Weekly Update Newsletter  
August 30, 2017 
In This Issue
Network: Rockin' HR
LPD: Understanding and Developing Critical Leadership Skills: An Action-Based Workshop
Network: Stations to Success Networking Event
LPD: 3-Day Intensive SHRM Prep Course
Network: Social at the 2017 Annual Conference
PHRA's 2017 Annual Conference & Exhibition
PHRA Announcements
Member Benefit Spotlight: Buddy Program
PHRA Vendor Directory
PHRA Career Center
HR Newswatch
Vendor Spotlight

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Network:  Rockin' HR
Date: Wednesday, August 30 2017
Time: 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Location: DoubleTree, Greentree
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Date: Thursday, September 7, 2017
Time: 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
Location: PHRA Training Center, Downtown Pgh
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Network: Stations to Success Networking Event
Date: Thursday, September 28, 2017
Time: 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Location: Tres Rios, Pittsburgh
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LPD: 3-Day Intensive  SHRM Prep Course 
Date:  Friday, October 6 through Sunday, October 8, 2017
Time: Begins at 8:00 a.m. each day
Location: PHRA Training Center, Downtown Pgh
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Network: Meet Your PHRA Colleagues: Networking Social at the 2017 Annual Conference
Date: Tuesday, October 10, 2017
Time: 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Location: DoubleTree by Hilton- Greentree
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PHRA 2017 Annual Conference & Exhibition

Educational Opportunity with Globoforce
Please join Globoforce on September 13, 2017 at 12 noon, at the Penn Brewery, where we will be sharing highlights on the IBM/WorkHuman Employee Experience Index. 

This presentation takes a deep dive into the data from 27,000 employees worldwide - what it is, how its measured, positive impact on your bottom line. Seating is limited, please email   [email protected] to reserve you seat.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|Monster Career Expo
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Members Only: Perspectives Publication Archives
PHRA Members receive access to all editions of the association's bi-monthly electronic newsletter, Perspectives, published six times a year. Stay up to date on the latest HR issues and association news and highlights and click here
PHRA Announcements
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Member Benefit: The Buddy Program
The Buddy Program was developed as a way of formalizing the relationship between new members and veteran members. The program offers a structured setting in which to develop beneficial one-on-one relationships between members. Acting as a friend, a teacher, and a guide to the real world, buddies have the opportunity to encourage and advise new members by sharing their own experiences and knowledge of the HR profession and the PHRA.

The purpose of this program is to:
  • Familiarize new members with the member benefits of the PHRA and the events held by the PHRA
  • Identify long-term professional development needs and how the PHRA can help with these needs
  • Realize the value of networking
  • Develop a meaningful professional relationship
Click here to learn more and participate.
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. 

SHRM Certification- Now Accepting Applications for Winter Exam!
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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 1,100 Pittsburgh HR Professionals in accelerating your career through professional development, networking, a leadership opportunities. Learn More Here

PHRA Members Give Back! Volunteer Day 2017
We want to extend a huge thank you to the
Freestore 15104 and all of the
amazing PHRA volunteers who came out to bring a dilapidated park back to life on Friday, August 11!

PHRA volunteers, with the aid of the Freestore and community volunteers, spent the day mowing grass, weed whacking, trimming, scrubbing, and painting the overgrown Washington Street Park in Braddock, PA. Not long after the park's incredible transformation was it finally enjoyed by neighborhood kids! In addition to their landscaping and painting, PHRA volunteers also collected packages of diapers to donate to the Freestore.

The Freestore 15104 is a nonprofit organization located in Braddock, PA. Aimed at combating poverty, the Freestore receives donated goods such as clothes, shoes, food, and toys, and redistributes them to members of the community free of charge. The Freestore is a fantastic organization and we consider ourselves incredibly lucky have had the opportunity to work side-by-side once again! 

See pictures of the group and the results of their hard work below!




PHRA Career Center

HR Newswatch
Vendor Spotlight

SHRM selected Dale Carnegie Training as a leadership and professional development partner
Dale Carnegie is proud to be the exclusive provider of SHRM-certified on-demand learning from the  Center for Creative Leadership.  Courses from Dale Carnegie and the Center for Creative Leadership are fully accredited by SHRM, HRCI, PMI and other agencies. 
This partnership between the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and Dale Carnegie Training was developed to help HR professionals:
  • Develop proficiency in leadership, communication and business competencies, as outlined by the SHRM Body of Competency and Knowledge.
  • Conveniently complete recertification requirements through highly engaging video based online learning programs.
  • Expand personal and organizational influence by taking advantage of Carnegie's 100 years of research, practical experience and fresh thought leadership.
Click here for SHRM-certified on-demand learning from the  Center for Creative Leadership

SHRM Seminars 
 

Discounted development with PHRA and SHRM! Enroll in one of 100+ HR education programs in person across the U.S. or virtually and take $200 off! Find a seminar and use the promo code  17SEMPITT at shrm.org/seminars.

Let SHRM help you develop the competencies and knowledge to address your biggest HR challenges-Enroll in a SHRM Seminar, available across the U.S. and virtually this fall! Take $200 off with PHRA's special discount,  17SEMPITT , at shrm.org/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 

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