Support the SHRM Foundation & Northwest Harvest

LWHRA supporters are joining together this Fall to help our community and to raise money for the SHRM Foundation.

2019 LWHRA Symposium | Tuesday, February 12, 2019

It's never too early to think about your HR career, your goals, and your aspirations! LWHRA's 2019 Symposium gives you a fantastic opportunity to Connect, Grow, and Serve with HR professionals. Read more about some of the reasons why you should attend the 2019 Symposium.

YesVets Initiative

Be Recognized by YesVets for Hiring Veterans

LWHRA is thrilled to partner with YesVets to promote their statewide campaign to hire veterans. YesVets recognizes employers who show their commitment to veteran employment by hiring veterans into their workforce. 

Recruitment and talent acquisition strategies was the theme of our recent August Chapter meeting. We were lucky to have a knowledgeable presenter, Jenifer Lambert, Chief Revenue Officer at TERRA Staffing Group, who delivered an educational presentation at our meeting. Jenifer has over 25 years’ experience in recruiting/staffing under her belt. She fell into recruiting/staffing right out of college and has worked both in consulting roles and directly placing talent with client companies across a broad range of industries.

There were some great lessons learned at our Chapter meeting. We also used the opportunity to ask Jenifer her thoughts on few more recruiting questions, including her tips on how to avoid biases in the recruitment process and important considerations when selecting the right candidate for the job.

In your career, credibility is everything

To perform effectively, you need to develop HR expertise and apply it through behavioral competencies. To advance in your career, your leaders, peer, and employees need to endorse you as a credible HR practitioner. Trust SHRM Seminars to help you build critical HR competencies that will help you establish professional credibility and advance your career.
LWHRA members use promo code 18SEMWASH at checkout to receive $200 off SHRM seminars*. Find a Seattle seminar.

Join LWHRA for the August Chapter Meeting

Tuesday, August 14, 2018 | Hilton Bellevue

July Networking Event

Tuesday, July 10, 2018

LWHRA mixed it up this month with an evening event at the beautiful Newcastle Country Club, a choice so popular that we sold out! More than 60 members and guests attended, spending an enjoyable happy hour networking and mingling.

Lake Washington Institute of Technology SHRM Student Chapter Wins Superior Merit Award

SHRM has awarded a 2017-2018 Superior Merit Award designation to the Lake Washington Institute of Technology (LWTech) SHRM student chapter for providing superior growth and development opportunities to its student chapter members. This top award is received by fewer than one-quarter of student chapters per year. This marks the eighth year that LWTech has been recognized as Superior Merit Award or Outstanding Chapter Award winner.

The SHRM student chapter merit award program, which began in 1972, was created to encourage student chapters to require ongoing excellence in the following areas: student chapter requirements, chapter operations, chapter programming and professional development of members, support of the human resource profession, and SHRM engagement.

LWHRA Has Been Awarded the 2017 Platinum Excellence Award by SHRM

The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) recently awarded the Lake Washington Human Resource Association (LWHRA) its prestigious Platinum EXCEL Award for its accomplishments in 2017. 

UW Bothell SHRM Student Chapter Wins Award!

The UW Bothell SHRM Student Chapter will be recognized at the 2018 SHRM National Conference this summer for the "Honorable Mention Award". 

Student chapters have an opportunity to win this award based on the number of activities they complete during the merit award cycle. 

Use Your Expertise to Help Students

Hopelink is looking for hiring managers and HR professionals from local companies to volunteer as mock interviewers! Can you help?

Hopelink offers English for Work classes to help prepare immigrants and refugees for the U.S. workforce. Each quarter Hopelink holds mock interview events for our students. Mock interviews occur during regularly scheduled class time, and many students have told us that this is the most valuable activity in the course.

Supporting greater employee and organizational well-being

Managing a workforce so your business stays competitive in a tough economy is challenging. Years of cost-cutting, program-gutting tactics have left everyone stressed and disengaged. And too often the investments organizations do make go undervalued, underutilized and/or misunderstood. It’s safe to say that it’s time to reimagine total rewards so that individuals can enhance their total well-being and organizations can achieve their desired results. Join the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the International Society of Certified Employee Benefits Specialists for a webinar on June 5.

For more information about the event please check out the event flyer or contact Tim Valencia.

In your career, credibility is everything.

To perform effectively, you need to develop HR expertise and apply it to behavioral competencies. And to advance in your career, your leaders, peers, and employees need to endorse you as a credible HR practitioner.

This spring, trust SHRM Seminars to help you build critical HR competencies that will help you establish professional credibility and advance your career.

Last Chance to Register for the April Chapter Meeting

"The HR Professional Competency Model: A Road Map for Success"

Symposium SHRM Activity ID

Report your SHRM credit hours with this Activity ID code.

LWHRA is proud to offer HR professionals the opportunity to earn credit hours toward their SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP credentials. Earning one of these professional distinction makes you a recognized expert and leader in the HR field and sets you apart from your colleagues, proving your high level of knowledge and skills.

The 2018 LWHRA Symposium was approved for 6 SHRM PDCs. We encourage all professionals who attended to report their PDCs using the activity code below. This is a SHRM Activity ID clarification to the number we have listed in past emails.

Want to know more about SHRM Certifications?

Advance your career by gaining the knowledge, skills, and behavioral competencies associated with the SHRM-CP® and SHRM-SCP® credentials. These credentials are among the first HR certification focused on teaching and testing practical, real-life information.

5 Reasons for Students to Attend Symposium

It's never too early to think about your HR career, your goals, and your aspirations! LWHRA's 2018 Symposium gives you a fantastic opportunity to Connect Grow Serve with HR professionals. Read more about some of the reasons why you should attend the 2018 Symposium.