Seattle SHRM

Recruiting SIG

Fri, 04 May 2012

Are you interested in learning and sharing recruiting tips and techniques from your Human Resources colleagues? Come join our networking group of HR professionals who are facing the same challenges as you - finding talented workers. Our mission is to promote meaningful roundtable discussions by sharing information on resources and strategies. This group is co-chaired by Betsy Basch and Nikki Fleming.

Contact: Betsy Basch ~ (206) 743-8816 ~ betsy@vitalsourcestaffing.com

Non-Profit HR SIG: Health Care Reform

Tue, 08 May 2012

This group of non-profit organization leaders meets to discuss and share the opportunities and challenges of managing the human resources function in the not-for-profit arena. This group is led by Moselle Horiuchi.

Speaker: Ms. Alicia Scalzo Wilmoth, VP, Benefits Counsel for Kibble & Prentice

Contact: Moselle Horiuchi ~ (425) 203-0421 ~ mhoriuchi@healthpointchc.org

HR Career Management SIG

Wed, 09 May 2012

HR Career Management is a forum for HR professionals to learn and discuss navigating their profession—from certification to networking in HR to finding new opportunities or exploring different career trajectories. The SIG leverages HR career experts in our community as experts-in-residence at the monthly meeting to host a discussion and provide counsel. Whether you are years into an HR career, considering HR as a new direction, or are actively seeking a new position, this SIG is an opportunity to better understand the current environment, network, and receive support for your professional direction. This group is co-chaired by Jen Boyd and Laura Doehle. Join our group on LinkedIn for updates on open positions and more: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=3562893&trk=anet_ug_hm

Contact: Jennifer Boyd

Compensation & Benefits SIG

Thu, 10 May 2012

The Compensation & Benefits SIG's roundtable format encourages participants to share experiences and successes. Monthly meetings typically include a subject matter expert to frame the discussion topic followed by real world examples and issues shared by participants. Attendees range from compensation or benefits specialists to directors of larger organizations. Those simply looking to learn more about compensation and benefits to seasoned professionals are invited to attend. This group is facilitated by Todd Miller, Sales Executive at Kibble & Prentice. Parking within the building is validated. Coffee and breakfast is provided!

Contact: Todd Miller (206) 676-5684 or Todd.Miller@kpcom.com.

Mini Golf Networking event!

Thu, 10 May 2012

Fore You - Mini Golf & Major Networking

You are invited to join Seattle SHRM as we host our indoor mini-golf networking event at the WAC . We’ll have a Kindle Fire raffle, drinks, appetizers, prizes for the highest and lowest scores and great fun as we mix up, join foursomes and laugh our way through 9 holes of mini-golf.

When: Thursday May 10, 2012 5:30 pm– 8:00pm

Where: Washington Athletic Club (WAC) – 1325 6th Avenue Seattle, WA 98101

Cost: Members* – FREE

Non-members - $20.00

*Questions about membership? Please contact Rochelle Clogston, VP of Membership at admin@seattleshrm.com

Kick Off Networking Event - HR Young Professionals

Tue, 15 May 2012

Our Mission to:

Share ideas, best practices and areas of expertise

Foster personal and career/professional development

Promote civic and philanthropic oppotunities within the community

RSVP Registration deadline: Monday, May 14th

Questions? Contact: maureen.flaherty@shm.org

With SHRM's support, HR YP of Puget Sound strives to build a network of leading HR professionals with Gen X & Millennial Gen Y. We want to meet you!

Chapter Meeting: Driving Business Success with Employee Engagement

Thu, 17 May 2012

Driving Business Success with Employee Engagement

Employee engagement is critical to an organization’s success, but do you know how to define it and measure it? If your organization isn’t measuring it, are you able to explain the business case to leaders? If you aren’t able to measure it with traditional methods, are you equipped to work with managers on informal or innovative ways to re-engage employees?

Through this presentation we will explain what employee engagement is, how it is different from satisfaction, and how it impacts organizational success. We will enable attendees to use a research-based definition of employee engagement as a basis for measurement, and to partner with leaders and managers with actionable ways to influence key drivers of engagement.

Speaker Bios:

Laura Hamill, Ph.D.

Laura Hamill has a Ph. D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology and has over 15 years of experience architecting and implementing research and assessment strategies in organizations.

Laura owns Paris Phoenix Group, an organizational research and assessment consulting firm that she started in early 2006, and is Vice President of multirater.com, a partner company in business for 12 years and a Microsoft vendor since 2002. Before starting her own company, Laura worked for Microsoft for over 8 years, primarily as the Director of People Research, a team of organizational researchers. In this role, she developed Microsoft's first leadership competency model, developed multiple large-scale assessment techniques and processes, and conducted individual executive assessments for their senior-most leaders. Before Microsoft, Laura conducted employee research at Allstate Research and Planning Center and Bell Atlantic.

She earned her Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Old Dominion University and a B.S. in Psychology from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. She is a Member of the Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychology (SIOP), and has presented at several national SIOP conferences, and the Pacific Northwest HR Strategic Forum.

Lindsay Bousman, Ph. D.

Lindsay Bousman has extensive experience with employee research and focus groups, competency development, validation, and talent management, most recently for Starbucks Coffee Company, and prior to that for Microsoft Corporation. She has consulted on career model and competency development and validation, conducted global all-employee surveys for both Starbucks and Microsoft, culture surveys and assessments, exit survey programs and analyses, developed training evaluation materials and provided custom research services internally for local corporations. She has also taught Survey Research in the graduate program at Seattle Pacific University. Prior to her Northwest professional career, she worked in the Midwest as an independent consultant providing project support and statistical analyses, developing selection tests and assessments, and worked as a compensation analyst in HR for Central States Health and Life Company of Omaha.

She earned her Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from the University of Nebraska, an M.A. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from the University of Nebraska at Omaha, and a B.A. in Psychology at William Woods University. She is a Member of the Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychology (SIOP), and National and Seattle SHRM. She has presented at several national SIOP conferences and the Seattle Volunteer Administrator’s Network annual conference.

Learning Outcomes:

• Explain what employee engagement is, how it is different from satisfaction, and how it impacts organizational success.
• Use a research-based definition of employee engagement as a basis for measurement.
• Partner with leaders and managers to influence key drivers of engagement.

WHEN: Thursday, May 17th, 2012 - 7:30AM to 9:00AM
(Registration at 7:15AM)

WHERE: Washington Athletic Club
1325 Sixth Avenue
Seattle, WA

PRICE:
Seattle SHRM Member: $35.00
Non-member: $45.00
Student: $20.00

*A student meets the following criteria: enrolled in the equivalent of at least six (6) credit hours per term in a degree seeking program AND; Coursework, taken or planned, supports an interest in Human Resource Management.

Price includes meal.

Recruiting SIG

Fri, 01 Jun 2012

Contact: Betsy Basch ~ (206) 743-8816 ~ betsy@vitalsourcestaffing.com

Non-Profit HR SIG

Tue, 12 Jun 2012

Contact: Moselle Horiuchi ~ (425) 203-0421 ~ mhoriuchi@healthpointchc.org

HR Career Management SIG

Wed, 13 Jun 2012

Contact: Jennifer Boyd