Human Resource Association of Central Indiana
Affiliate of the Society for Human Resource Management
9840 Westpoint Drive,
Suite 260
Indianapolis IN 46256
Phone: (317) 841-3236
Fax: (317) 841-8206
e-mail
information@hraci.org |
HRACI
2009 Board of Directors
President
Brian Cox
email president(at)hraci.org
President
Elect
Tami Murphy
email presidentelect(at)hraci.org
Immediate
Past President
Cherilyn Stephens, PHR
email pastpres(at)hraci.org
Vice
President of Membership
Pam Dolas, PHR
email vpmembership(at)hraci.org
Vice
President, Programs
Jeremy York, PHR
email vpprograms(at)hraci.org
Secretary
Toni Thompson, PHR
email secretary(at)hraci.org
Treasurer
JoDee Curtis, SPHR
email treasurer(at)hraci.org
Director
of Certification
Jennifer Lange, PHR
email certification(at)hraci.org
Director
of Communications,
Newsletter Editor
Karen Seketa, SPHR
email communications(at)hraci.org
Director
of Legislative Affairs
Michael Padgett
email legislative(at)hraci.org
Director
of Sponsorship
Patti Daniels, PHR
email sponsorship(at)hraci.org
Director of College and
Community Relations
Laura McGrew
email education(at)hraci.org
Director
of Diversity
Erin Brothers
email diversity(at)hraci.org
Director
of Special Interest Groups
Bobbie Shreiner
email sig(at)hraci.org
Director
of Volunteer Management
Shawna Lake, SPHR
volunteer(at)hraci.org
Executive
Director
Mark Records
email executivedirector@hraci.org
For General Information:
Phone: (317) 841-3236
Fax: (317) 841-8206
Job
Postings
We
have 5 Current Job Postings. Be sure to check them out at: http://www.hraci.org/
HRACIjobs.htm
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| Important
Dates in this month's Newsletter |
HRACI Consultants
Forum
Friday, May 8, 2009
Technology - The Moving Force in Business
Indiana CPA Society
2009 Solutions Summit
Friday, May 8, 2009
"It's All About People"
HRACI Monthly Meeting
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Workforce
Development in Indiana: How to WIN your unemployment
insurance hearing
Read
on for details on these and other important HRACI
activities!
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 Submitted
by: Brian Cox, President HRACI
Baseball season is underway and if you are a fan, you
know three things: baseball cannot be played alone (very
well anyhow), it takes time for a game to develop and the
team that works best together usually wins.
Since the beginning of the year, the “team” (your
board of directors), has been playing to win with regard
to the needs of the membership in these uncertain times.
You will recall the announcements of the transitional membership,
the decision not to increase dues or fees at a time when
revenue is declining, and, as a culmination of these efforts,
we partnered with Right Management to offer outplacement
service workshops to those in transition.
We have had several HR Professionals in transition take
advantage of these programs and the first outplacement
series of workshops was completely full with a wait list.
Those not able to attend the first round due to space constraints
are being offered a second session so they too can benefit.
So as the season gets into full swing, we continue to “Serve
the Professional” by rallying the team, planning
a long term strategy for this year’s match-ups, and
delivering one win after another as we focus on the prize
of another great year of HR service and support where it’s
needed most.
Thanks to everyone involved and the membership as a whole
as this effort has resulted in a home run in the 2009 season!
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Submitted
by: Angie Ritz, PHR
The Ambassador Program is looking for volunteers to be
Ambassadors. If you’ve been a member of HRACI for
at least a year and you would like to take some time
to get a new member acclimated to the association, this
is the opportunity for you! Ambassadors are assigned
a new member (or a few members, depending on your availability)
and make contact with that new member to give them information
on HRACI and to make them feel welcome. Contact Sue Bard
at sue_bard@us.aflac.com if you are interested. You can
also visit HRACI’s website at http://www.hraci.org/HRACIambassadorprogram.htm for more information.
HRACI is researching how to offer corporate memberships
to companies that have seven or more members of HRACI.
If you have ideas on how this program should look, please
contact Pam Dolas, VP of membership at membership@hraci.org.
HRACI is offering transitional memberships to those
HR professionals who are unemployed at the time of enrollment.
The cost is $62.50, half the cost of a regular membership.
If you or someone you know is unemployed and looking
for great networking and education opportunities, visit
the website at http://www.hraci.org/HRACImembership.htm to join or download the membership application.
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| Volunteer
Update: HRACI Seeks Your Outstanding Human
Resource Professionals Nominations |
Submitted
by: Angi Hill
It’s again the time of year when
HRACI is asking for your nominations for outstanding
Human Resource Professionals.
Each year, HRACI presents an award to the Volunteer
Leader of the Year and the Professional of the
Year. HRACI is
collecting nominations for both of these awards through
June 26, 2009. We will then select the winner from all
of the nominees and they will be presented with their award
at our July luncheon.
The winner of each category will receive their award, free
admission to the July luncheon and free admission to the
Indiana State HR Conference. Our local HRACI winners will
also be nominated for and represent HRACI for the state
awards of the same name. The state winners will then be
announced at the Indiana conference.
We are very excited about our increased participation and
nominations over these past years and look forward to more
outstanding nominations this year. This is a great way
to give praise to an employee, recognize hard work and
let someone know that their efforts have been noticed.
Please nominate your friend, colleague or even yourself
for one or both of these awards today! You do not need
to be a member of HRACI to submit a nomination and you
can remain anonymous. If
you have any questions, please contact Angi Hill at ahill@smart-itstaffing.com.
Download
a Volunteer
Leader of the Year Application
Download
a Professional
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| Education
Update: Diversity Education Opportunities |
Submitted
by: Erin Brothers
If
you liked the Diversity Conference, you’ll love
these opportunities from two of our speakers!
Medical Cultures: Not Your Generic Prescription: Negotiating
Cultural Dynamics in Healthcare by Quay Kester, Ph.D.
May 13-14, 8:30a.m.-4p.m.
Marten House Hotel and Conference Center
1801 W. 86th
St
Indianapolis, IN 46260
What is Wrong with “Those People?”: Diagnosing,
Treating and Preventing Cultural Conundrums Within the
Healthcare/Medical Context by Quay Kester, Ph.D.
August 12-13, 8:30a.m.-4p.m.
Marten House Hotel and Conference Center
1801 W. 86th
St
Indianapolis, IN 46260
These two sessions cover in-depth, dynamics of the medical
culture. And how we, as individuals, professionals, and
members of organizational systems may be affected when
medical and healthcare contexts are present.
GOAL: To explore, examine and analyze various cultural
dynamics influenced by the medical cultures, their impact
on patient care, individual interactions and decision-making.
To increase cultural observation skills, and strategize
about managing cultural conundrums in current practice.
To examine healthcare in terms of future demographics and
to prepare for changes in medical cultural norms, patient
cultural norms and the necessity to personally adjust.
Participants will leave with an action plan for how they
can adjust to healthcare dynamics on an individual basis
and how they may influence larger systems.
Sponsored by the Metropolitan Indianapolis Central Indiana
Area Health Education Center (MICI-AHEC) & University
of Phoenix - Indianapolis Campus
Quay Kester, Ph.D., Leader/Facilitator from Evoke Communications
Program Fee $150
CEU’s available
Contact Tricia Brown (317)583-3512 or email pmbrown@stvincent.org to register.
Baker & Daniels'
2009 FMLA Bootcamp: New Military Leaves Are Just The
Beginning! By Mitzi
Martin and Joe
Pettygrove
Wednesday, May 13, 12:30p.m. - 4:00p.m. EDT
Baker & Daniels LLP
300 North Meridian Street, Suite
2700
Indianapolis, IN 46204
The National Defense Authorization Act received much press
last year when it added two new kinds of military-related
FMLA leave. You may know that the Department of Labor issued
regulations implementing those changes in early 2009.
But do you know the ins and outs of these new regulations?
Are you in compliance? The regulations both answer and
create many questions to tackle as you respond to FMLA
requests and administer leaves.
What's more, the DOL thoroughly overhauled its existing
regulations for non-military FMLA leave for the first time
since 1993. New rules now govern employer/employee notices,
certification, recertification, contacts with health care
providers, and more. The new regulations are in effect
now, so now is the time to learn them inside and out!
Mitzi Martin and Joe Pettygrove, Facilitators from Baker
and Daniels, LLP
Registration Fee: $150 per person
Approved for 3.0 (General) recertification credit hours
toward PHR, SPHR and GPHR.
Contact www.bakerd.com or call (317)237-1207 for registration
and more information.
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Legislative
Update: Winding Down at the Indiana General Assembly
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Submitted
by: Michael Padgett, Attorney at Law
Indiana legislators returned to the State House in January to begin
the 2009 session of the Indiana General Assembly. The 2009 legislative session
was a "long
session." In odd-numbered years such as 2009, the General Assembly begins
its work in January and must adjourn by April 29. These sessions, lasting approximately
four months, are called "long sessions." The General Assembly is required
to adopt the state's two-year fiscal budget during the long session. In alternating
even-numbered years, the General Assembly holds "short sessions" lasting
about two-and-a-half months. The "short session" begins in January
and adjourns no later than March 14 under Indiana law.
With April 29 approaching, the 2009 long session is drawing
to a close this week. The Legislative Committee previously
targeted four bills for tracking in this session of the
General Assembly, in each case opposing passage of the
bills. The targeted bills included the following:
-
A
bill to require employers to allow employees to bring
firearms onto the employer's premises.
-
A
bill to create a family leave requirement similar
to the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
for small Indiana employers.
-
A
bill to create a state version of an age discrimination
law similar to the already-existing federal
Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA).
-
A
bill to punish Indiana employers -- including the
possibility of closing down the business
-- for violations of federal immigration
laws.
As
we approach the end of the 2009 session, it appears that
each of the four targeted
bills has been defeated in the Indiana General
Assembly. Each of
the bills has not received the votes necessary
to pass as stand-alone bills. While
it is possible that the concepts behind each
of the bills could be amended into other legislation,
it does not appear at this
writing
that any such
amendments will take place.
The remaining legislation pending in the General
Assembly that is certainly of interest to employers
is legislation to fix Indiana's
Unemployment Insurance
Trust Fund. As reported in a previous newsletter,
Indiana has been
forced to borrow from the federal government (as
much as $1 billion this year) to
prop
up the fund. Current legislation proposed to make
the fund solvent includes provisions for increased
employer taxes paid into the
fund, the possibility
of decreased benefits, and tightening eligibility
restrictions to receive unemployment benefits. Because
differing versions
of bills
to deal with this
issue passed
the Indiana House of Representatives and the Indiana
Senate, a joint House and Senate Conference Committee
will meet this
week to attempt
to negotiate
a compromise between to the two versions of the bills.
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| Certification
Update: Let HRACI Know About Your PHR/SPHR/GPHR
Certification |
Submitted
by:
Jennifer Lange, PHR
You can now notify HRACI of
your PHR/SPHR/GPHR certification. Just go to www.hrci.org,
Login and go to "My
Online Profile" then click on the "Chapter Notification
Link" and select "IN -- HR Assoc. of Central
Indiana-0099" from the drop-down menu and then "Submit".
Even if you have been certified for years, you should complete
the chapter notification link to be sure that HRACI has
accurate records of your accomplishment. Thank you for
your cooperation!
PHR/SPHR Certification Study Groups Starting
Submitted by: Jennifer Lange, PHR
Thinking About Taking the PHR or SPHR Certification Exam
in December 2009/January 2010? The 2009 Fall HRACI PHR/SPHR study groups will start mid-September.
Classes will meet one (1) night a week in the evening from
6:00 pm to 8:30 p.m. for nine (9) weeks. We HOPE to have
two (2) locations (depending on interest) -- northside
and downtown.
In late July/early August,
HRACI we will begin accepting online registrations for
the HRACI study group(s) and each
session/location will be limited to 25 participants. However,
if you know that you’re interested -- send an email
to Jennifer Lange (jennifer.lange@oldnational.com) and
she’ll be sure to contact you when the registration
link on HRACI’s website is live to ensure that you
don’t miss it!
Again this Fall we are going to be using the HRCP study
materials (this is NOT the same as SHRM Learning System)
which includes six (6) study booklets covering each section
of the exam, review questions and answers for each unit,
and over 500 flashcards. To learn more about the HRCP materials,
you can go to www.HRCP.com.
The cost for the program will be around $400 for HRACI
members and $600 for non-members (specifics still TBD).
If you have questions or would like more information
please contact Jennifer Lange, PHR at 317-693-2757 or
via email at jennifer.lange@oldnational.com.
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SMA-Central Indiana Update |
Submitted by:
Stacy Rouse
If you attended the SMA meeting
last week, we hope you walked away with a plethora of ideas
on how to not only survive the current economic climate,
but to also thrive. Our panelists discussed the importance
of communicating effectively, knowing how to build, maintain,
and utilize your network, gauging what your employees and
customers are saying about your organization, being a solution
to your manager (or the hiring manager if you are in transition),
and learning to be more strategic in your role and as a
company. In the following video, Standing
Out in Uncertain Times, Tanya Goodwin-Maslach, Executive Coach with Elevati,
Inc. discusses how to distinguish yourself in uncertain
times. Please take a look and begin putting these strategies
to work in your own situation.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
Thursday, June 23rd, Time TBD
Wine Tasting and Networking Event at Easley Winery
Remember: Networking is one of the most important --
if not the most important -- activities that job-seekers
need to master to be truly successful in your job-search.
Because the vast majority of job openings are never advertised,
job-seekers need to have a network of contacts -- a career
network -- that can provide support, information, and
job leads.
As always, there will be a fun, networking activity,
and door prizes for attendees!
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Submitted
by: Brian Cox, President HRACI
 June
28–July 1, 2009
Morial Convention Center
New Orleans, Louisiana
The SHRM Annual Conference & Exposition is a chance
for you to gather with some of the greatest minds in
human resources, academia, business, globalization and
leadership. Learn real strategies and techniques for
improving your work and your workplace.
Register today at www.shrm.org/conferences/annual
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Indiana
CPA Society Solutions Summit |
 REGISTRATION
RATES REDUCED!
The
Indiana CPA Society is hosting it’s 2009 Solutions Summit: “It’s
All About People” on May 8th, 2009. HRACI is proud
to co-sponsor this event and encourages members to attend.
Summit topics include Strategic Diversity Management, Work/Life Balance, Secrets
to Surviving Tough Times, Succession Planning, and many more.
For more information and to register for the event please visit http://incpas.org/SolutionsSummit.
Click
Here to download a Brochure
When registering, be sure to select the HRACI registration for the summit.
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Technology – The
Moving Force in Business
The
advancement of technology continues to reflect the speed
of light and as an internal and external consultant we must be
ahead of the curve. This program will prepare us to more
effectively collaborate “strategically” with
our peers, client leaders and prospects. Lisa Meece of
Bottom-line Performance will share the pitfalls, possibilities
and paradigms of Web 2.0, as well as what makes it different
and how the associated paradigm shift is changing business.
She will also cover how social media is currently affecting
your brand, your people, and your clients and how it
will impact us in the future. Other new technologies
on the forefront will be reviewed and its affect on workplace
learning.
Other
panel members will then introduce how the utilization
of new technology is the basis of cutting-edge applications
entering the marketplace. For example, we will learn
about:
- How
the emerging Cloud Computing delivery model is revolutionizing
the delivery of healthcare benefits by providing a
technology solution that is cutting-edge, economical
and efficient.
- The
integration of a focused, web based career management
application for candidates that provides companies
with a more robust, meaningful tool for applicant tracking
over time, which led to the development of the “Career
Tracker”. Many believe that this is the future
of resumes…. a timeline based, virtual portfolio.
This same concept is providing a useful internal tool
for companies to manage employee performance in a more
insightful way.
- Strategically
using Web 2.0 technology to HR’s advantage by
engaging the workforce through a corporate social media
outlet. We will also learn about how technology can
change employee behavior by ensuring the corporate
message is spread thru multiple channel communications
- email vs. blogs and/or effective use of instant messaging
and texting.
By
attending this program you will learn how businesses
are leveraging new technologies like Web 2.0, cloud computing
and virtual worlds to expand their business. Let HR become
the technology champion and not the barrier.
Panel
Members
Lisa
Meece, Senior Learning Designer, Bottom-Line Performance
Jeff
Bockelman, President & Founder, CareerScribe LLC
Joe
Gilbert, CLU, ChFC, RHU, FLMI, VP - Consultant Services,
Healthx
Chuck
Gillespie, Director of Human Capital for Dealerflow Corporation
and Managing Director of Peoplebase
 This
program has been approved for recertification credit
hours toward PHR, SPHR and GPHR recertification through
the HR Certification Institute (HRCI). The use of this
seal is not an endorsement by the HR Certification Institute
of the quality of the program. It means that this program
has met the HR Certification Institute’s criteria
to be pre-approved for recertification credit.For more
information about certification or recertification, please
visit the HRCI homepage at www.hrci.org.
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| Date: |
Friday,
May 8, 2009 |
| Topic: |
Technology – The
Moving Force in Business |
| Panelists: |
Lisa
Meece, Senior Learning Designer, Bottom-Line
Performance
Jeff Bockelman, President & Founder,
CareerScribe LLC
Joe Gilbert, CLU, ChFC, RHU, FLMI, VP
- Consultant Services, Healthx
Chuck Gillespie, Director of Human Capital
for Dealerflow Corporation and Managing Director
of Peoplebase |
| Agenda: |
Registration:
7:30 a.m. to 7:55 a.m.
Program: 7:55 a.m. – 9:25 a.m. |
| Location: |
Telamon
1000 East 116th Street
Carmel, IN 46032
Click
Here for Directions |
| Cost: |
$10
Members
$25 Non-Members
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| Meeting
Room Sponsored by: |
Refreshments
Sponsored by: |
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Thursday, May 21, 2009
About
the Speaker:
Dustin
Stohler is General Counsel for the Department of Workforce
Development. In that role, Mr. Stohler is chief legal counsel
to the Commissioner. Additionally, Mr. Stohler oversees DWD's
investigatory and oversight departments, as well as unemployment
appeals. Prior to joining DWD, Mr. Stohler practiced law
at Littler Mendelson and Baker & Daniels, where he advised
employers on compliance with employment laws and defended
employers in lawsuits and administrative proceedings brought
under the NLRA, FLSA, Title VII, and other employment related
laws. Mr. Stohler received a J.D. from Indiana University
and a B.A. from Wabash College.
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Date:
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Speaker:
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Dustin
Stohler, Department of Workforce Development
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Topic:
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Workforce
Development in Indiana: How to WIN your unemployment
insurance hearing
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Location:
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Junior
Achievement Center
7435 North Keystone Avenue
Indianapolis, IN 46240
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Agenda:
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11:30
a.m. Registration & Networking
12:00 p.m. Luncheon
12:15 p.m. Announcements
12:20 p.m. Program
1:20 p.m. Adjournment
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Cost:
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Members
$25
Guests $35
Student $15
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| Dani
Flores
Jill Lehman
Rhonda Jones-Jointer
Denola Burton
Jennifer Creager
Bob Jones
Jennifer Norris
Holly Webb
Joseph Sperlin
Christine Wunderly
Jennifer Dube
Chad Side
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Jessica
Blankenship
Glenda Cochran
Rhonda Green
Bridgetta Bullock
Beverly Hellems
Shannon Moores
Ashley Powell
Carol Asselta
Janice Murry
Kara Ooley
Hope Shank
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