Eating Alphabet Soup in HR

I have attended a flurry of meetings dealing with HR. The first was SHRM. The Society for Human Resource Management. In this meeting they talked about a new way to recruit workers using Linked In. I had already had an account with them, but I went home and updated it for a better chance noticing me. Recruiters are using very unconventional methods to find employees. I want to be in the loop.

The next meeting was IMPA-HR. They talked about the effects of a pandemic flu happening in the workplace. They gave a lot of useful advice on how to handle it.

Then I attended my first CEBS meeting. CEBS is the compensation and benefits side of HR. They were explaining what to look for when choosing health plans. Most notably how hospitals rank and what the various amenities are.

Finally, I attended IHRIM they are the technical side of HR. The HRIS side. This meeting was also a first. Although, it seemed like a sales pitch I did learn the upside to using an ADP system. ADP, Kronos and SAP are biggies in HR.