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7/22/2014 
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In This Issue
NEW: Webinar- Engaging Employees Through Training
LAST CHANCE: Strategic Workshop
Managing Change Series
Coffee & Donuts with the PHRA E.C.
Fall 2014 PHR/SPHR Certification Test Prep Class
Work Preferences of Millennials Survey
Why Hires Can't Succeed on Skill Alone
Is it Time to Kill the Performance Review?
Vision Benefits of America
LAST CHANCE: PHRA Bylaws Ratification
July President's Message
PHRA at the Pirates Suite Networking Event
New HR Certification & Survey
2014 PHRA Annual Conference & Exhibition
 
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NEW: You Asked, We Listened! Webinar - Engaging Employees Through Training
Date: Thursday, September 25, 2014
Time: 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m
Webinar
 
Approved for 1 General HRCI Recertification Credit
 
Registration
Members: $39.00
Non Members: $99.00
 
You asked for it, we listened! The PHRA is excited to offer our first lunch-hour webinar to PHRA members. 
LAST CHANCE: Strategic Workshop 
(SPHR Credits)
Date: Tuesday, July 29, 2014
Time: 7:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Location: NEW PHRA Office, One Gateway Center, Suite 1852, 420 Fort Duquesne Blvd.
Learn More & Register

Approved for 3 Business (SPHR) HRCI Recertification Credits
 
Registration:
PHRA Members: $49 
Non Members: $99
Managing Change Series (SPHR Credits)
Dates: August 13, September 10 & October 15, 2014
Time: 8:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Location: NEW PHRA Office, One Gateway Center, Suite 1852, 420 Fort Duquesne Blvd.
Learn More & Register

Approved for 7.5 Business (SPHR) HRCI Recertification Credits TOTAL
 
Registration:
PHRA Members: $49 each session, or bundle all three sessions for $119
Non Members: $99 each session, or bundle all three sessions for $239
Coffee & Donuts with the PHRA Executive Committee (Members Only)
Date: Thursday, August 14, 2014
Time: 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m
Location: NEW PHRA Office
 
Join the PHRA Executive Committee and Staff for an informal breakfast and opportunity to see our new office and meet our Executive Committee and Staff! This event is free for PHRA Members, but you must register to attend. 

Fall 2014 PHR/SPHR Certification Test Prep Class 

Date: Begins Monday, August 25, 2014

Time: 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. for 12 weeks

Location: New PHRA Office - One Gateway Center

Learn More & Register

 

This 12-week course is a comprehensive review of the SHRM Learning System facilitated by SPHR and PHR volunteers at no additional cost to you. The full six-module SHRM Learning System is included at a discounted cost in your registration!

 

Registration:

PHRA Members: $850.00

Non Members: $955.00

 

TOP TEN REASONS HR Professionals Give for NOT Being Certified

 

Apply today for the PHRA Scholarship Fund.

Work Preferences of Millennials Survey
Were you born in or after 1980? Then you can help your fellow PHRA Member, Kristine Irwin, gather data for her upcoming Perspectives Article! 
 
To participate, simply complete Kristine's short survey about the Work Preferences of Millennials. Thank you in advance for your participation!
 
Why Hires Can't Succeed on Skill Alone (Free Webinar)

This is not a PHRA Event.

Date: Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Time: 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. EDT

Learn More & Register

 

This webinar has been approved by the HRCI for 1 General Recertification credit.   


Soft Skills will determine YOUR success in HR. 

Rich will cover the needs for the HR professional in soft skills, and what skills you need and WILL need as well as how Soft Skills will affect the performance, the climate, and the bottom line of business both today and tomorrow. Hire for Attitude... Train For Skill It's ALL about soft skills! 

Is it Time to Kill the Performance Review?
Back by Popular Demand!
Date: Tuesday, November 4, 2014
Time: 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Location: NEW PHRA Office, One Gateway Center, Suite 1852, 420 Fort Duquesne Blvd.
Learn More & Register

Pending Approval for 3 General HRCI Recertification Credits 
 
Registration:
PHRA Members: $49 
Non Members: $99 
Contribute to the September Perspectives Newsletter!

Interested in writing for the September Perspectives newsletter?  Have an article you would like to submit for publishing?  The submission deadline for the July issue is Friday, August 15th, 2014.  


We are seeking articles covering the following topics: 

  • Employee Engagement and Retention
  • Healthcare Reform
  • HR and Corporate Ethics
  • Compensation and Total Rewards
  • Training and Development
  • Legal Updates
  • Multiculturalism and Diversity
  • Retirement Planning
  • HR Performance Metrics
  • Local Issues and Topics (Pittsburgh/Western PA) 

Other topical content is welcome as well.  Please send submissions and questions to: 

Liz Lamping, [email protected].

 

Editorial Guidelines for submissions can be found HERE

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:  

  

 

Track PHRA Events

 

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Newswatch

Presidential Order Protects LGBT Workers at Federal Contractors

 

Deadly Sins for Women at Work 

 

Senate Expected to Approve Block's Nomination to NLRB

 

Most 401(k) Participants Favor Auto Escalation

 

Small Business Workers Unsatisfied with Benefits 

Vendor Spotlight

Vision Benefits of America (VBA) has been administering managed vision care benefit plans for 45 years, and today is one of the largest, most experienced networks of professional eye care providers in the country. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, VBA is a non-profit healthcare service organization, which falls under the auspice of both the Pennsylvania Department of Health and the Pennsylvania Insurance Department.

 

VBA's network of participating providers includes more than 15,000 Optometrists, Ophthalmologists, and select Retail Opticals throughout all 50 states - 2,262 in Pennsylvania alone. VBA achieves significant cost savings by its participating doctors and its more than 260 full-service wholesale optical labs accepting less than typical wholesale fees as payment-in-full for their professional services and ophthalmic materials.

 

A standard VBA plan will include a fully-paid vision exam, first quality lenses, and a wide selection of fashion frames - more than 29,000 are fully covered! Also, VBA has added a one-year scratch protection plan on every spectacle lens obtained through their network, and just recently, has also begun covering blended "no-line" bifocals - all at no additional cost to their clients or their enrolled members.

 

Contact:

www.visionbenefits.com 

Daniel Gissin

Phone: 412-881-4900

[email protected]

LAST CHANCE: Member Response Requested: PHRA Bylaws Ratification (Members Only)
Dear PHRA Members,
 
We am delighted to inform the PHRA membership that the revised chapter bylaws, approved by the PHRA Board of Directors this past April, have been approved and signed by the Society for Human Resource Management. 

 

The next step in the process is for our chapter members to ratify the bylaws.

 

Click here review the revised bylaws*.

*Corrections in formatting made 7/14/2014.

Click here to ratify the bylaws by 

Monday, July 28, 2014.

 

Thank you so much for your time and assistance.

July Perspectives

 
July President's Message
July 2014 PHRA Presidents Message
July 2014 PHRA President's Message
 
PHRA at the Pirates Suite Networking Event (Members Only)
Dates: Monday, August 18, 2014
Time: 7:05 p.m. Game Time
Location: PNC Park
Learn More & Register

Registration: $79 per ticket 

This is a PHRA Members Only Event.
New HR Certification & Survey Results

The PHRA continues to be dedicated to offering our members the most current and cutting edge programming available for HR professionals.  We also know how important your opinions are when the industry faces a change in order to continue offering these programs. For that reason, we asked our members to fill out a brief survey regarding their opinions on HR certification offerings, and here is what we found: 

  • Of the respondents, 88% do not believe SHRM will launch a new certification that is truly different than what is currently offered by HRCI.
  • 97% of the respondents will continue to support their HRCI designation of an SPHR or PHR.
  • 77% of the respondents that currently hold the HRCI SPHR or PHR designation do plan on completing the online educational module and brief online tutorial to obtain the new SHRM Certified Professional (SHRM-CP) or SHRM Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP)
  • 91% of the respondents plan on maintaining their HRCI designation and the new SHRM designation.
  • 54.5% of non certified survey respondents stated they plan on obtaining the new SHRM designation. 
  • 68% of the survey respondents that are planning to take the HRCI certification exam stated the new certification will not affect their decision. 

As always, please follow the links below from HRCI and SHRM regarding SHRM's announcement of a new HR certification.

 

PHRA will continue to update this information as it is made available. 

2014 PHRA Annual Conference & Exhibition
Building Excellence in HR:  
Strategic Alignment & Integration
 
Dates: October 7 & 8, 2014
Location: DoubleTree by Hilton - Green Tree
Learn More & Register

Sponsor and Exhibitor Opportunities Still Available!

Pending Approval for 10 HRCI Recertification Credits
 
Registration:
PHRA Members: $389 
Non Members: $429
 
2014 PHRA Conference & Exhibition
2014 PHRA Conference & Exhibition
 

Join a PHRA Committee!

PHRA is currently seeking volunteers to participate on the Association's committees. To participate as a committee volunteer, you must be a PHRA member in good standing.

 

More information about our committees and their responsibilities can be found HERE.

 

Committee participation at the PHRA is an excellent way to expand your network connections, enhance your leadership skills, and give back to the profession!  Contact the PHRA today if you are interested in participating at [email protected].

Official Events Sponsor:

 

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.  

 

This e-mail update is sent to PHRA members and to non-members who have subscribed. 

Questions: If you have questions regarding this update, or for information about advertising opportunities, please contact the PHRA on 412-261-5537 or by e-mail at [email protected].