Mentoring and Job Shadowing Program
Are you interested in HR but not sure where to begin or are you looking to make a career change and need some expertise? If so, our Mentoring and Job Shadowing Program will help get you started! We are currently seeking both mentors, mentees, shadowers and shadowees!
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Board Service and Committe Volunteer Opportunities
Serving as a volunteer is a great way to give back to the HR community and to network with your peers. It is also a great way to use skills you already have or to develop a new skill you need. Lewis and Clark SHRM is supported by a 19 member volunteer leadership team serving a current and past membership that exceeds 400.
Monthly Member Meetings are held 10 times a year, with no meetings held in August and December. Board Meetings are held 6 times per year, with additional meetings as needed for specific committees and initiatives. The list below describes the various Lewis and Clark SHRM leadership areas in which we could also utilize volunteers. Although the descriptions are very general, there are many opportunities within each area to serve.
Membership: The Membership Committee maintains the chapter’s membership database, welcomes new members into the chapter, generates and implements membership recruitment initiatives.
Membership Retention: The Membership Retention Committee supports outreach to both active and former members to strengthen connections and strengthen retention.
Programs: The Program Committee arranges for monthly programs pertinent to the needs and interests of the chapter membership, recruits and schedules presenters, works collaboratively with other committees to ensure that programs are qualified for continuing education credit, and works with other committees to deliver special programs and events.
Communications: Oversees and manages the marketing and public relations activities of the chapter, produces and distributes press releases, devises strategies to increase the public awareness of the chapter.
Certification: The Certification committee ensures monthly educational programs are approved for credit through SHRM and HRCI, oversees the chapter’s certification study programs, promotes awareness of the value of certification, and works to increase the number of chapter members who are certified through SHRM and/or HRCI.
Diversity: Promotes an environment within Lewis and Clark SHRM that recognizes, values, and celebrates the unique contributions and differences within our membership and the organizations we represent..
College Relations: This committee devises and manages the scholarship programs, internship programs, and college outreach efforts of the chapter, encourages student participation in chapter programs and events, explores mentoring programs for students.
Government Affairs: The Government Affairs committee monitors and evaluates on a continuing basis pending legislative, regulatory, and legal actions at the federal, state, and local level that have an impact on the management of human resources.
SHRM Foundation: This committee educates the membership, promotes and represents the interests of the SHRM Foundation and its activities and benefits to the chapter membership.
Workforce Readiness: The Workforce Readiness committee monitors and evaluates local activities concerning workforce readiness issues and plans, encourages chapter involvement and activities impacting the workforce readiness arena, updates the chapter on issues and works with state-level workforce readiness advocates.
Community Involvement: This committee informs chapter membership about community organizations that would benefit from the efforts of HR professionals, identifies issues which could use the action or support of the chapter, encourages the chapter membership to become involved in community betterment issues or projects.
Finance: The Finance Committee oversees the chapter’s finances and advises the Board of Directors on financial matters. It ensures that the books and bank accounts are maintained in an accurate and timely manner.
Technology: This committee creates, maintains, and administers the chapter website, devises and develops effective ways for electronic communications for the chapter.
If you are interested in Board service or joining a committee, please click here.
