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Learn & Connect

 On January 29th, 2014, several HR leaders from our community will be sharing their fascinating and inspiring stories with us. You will have the opportunity to interact together and with them. Diane Panting will lead this insightful and inspiring evening.

Facilitator: Diane Panting, CHRP, Partner and Market Director, Aon Hewitt

Speakers:
Rob Campbell, Vice President, Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries
John Ferris, CHRP, President, inVision Business Edge
Sharon Harrald, Candidate, Vice President, Human Resources, Investors Group Inc.
Allison Stephanson, Inspector, Human Resources, Winnipeg Police Service

Date: January 29, 2014
Time: Networking: 4:30pm-5:30pm
           Dinner: 5:30pm-6:15pm
           Presentation: 6:15pm-7:15pm
           Question & Answer: 7:15pm-7:30pm
           Dessert & Mingle: 7:30pm-8:00pm
Location: Delta Winnipeg, 350 St. Mary Ave, Winnipeg
Cost: Members-$50, Non-members-$60
Registration Deadline: January 24, 2014

For more information or to register, please click here

 

How to create accountability & confidence: Your HR toolkit to stop workplace bullying and disruptive behaviours

Date:  Thursday, February 13, 2014
Time:  7:30am-8:00am - Registration & continental breakfast
             8:00am-11:45am - Presentation
            11:45am-1:00pm - Lunch
            1:00pm-2:45pm - Presentation

Location: Canad Inns Club Regent Casino Hotel
Cost (add GST): 
Member: $295 -> Early bird rate: $275
Non-Member: $345 -> Early bird rate: $325
Registration deadline: Early bird deadline - January 10, 2014
 Regular deadline - February 7, 2014

For more information or to register, please click here

 Presented by:

 

 
Dale Carnegie Training Of Manitoba -
Winnipeg Technical College
CPHR

The CHRP Experience Assessment is a formal step in earning the CHRP designation that requires candidates to demonstrate three or more years of professional experience in human resources within the last ten years. 

To gain your CHRP designation through the assessment experience, CHRP Candidates will be required to submit a completed application. This application will need to be validated by your current employer. In order to be eligible to submit an application you need to be a CHRP Candidate (someone who has passed the NKE) and have had your proof of degree verified.

The next submission deadline is January 15.

For more information on the Experience Assessment, please click here

 

 

Achieve HR Excellence. Become a CHRP.

As a human resource (HR) professional, you are a leader in your own field. Employers, colleagues and clients turn to you for strategic advice, clear guidance and leadership on all aspects of HR. Make the most of your HR knowledge and experience, and get started on the path towards the Certified Human Resources Professional (CHRP) designation - the gold standard of HR professionals.

NKE Prep Course
Date: April 12 & 13, 2014
Time: 8:00am-4:30pm
Where: Canad Inns Windsor Park
For more information or to register, click here
 

National Knowledge Exam Spring 2014
Date: June 7, 2014
Check-in 8:30AM, Exam 9:00AM-12:15PM
For more information or to register, click here

 

 
Member Matters

Designed to showcase outstanding Human Resource achievements in Manitoba, HRMAM's Excellence in Leadership Awards honour employers and individuals who are leaders in diversity, development, impact and innovation.

The HRMAM Excellence in Leadership Awards includes two types of awards - Organizational Awards and Individual Awards. The Organizational Awards include eight categories which align with the key professional practices of Human Resource Professionals while the four individual awards are designed to recognize specific individuals for their unique contributions.

HRMAM encourages organizations and individuals to nominate themselves or others for an Excellence in Leadership Award by submitting an application to the HRMAM office. For more information on the application process and the awards, please click here.

 

Friday, December 20 - Open until 5:00pm
Monday, December 23-Wednesday, January 1 - Closed
Thursday, January 2 - Office opens at 9:00am
 

 
Date: Wednesday, January 15, 2013
Time: 10:45-11:00 am: Login Time
           11:00-11:30am: Presentation

If you are looking to learn more about the HR Metrics Service, sign up for this 1-hour demo. This 1-hour web meeting includes:

  • How the HR Metrics Service can benefit your organization 
  • A live demonstration of the data collection and can survey website
  • A review of the survey process, including survey timelines
  • Information on how to sign up
Click here to register!
 

HRMAM's Legislative Review Committee is seeking volunteers for three new task forces which will be set up to investigate specific issues and provide suggestions on changes to laws, regulations and rules that may affect HR professionals and the businesses and employees that HR professionals serve.

Task forces:

  • The Task Force on Developing a Government-Relations Strategy 
  • Immigration Task Force to recommend Changes to Manitoba's Worker Recruitment and Protection Act regarding Temporary Foreign Workers and to the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program
  • The Task Force to Develop HRMAM's Position on Report from the Panel on Labour Market Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities - Rethinking Disability in the Private Sector

 

For more information on these Task Forces, please click here

As the number of members on each task force is limited, the LRC would request that interested volunteers provide a brief paragraph detailing their interest in the task force for which they are volunteering.

If you are interested in volunteering for any of these task forces, please email your resume to R. Reis Pagtakhan, Director at Large at hrmam@hrmam.org by Friday, January 3, 2014. Please use a subject line indicating which task force you are interested in. 

 
In the news...
An expanded Canada/Quebec Pension Plan (C/QPP) is considered to be the best way to improve Canada's retirement income system, according to Morneau Shepell's 60-Second Survey. Read more here.
 
As the world mourns the loss of Nelson Mandela and commemorates his greatness as a leader, we would do well to remember that one of the many hallmarks of his leadership was trust. The greatest leaders in the world gravitated toward Mr. Mandela because he was genuinely trustworthy and his purpose was to support peace, prosperity and unity not only in South Africa - but throughout the world. Mandela was able to lead people in ways that many find impossible to do. As he famously said, "It always seems impossible until it's done." Read more here.
 

I don't know any leader who believes that spending time creating reports that are instantly out of date drives business results. Yet a recent survey shows that organizations are wasting an average of 17 hours every week - that's more than two full working days - just producing HR reports. Read more here. 

 

Financial executives in Canada don't anticipate bonus levels will differ much this year compared to 2012, according to a Robert Half survey. And at companies where bonuses will change, they are more likely to fall than rise. Read more here.

 
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