Great River Human Resource Association

Join us as Jennifer Palar covers the topic of HR Analytics. Determine appropriate business/HR questions to ask and how to compile & clean data. Also, learn to tie analysis results to business-related questions to improve the problem-solving process.

We asked benefit experts, Brad Johnson & Tally Curry, if they could simplify what employers need to know about employee benefit trends & ideas being pitched to HR. Accepting the challenge, this will be a beneficial event for all HR professionals!

Trying to walk the tightrope between work & home life? Are your employees? How can we find that work-life balance as employers, employees and as individuals? Do we ever “arrive?” How does HR fit? Join us to explore these questions and so much more!

Tickets Available Now! Join us for a half-day meeting on all legal updates as well as hear from our Workforce Readiness Panel representatives who will discuss iJag, Sector Boards, Junior Achievement & The Career Network.

Dr. Monica Smith, VP of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for Augustana College, will share with us practices, policies, concepts and possible barriers that impede progress around the topic of inclusive leadership. RSVP by 5pm on October 15th to attend!

Roxanne Steffens will share with us the do's and don'ts in the workplace. Appetizers and networking held from 5:00 - 5:30 pm. Presentation from Roxanne Steffens from 5:30 - 6:30 pm. Geared toward students but all GRHRA members are welcome to attend.

Abby Cheesman will share ideas on how to create visual job descriptions, how to incorporate media into recruiting to attract talent, and how to use storytelling as a way to engage your workforce, share company culture and attract talent.

Everyone finds him/herself in networking situations. From 4-5 PM, LuAnn Hayden and Sarah Stevens will make a presentation on how to network effectively and also share ideas on how to get more comfortable when meeting others. Drinks & appetizers following.

You may feel confident you know what your company wants and needs, but do you know what your CEO wants from HR? Come to this meeting to be learn more about how to become keenly aware what executive management needs from you as a talent manager.

Nancy Conway, SHRM-SCP is a Field Service Director from SHRM who is a great resource for the North Central Region, which Iowa is part of. Nancy will share her insights on HR's future and how to be prepared.

Employers need to know how to handle the substance abuse issues that can arise in the workplace. With the stresses in today's environment, now more than ever you must be in touch with your workforce.

It's time to update your harassment compliance practices.

Dave "The Shef" Sheffield

4-hour GRHRA Legislative Event

Ways to Recruit, Hire, Engage, and Keep an Eye on the Competition

The inside-out and outside-in of seeing, hearing, and speaking business strategy for HR professionals

Strategic HR Transformation

Event cancelled due to low attendance

Event cancelled due to low attendance.

PowerPoint presentation and articles are now available.

Handouts Available

NOTE: This relevant and interesting session will run 15 minutes longer than the usual meeting.

Slides from this event can be found below.

Handouts available.

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Join us for an opportunity to learn how a real-world approach to work-readiness can help students become better prepared to contribute to their employers' success.

Join us for an opportunity to learn how our community must come together to support our area employers, as they strive to reflect the diverse community that is the QC.

Join us for this exciting session, which was also offered at the 2014 Iowa State SHRM Conference, and increase your business knowledge competencies and financial technical skills.

3M is consistently recognized as one of the world’s most innovative and admired companies and one of the best companies for leaders and aspiring leaders. This DVD explores 3M’s outstanding succession planning and leadership development process.

This training trains supervisors/managers in the areas of identification, documentation and intervention for drug and alcohol usage. It also informs them of the need for policy and procedures to provide a drug and alcohol free workplace.

Often, we may not feel wired into the pulse of the business climate, community and our leaders' people vision. Listen and interact with four area C-Suite leaders and learn how you can accelerate your people practices.

Join GRHRA as we officially greet summer and connect with each other with a Summer Social!