BHRA’s annual membership drive is under way! Make sure to get your renewal submitted online or in paper format so you can take advantage of all the benefits BHRA has to offer!
Membership in a SHRM affiliated chapter like BHRA provides you with the opportunity to network with other local HR Professionals, attend educational seminars and assist with obtaining or renewing your PHR/SPHR/GPHR Certifications. As a BHRA member, you will be kept up to date on local projects and resources that may benefit you or your business. You will receive monthly newsletters with chapter news as well as relevant articles. This is also a great time to refer HR Professionals you know to our local chapter. Once again BHRA will be offering an early registration incentive of a free WI State SHRM Conference registration that will be given away to one lucky member at our September meeting.
Membership materials and payment must be received by August 1st to be placed in the drawing for the free state SHRM Conference registration.
If you have specific questions regarding membership or did not receive the renewal packet please contact Kim Woletz at 608-756-4930 or email at kwoletz@vnecorp.com.
Congratulations to our newly certified members!
Beth Chambers, SPHR
Darcy Wilson, SPHR
The application for the last exam period under current eligibility requirements is now open. Interested exam applicants have till October 8, 2010, to apply. After that date, each application will incur a US$50 late fee.
The 2011 new exam eligibility changes include:
PHR eligibility requirements—minimum of four years of demonstrated professional (exempt-level) HR experience with less than a bachelor’s degree; minimum of two years of demonstrated professional (exempt-level) HR experience with a bachelor’s degree; or one year of demonstrated professional (exempt-level) HR experience with a master’s degree or higher.
SPHR eligibility requirements—minimum of seven years of demonstrated professional (exempt-level) HR experience with less than a bachelor’s degree; minimum of five years of demonstrated professional (exempt-level) HR experience with a bachelor’s degree; or minimum of four years of demonstrated professional (exempt-level) HR experience with a master’s degree or higher.
GPHR eligibility requirements—minimum of four years of demonstrated professional (exempt-level) HR experience (two of the four years must be in global HR) with less than a bachelor’s degree; minimum of three years of demonstrated professional (exempt-level) HR experience (with two of the three years in global HR) with a bachelor’s degree; or minimum of two years of demonstrated global professional (exempt-level) HR experience with a master’s degree or higher.
Students—will not be eligible to sit for the certification exams until they have the required level of professional work experience for their education level.
Current certified HR professionals—who would like to recertify by exam in 2011 or after must meet the new eligibility requirements in order to take the exam, even if they are eligible for the exam under current standards.
Blackhawk Human Resource Association Receives Distinguished Award
The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) in Alexandria, VA has awarded the Merit Chapter designation to the Blackhawk Human Resource Association (BHRA) for its scope of work in perpetuating and supporting the mission of the organization in 2009.
The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) is the world’s largest association devoted to human resource management. The Society serves the needs of HR professionals and advances the interests of the HR profession. Founded in 1948, SHRM has more than 250,000 members in over 140 countries, and more than 575 affiliated chapters.
BHRA is one of 34 chapters receiving the distinction in SHRM’s North Central Region comprised of 10 states and 154 affiliated chapters.
“This recognition is a distinct indication of the chapter’s successful partnership with SHRM to serve the networking and professional development needs of human resource professionals and to the advancement of the human resources profession” noted Pamela J. Green, SPHR, Chief U.S. Membership Officer for SHRM.
The Blackhawk Human Resource Association Chapter receives a Certificate of Recognition, a specialized banner to display at its meetings and events, and is being recognized in SHRM’s publications and at its conferences.
