Enhance Your Professional Life
Become a Chapter Volunteer
Intrigued by networking? Learning? Growing? Or just want to help?
 If you answered yes to any or all of these questions, Seattle SHRM has opportunities for you to get involved. Volunteering for Seattle SHRM provides an unsurpassed career opportunity. When you volunteer, you get the opportunity to showcase your talents to colleagues.As well, you “have an excuse” to build rapport with other members that goes beyond initiating small talk at an event. Plus, you always learn something new!
Finally, of course, your contribution helps strengthen our organization!
Seattle Chapter Volunteer Opportunities:
Monthly Chapter Breakfasts, including Table Ambassadors and Greeters
- SIG Co-Chair Positions
- SIG Liaison Positions
- SHRM Student Connections
- Assisting with the Annual Auction
- Contributing content to the Chapter Newsletter
Community Volunteer Opportunities:
Resume Assistance
Kiros is a Christian business community with chapters in both Bellevue and Seattle. Kiros Transitions is a career assistance service available to Kiros members. The Seattle-SHRM/Kiros relationship was formed to offer Seattle-area human resource professionals an opportunity to assist Kiros Transitions members with helpful resume assistance.
If you are able to provide approximately one hour of resume advice per month, please contact SHRM member and Kiros Transitions Coordinator, Michael Salokas at:
gmsalokas@msn.com or by phone at (206) 230-4253
 HR Consulting Opportunities
Executive Service Corps www.escwa.org offers volunteer opportunities that fit well into busy professional lives. Service Corps members provide “Quick Consults” on human resource matters to nonprofits. These are limited to no more than 2 hours, generally by phone and email where you would provide advice and counsel to a nonprofit leader with a question about HR policy, benefits, performance reviews, interviewing job applicants, etc. More extensive consulting projects are also available. ESC provides professional liability coverage to its volunteers.
Volunteering with Executive Service Corps of Washington! ESCWA is a nonprofit organization providing management assistance to nonprofits and schools. Services are provided by over 120 volunteers who are current and retired professionals from businesses, nonprofits, education, and government. ESCWA is part of a national network of 32 ESCs.
Start the process of getting involved by:
• Fill out the volunteer form on our website at http://www.escwa.org/join/volunteer_form.htm
• or, send Jan Scott an email at: members@escwa.org
• or call our office for more info at: 206-682-6704
For questions or more information contact
Jean Seidler Thompson, Volunteer Director
Volunteers@shrm-seattle.com
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Volunteer Spotlight
 Yvette Herrera Greer
Professional Role: In transition
Volunteer Event: NHRMA Student Conference
Date: April 17, 2010
“It was so nice to meet people I might not normally see at a chapter meeting. Additionally, I really liked meeting the students and seeing this industry from their perspective and participate in a speed networking event and see how that worked. It was a great experience. I would encourage all SHRM members active and in transition to volunteer. The time commitments are usually small and it's a great way to get to know your fellow members.”
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