles should be resource-information focused; plugging of products or services will not be accepted within the article itself. Articles are submitted on a voluntary basis and run from 500 words for content to as many as 2,500 for a featured piece; on average articles run between 1,000 and 1,500 words. Authors are allowed a 50 word biography where they can plug their products or services, and a high-resolution (300 dpi) photo image. Photos should be taken with a professional-setting background. Photographs for article are also accepted on a volunteer basis with credit to the photographer. Photographs must be a minimum of 300 dpi. We reserve the right to deny photographs at our discretion. Photographs should be mailed on disk to the address provided below.
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Vickie McCardell, PHR, receives the 2007 Ron Shane HR Lifetime Achievement Award. At yesterday's Delaware State HR Conference, Frank B. Ingraham, Jr., SPHR and Delaware State HR Council Director, announced that Vickie was selected to receive the highest recognition in Delaware's HR community for her contribution to the profession. She is State HR Council Director-Elect, past-president of Delaware SHRM and Human Resources Manager at the International Reading Association. Congratulations! Link. Delaware State HR Conference and Governor's 3R Conference were huge successes. For a report on the events: Link. Future events: Decision-Making Tools:Measuring, Managing and Growing Human Capital & HR Value DESHRM Monthly Dinner Meeting: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 Cavalier Country Club 5:30 Dinner Meeting Approved for 1 HRCI Credit At a time when the war for talent is fast becoming a major strategic issue, HR departments must adopt the most advanced decision-making tools for measuring, managing, and growing human capital. Only in this way can HR capture and convey the impact of their initiatives on business outcomes. In this session Jerry Seibert presents a new People Equity paradigm for understanding the dynamics of employee motivation, performance, and retention, along with the tools required to make, measureand justify to C-suite playerskey resource-investment decisions. Drawing on years of research Mr. Seibert and his colleagues have conducted in talent management and internal customer service, results from large benchmarking studies exploring the impact of people equity and internal customer service on business outcomes, and an analysis of best-practice organizations, the session will give participants proven ways for HR professionals to raise people equity and their level of contribution to organizational success.Dinner Meeting
5:30 p.m. Networking Register:
Please register by noon August 8, 2008. Pre-registration and payment will allow you avoid the line at the meeting and save money! The cost is: $30.00 for DE SHRM Members and $40.00 for nonmembers and guests. For full refund, cancellations must be received by noon August 11, 2008. If your registration is not canceled by the deadline, and you do not attend the meeting, you will be billed for its cost. Speed Networking Event Monday, August 18, 2008 Kid Shelleen's 14th & Scott Streets, Wilmington, DE 5:30 to 7:30 PM RSVP: Lsample@deshrm.org Directions: http://www.kidshelleens.com Hosted and Sponsored by The Delaware SHRM State Council DESHRM and DelMarVa Chapter Cool off from the sumner heat by taking your networking skills to a new level. Develop the best strateyg for being remembered long after the event. Come prepared to meet new people from the two Delaware Chapters and learn valuable career enhancing benefits of local chapter membership! The event will be facilitated by Carol Kleiman,Founder of Attwood/Kleiman Group along with other leaders from the Delaware State Council and SHRM Chapters. The event is free, so make your reservation today. There is a limit of 50 people so don't miss the fun. Delaware SHRM meetings and conference offer high quality professional development programs with recognized speakers who are experts in their fields. Network with your fellow HR professionals, too. Link. Did you know that the Delaware SHRM quarterly newsletter is online? It's easy to subscribe. Simply go to link. You'll find our most current newsletter, along with a box for Subscribing in the lefthand column. Sign up today! Delaware State Council for SHRM: The State Council helps the two local SHRM chapters, including Delaware SHRM, serve the HR profession. Learn more by visiting the new web site: http://delawaresc.shrm.org/. Job search help: Delaware SHRM online Job Center for local open positions. Link. Attend our monthly chapter meetings to network with local HR professionals, hear about open positions and enhance your knowledge with our professional development programs. Calendar. Best practices: SHRM's HR Toolkits for resources, articles, links, and other practical information on more than fifty HR topics. For SHRM national members. Fast and easy information from SHRM's HR Knowledge Center. Available 24/7 to SHRM national members: salary survey directory, disaster recovery planning information, spreadsheet templates to calculate and compile HR metrics and more. For quick HR-related questions, talk to an SHRM Information Specialist online during business hours. Salary information: SHRM's Salary Survey Directory can assist you in locating, using and aging salary survey data; adjusting salaries to account for cost of living differentials; and avoiding antitrust issues related to compensation benchmarking. Public policy: Help shape public policy affecting the HR profession with SHRM's HRVoice and write your elected officials today! SHRM Foundation funds research, publications and education to advance the HR profession and enhance the effectiveness of HR professionals. To learn more about how it can help you be a more effective HR practitioner, go to: www. shrm.org/foundation/. Many more resources at Delaware SHRM's Resource Center. |
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