Purpose of event

This is a statewide strategic forum on mega trends affecting the relative competitiveness of Virginia’s workforce, domestically and globally.  The Virginia Society for Human Resource Management State Council, in cooperation with the Honorable Timothy M. Kaine, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and special guest, the Honorable Thomas R. Morris, Secretary of Education for...

This booklet was distributed at the April 26 conference.   Marcy Engle, Director of Communications, Virginia SHRM State Council

Hey Folks I am so excited about the journey we have begun here.  So many times we as HR professionals talk about having a "seat at the table" and do very little about impacting the business environment.  This is a tremendous opportunity to take proactive steps to make tangible changes to the operations environment.  Through influence with Educators and Policy makers we can...

Let's use this string to provide updates (Challenges and Wins) related to the follow up sessions scheduling and accomplishment.

 

Thanks,

 

Chuck

First Thanks to everyone who participated in the calls this week I know that I always come away with new valuable information from these exchanges:  For those of you who were not able to attend...

Some of the themes that are emerging are around working with organizations who are already (or easily convinced to be) working on similar initiatives and leveraging their support.

Our role in this...

A couple of different concepts could be used to sum up the discussion:  Confusion and Collaboration
Let me clarify a little.
Confusion – Some folks weren’t sure what to do, how to begin, or where to start.  The geographical area is too big, the interest level seems too low, the helpers too few.  This overwhelm created the deer in the headlight phenomenon for some of us.  Stunned,...

A couple of different concepts could be used to sum up the discussion:  Confusion and Collaboration
Let me clarify a little.
Confusion – Some folks weren’t sure what to do, how to begin, or where to start.  The geographical area is too big, the interest level seems too low, the helpers too few.  This overwhelm created the deer in the headlight phenomenon for some of us.  Stunned,...