Have you wondered why some people thrive during their job search and others don’t? Knowing your personality preferences, by taking the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, may help you in your search for your next career move. Join your human resources colleagues at the October 25th meeting of the Career Management Program to learn more about your preferences and how they can influence your approach to the job search, the types of companies that might be appealing to you, and even the nature of the HR work that suits you best. Because of the expected popularity of this meeting, the first 20 attendees will be given the self-scoring instrument that evening. Everyone, however, will join in a lively session of understanding the results. Join us beginning at 5:30 pm...

Creating and sustaining an ethical culture is a vital activity of EVERY organization. Beyond the recent burden placed on your CFO’s shoulder, you have to be leadership’s “conscience” to make sure your organization is doing the “right thing”. Are you ready for the challenge? Learn from the experts and brainstorm with your peers to walk away with the tools you need to become a role model, rather than a headline in tomorrow’s newspaper.

The world's largest HR conference and exposition is coming to Washington, D.C. June 25-28, 2006. It’ll be held at the new Washington D.C. Convention Center and it’s going to be great. But before anyone can attend and benefit from this great conference, we need hundreds of volunteers to help make it happen!

All members of SHRM Chapters in the DC metropolitan area are being asked to help support this event.

How will you benefit from volunteering? Well, besides knowing that you’ve given something back to the profession and have helped make this conference a winning event, you will receive one free conference day for this conference for every six hours of volunteering work. So you can help out and get the benefit of the conference programs!

We list a number of upcoming events that may be of interest to you on the HR Resources page of the Web site. One of the more recent additions is "Trouble Abroad: When Medical Problems Happen to Your Employees Overseas" to presented by the Northern Virginia SHRM Chapter on October 20, 2005.

We are thrilled to introduce a new program to HRA- NCA, Member Referrals. Bring a non-member with you to a chapter meeting and your name will be entered into our drawing for our monthly giveaway. Please stop by at the registration table to introduce your guest and put your name in the running.

HRA-NCA invites organizations to sponsor our newsletter - or any of the following: monthly speaker presentations, our Web site, special events, etc. Interested? Contact Bob Corlett, HRA-NCA's Vice President, Marketing and Community Relations, or access our information on the Web site. For this issue, sincere thanks to the following sponsors.

The Performance Institute
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