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Interested in Volunteering for HRA-NCA? Actively seeking volunteers for enhancing HRA-NCA's Web site in 2005. Contact Rob Swatland, Vice President,
Communications.
The HRA-NCA
2004 Compensation Survey Report is available for purchase now. This
is a resource you need for your job!
Professional Development Series Announced for 2005:
Advancing Your Career - Secure and Maintain Your Seat at The Executive
Table
Special Pricing on All Four Seminars!
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This is
the e-mail newsletter of the Human Resource Association of the
National Capital Area (HRA-NCA), a proud affiliated chapter of the
Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). HRA-NCA serves HR
professionals throughout the Washington DC metropolitan area
with a monthly HR Speaker Series, many other professional development
opportunities and the area's best compensation survey.
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· Diversity is Destiny...
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The Future is Now: Changing
Demographics of the Workforce, February 9, 2005.
  As the global
market has expanded, the world has become smaller! Particularly in the Washington DC area, we are faced with the opportunity
to meld ever-evolving diverse population groups into our corporate
cultures - and the responsibility of every human resource professional is
to embrace his or her role as a change agent. The February 9th HRA-NCA
Speaker Presentation welcomes Debbie Smith of the Walter Kaitz Foundation and Michele Synegal
of Management Dynamics to discuss this important topic. Join us for
dinner, great networking, and this interesting, pertinent presentation.
Send your questions and observations in advance!
A special thanks to our sponsor for this program: DCJobs.com.
A new
member orientation will be held immediately before this program. Come
and learn about HRA-NCA and meet your HR colleagues from 5:30 - 6:15. Any member is welcome,
and especially new members. RSVP by February 6 to BOTH Russell Klosk, VP-Membership and HRA-NCA Administration. New members
(joined in the last three months) will receive a discount for attending
the program immediately following the orientation (see above)!
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February 9th
Program Information and Registration...
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· Advance Your Career by Getting a
"Seat at the Executive Table"
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 HRA-NCA presents a series of four exciting seminars to
prepare you for advancing your career right up to the executive level.
The first of these seminars will be held on February 24th, presented by Jim
Ball of The
Goals Institute. This seminar will focus on goal-making and attaining
strategies and behaviors, both personal and team-oriented.
Special
pricing is offered on all four seminars in the series: only $225 for
HRA-NCA members and $300 for non-members. Individual seminars are $75
for HRA-NCA members and $100 for non-members. The price is right, the
location is great - don't miss this opportunity to hone your leadership
skills and promote your career.
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Read about the
series and register...
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· PHR/SPHR Certification Class has a Few
Spaces Still Available
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HRA-NCA can help you attain PHR or
SPHR certification -- Join the certification exam preparation class
beginning on February 18, 2005! This outstanding and challenging class
will be taught in several sessions by Paul Shibelski, SPHR, our area's best instructor in certification
preparation. You will learn a great deal about Human Resources, prepare
for the self-exam administered by HRCI, AND you'll have fun and meet some
great new friends in class. Plan to take this important next step in your
career!
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Certification
preparation information and registration...
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· Put People to Work!
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We need your expertise! You have
read countless resumes and conducted numerous interviews. You've seen it
all. You know the do's and don'ts of how to get a job -- and now you can
share your HR expertise! HRA-NCA and Workforce Organizations for Regional
Collaboration (WORC) have partnered to help prepare jobseekers for WORC's February 17th career fair. We need volunteers
willing to spend two hours that day to review resumes and offer interview
tips to jobseekers attending the career fair.
Help out WORC and your profession.
Contact Summer Spencer
for all the information. Phone: (202) 857-5991.
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More about
WORC...
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· HRA-NCA DC SHRM Conference a Big Success!
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HR Today - Facing the Challenges of
Tomorrow, NOW! took place on Friday, January 28, at the Cafritz Conference Center. Over 200 participants enjoyed learning
about today's HR topics, networking, and visiting with 37 vendors and
sponsors. Many thanks to the dedicated volunteers who made the conference
happen and especially to Lynne Sport, the Conference Chair! Lots of hard
work by these volunteers created a truly memorable conference.
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· HRA-NCA Member News
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You may look up these and other
members' information in the HRA-NCA online membership directory, using
various search categories. Log in through the "Member Login" on
the HRA-NCA Web site home page. Keep your membership record up-to- date
so we don't lose touch!
New Positions and Certifications
- Larissa Chuhran, Human
Resources Manager, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
- Amy Heldt, PHR, Human
Resources Director, National Crime Prevention Council
- Taisha Howard, Secretarial Manager, Alston & Bird,
LLP
- Eric Oppenheim, SPHR, Vice President, Human
Resources, Republic Foods, Inc.
- Grace Roache, Human Resources Manager, PSI
- Gail Sprinkle, International Recruiter, Creative
Associates International
Welcome to New
Members
- Gayle Abbott, SPHR, President, HURECO, Inc.
- Tabbie Barnes, Human Resources Generalist, Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP
- Dalla Black, Sr. Human Resources Administrator, Vistronix, Inc.
- Elizabeth Frey
- Cheryl George, Human Resources Manager, The
Aspen Institute
- Ray Green, SPHR
- Teri McNaughton, CHRP
- Shawn Mood, SPHR, GPHR, Director, Int'l Human
Resources, Abt Associates
- Catherine Oh, Compensation Analyst, BNA, Inc.
- Sara Thompson, Ph.D., Dean, The Catholic University of America
- Michele Zeller, SPHR
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Access the
HRA-NCA "Members Only" Web site...
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· Thank You to Our Sponsors
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HRA-NCA invites organizations to
sponsor our newsletter - or any of the following: chapter meetings, the
January 28th conference, the Web site, etc. Interested? Contact Bob Corlett, HRA-NCA's Vice President, Marketing and Community
Relations, or access
our information on the Web site. Information on sponsoring the conference, is
also available on our Web site. For this issue, we sincerely thank
the following sponsor.
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