Weekly Update Newsletter  
November 15, 2017 
In This Issue
NEW! LPD: SHRM-CP & SHRM-SCP Prep Class
LPD: Employment Law Day
Network: PHRA Holiday Party
LPD: Healthcare Reform: Where are We Now
LPD: 2018 EEOC Review
LPD: Exit Performance Reviews- Enter Better Goal Setting, Feedback, Coaching, and Development.
LPD: Engage and Retain the Good Ones- Connecting Employer Brand to Talent Management
LPD: The Best Superheroes for Talent Acquisition and What To Do if You're a Mere Mortal
LPD: Workplace Highs and Lows- Medical Marijuana in Pennsylvania and the Husbandry of the ADA and FMLA
LPD: Managing Strategic Change
Member Benefit Spotlight: Tuition Discount
PHRA Announcements
PHRA Vendor Directory
PHRA Career Center
HR Newswatch
Vendor Spotlight: The Bradley Partnership

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NEW! LPD: SHRM-CP & SHRM-SCP Prep Class
Date: Begins  Monday, February 12, 2018
Time:  Every Monday for 12 Weeks, 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Location:  PHRA Training Center, Downtown PGH
LPD: Employment Law Day
Date:  Friday, December 1, 2017
Time: 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Location:  DoubleTree by Hilton Pittsburgh Cranberry
Network: PHRA Holiday Party
Date:  Wednesday, December 6, 2017
Time: 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Location:   DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel & Suites Pittsburgh Downtown
LPD: Healthcare Reform: Where are We Now
Date:  Tuesday, January 9, 2018
Time: 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
Location:  PHRA Training Center, Downtown PGH
LPD: LIVE! Webinar: 2018 EEOC Review
Date: Tuesday, January 16, 2018
Time: 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Location: PHRA Training Center, Downtown PGH
Learn More & Register
LPD: Exit Performance Reviews- Enter Better Goal Setting, Feedback, Coaching, and Development
Date: Tuesday, February 13, 2018
Time: 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
Location: PHRA Training Center, Downtown PGH
Learn More & Register
LPD: Engage and Retain the Good Ones- Connecting Employer Brand to Talent Management 
Date: Tuesday, March 20, 2018
Time: 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
Location: PHRA Training Center, Downtown PGH
Learn More & Register
LPD: The Best Superheroes for Talent Acquisition and What To Do if You're a Mere Mortal
Date: Tuesday, May 15, 2018
Time: 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
Location: PHRA Training Center, Downtown PGH
Learn More & Register
LPD: Workplace Highs and Lows- Medical Marijuana in Pennsylvania and the Husbandry of the ADA and FMLA
Date: Tuesday, June 19, 2018
Time: 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
Location: PHRA Training Center, Downtown PGH
Learn More & Register
LPD: Managing Strategic Change
Date:  Tuesday, July 17, 2018
Time: 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
Location:  PHRA Training Center, Downtown PGH
Member Benefit: Tuition Discount
The PHRA believes that knowledge is power, and that's why we're thrilled to offer our members significant tuition discounts to several local and online colleges and universities. PHRA members receive a:

  • 35% tuition discount at Carnegie Mellon's Heinz School
  • 20% tuition discount on undergraduate and graduate programs at Point Park University
  • 15% tuition discount at Colorado Technical University
  • 20% tuition discount at La Roche College undergraduate and graduate programs
  • 15% tuition discount to Geneva College's online Master of Science in Leadership Studies
  • 15% tuition discount at Robert Morris University
  • 15% tuition discount at Franklin University undergraduate and graduate programs

Click here to learn more and participate

SHRM Seminars 

Have you enrolled in professional development yet this year? Time is running out!  

Use PHRA's special discount,  17SEMPITT , for $200 off any SHRM Seminar and prepare for your SHRM-CP/SHRM-SCP exam, take a deep dive into an HR specialty or elevate your career to the next level. Register Now: shrm.org/seminars 


Disclaimer:  Offer only applies to SHRM Seminars hosted between August and December 2017, excluding Virtual SHRM-CP/SHRM-SCP Certification Preparation Review. Offer does not apply to Seminars outside the U.S., SHRM Conferences or Seminars held at SHRM Conferences. Offer does not apply to other SHRM products. Offer applies to online and phone orders only. It does not apply to mailed-in orders, faxed orders, or purchase orders. Offer is not valid on previous orders and cannot be combined with other promotions.
Expires December 31, 2017
PHRA Announcements
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PHRA Vendor Directory 
Each month, more than 1,100 HR Professionals turn to the PHRA website in the course of their work. Many of these professionals are searching for products and services to help them approach their jobs more effectively.  As a valued PHRA member we would like to offer you two months free with the purchase of a 12 month posting on the  NEW PHRA Vendor Directory.

 

 

The PHRA Vendor Directory is a searchable, on-line tool for product and service referrals within the field of HR available to both members and non-members. Any company or individual may purchase a listing.

 

The directory is a listing of your company and contact information in up to two out of twenty five areas of HR product and service specialization. Listings are accessible to anyone and may be searched by the product/service category. 

Quick Links

Our web site offers a myriad of resources for PHRA members. Here are just a few of the things you can do online:   

 

Official Events Sponsor

 

PHRA Career Center


Pittsburgh HR Association - How Membership Will Accelerate Your HR Career
Pittsburgh HR Association - How Membership Will Accelerate Your HR Career

Hint: There's a LOT 

Not a PHRA Member? Join over 1,200 Pittsburgh HR Professionals in accelerating your career through professional development, networking, a leadership opportunities. Learn More Here

HR Newswatch
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Members Only: Perspectives Publication Archives

Click the cover below  to read the November edition of Perspectives.
La Roche College Presents: HRM Professional Development Series
The La Roche College Professional Development Series welcomes CEO of Human Capital Advisors David Baker on Wednesday, Nov. 29 to present:
HR Metrics and Analytics - Essential Business Tools for the HR Executive.

In this session, Mr. Baker will cover how the new metrics and tools in HR can increase business efficiency and effectiveness. 2 HRCI credits: Business; 2 SHRM credits. To register, visit laroche.edu/hrmseries

 
You're Invited: Pittsburgh Veteran Employers Coalition

The Heinz Endowments, Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) and Corporate America Supports You (CASY) invite you to join the Pittsburgh Veteran Employer Coalition's (PVEC) second planned activity on Monday, December 18th, 2017 at the Energy Innovation Center (EIC).  

The day's agenda will feature a Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) membership round table and continuing discussion on how to best position your company's military connected recruiting, hiring, and retention efforts.  Come learn also about the PVEC's early efforts to cultivate a military connected talent pool from within area colleges and universities and plans to enhance the area's Higher Education Alliance.  

Note: this Activity will be broken into two identical segments, one in the morning and another in the afternoon.  

Click  here for more information and to register.

This is not a PHRA event. Please contact event organizer with any questions.
Vendor Spotlight
Founded in 2002, The Bradley Partnerships (TBP) is a management consulting firm specializing in outsourced HR services.   We provide personalized, customized services for your organization that include:

  • Onsite/Offsite full-suite of HR services
  • Professional Recruiting
  • Mission/Vision/Core Values
  • Performance Management Programs
  • Workplace Investigations
  • Organizational/Environmental Audits
  • HR Audits
  • Employee Handbooks
  • Customized Leadership Development Training Programs
  • Customized staff development training programs
  • Executive Coaching

Contact: Lois Bradley, President at 724-799-8170
Exclusive Offer For Our Chapter Members!
Enhance your chapter membership with extra resources from SHRM! In addition to the education and networking you get from the PHRA, SHRM offers legislative alerts, webcasts, research, and tons of practical toolkits, job descriptions, interview questions, sample policies and access to HR Advisors who can assist with any specific HR question or situation you may have.   Save $88 on a 2 year membership, call 1.800.283.7476 , option 3. 

Act now - CHAP2YEAR offer ends November 30.
        
 
 

The Pittsburgh Human Resources Association (PHRA) is a membership organization and a source of practical policy, regulatory, workforce and emerging trend information for human resource and business professionals.  

 

PHRA services enhance the HR professional's leadership role in the vitality of the region's workforce and economy. Representing more than 1100 individual members, the Association's mission is to serve the HR community by providing superior professional development, networking opportunities and educational resources to enhance the value of the profession. Founded in 1915, PHRA has been improving the competency and value of the HR professional and is the premier human resources association in the region.  

 

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