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Presidents Corner Continued on Page 4
Presidents Corner by: Rana Katsha, MS, PHR
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MCSHRM
Calendar of Events
JUNE 20
MCSHR Dinner Meeting
Smokey Glen Farm
5:30pm to 8:30pm
Can Recruiting Lasso the Cloud?
Approved for 2 General HRCI Credits
Free to Members!!
Click here for more details
JULY 18TH
MCSHRM Breakfast Meeting
Marriott– Gaithersburg
7am to 9am
Understanding the Jury Before you Decide to
Terminate
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Sponsor a Meeting! Contact Robin Campbell at
campbellrob92@
yahoo.com
Sponsor a
Networking Event!
Contact Thomas Mathew
240-252-5785
Welcome to summer 2012, our next chapter meeting kicks off the summer with our annual
barbeque at Smokey Glen Farm and hope that you join us! We have some wonderful topics of
discussion coming up for the second half of the year so please check out our website at
http://mcshrm.shrm.org to find out what are our upcoming events.
Summer brings outdoor fun, travel and heat, so here are some tips from OSHA to prevent heat exposure that you can share with your employees, family and friends. Retrieved on 5/28/2012 from http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/heatstress/heat_illnesses.html
Illness Symptoms First Aid*
Heat stroke Confusion
Fainting
Seizures
Excessive sweating or red, hot, dry
skin
Very high body temperature
Call 911
While waiting for help:
Place worker in shady, cool
area
Loosen clothing, remove outer
clothing
Fan air on worker; cold packs in
armpits
Wet worker with cool water;
apply ice packs, cool com-
presses, or ice if available
Provide fluids (preferably wa-
ter) as soon as possible
Stay with worker until help ar-
rives
Heat ex-
haustion
Cool, moist skin
Heavy sweating
Headache
Nausea or vomiting
Dizziness
Light headedness
Weakness
Thirst
Irritability
Fast heart beat
Have worker sit or lie down in a
cool, shady area
Give worker plenty of water or
other cool beverages to
drink
Cool worker with cold com-
presses/ice packs
Take to clinic or emergency
room for medical evaluation
or treatment if signs or
symptoms worsen or do not
improve within 60 minutes.
Do not return to work that day
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Legislative Affairs by: Darla McClure, Esquire
M O N T G O M E R Y C O U N T Y S H R M
New Enforcement Guidelines Issued by EEOC on
Arrest and Conviction Records
On April 25, 2012 the EEOC issued updated guidance on the use of arrest and conviction rec-ords in hiring and making employment decisions. There is new focus on the importance of “individualized assessment” before disqualifying an applicant based on a criminal conviction record. Although federal law does not protect individuals with a criminal record from being discriminated against in the workplace, unlawful discrimination may occur if an employer’s neutral policy has the effect of disproportionately screening out individuals based on race or national origin. The guidance provides that studies show that reliance on criminal history rec-ords has a disproportionate impact on African-Americans and Hispanics. Under the new guid-ance, a policy with a blanket exclusion on hiring an individual with a criminal record is viewed by the EEOC as unlawful. The guidance further stresses that treating individuals in a protected class differently based on an employer’s reliance on a criminal record is also unlawful.
Community Affairs by: Theresa Elliott, PHR
Kristen Wright, Program Manager from St. Luke’s House, Inc attended our chapter meeting in May to talk about the Mock Interview program where she is in need of some volunteers. St. Luke’s House is a nonprofit organization in Montgomery County “that empowers clients to live, learn, work and participate successfully in the community by providing integrated mental health services and access to community resources.”
St. Luke’s Career Transition program helps prepare their clients to successfully transition into the workplace, college, vocational training etc. The mock interview process is just one of the techniques St. Luke’s house uses to help educate and prepare their clients to enter the work-ing world.
For more information, visit http://www.stlukeshouse.org/program/
employer-page or you may contact Kristen directly at (301) 493-4200, ext 456.
Doing a job RIGHT the first time gets the job done. Doing the job WRONG fourteen times gives you job security.
A person who smiles in the face of adversity probably has a scapegoat.
TEAMWORK…means never having to take all the blame yourself
When the going gets tough, the tough take a coffee break
Hang in there retirement is only 30 years away!
Friday Humor Sayings that Should Really Be On Inspirational Posters Retrieved on May 31, 2012 http://www.employmentblawg.com/friday-humor-sayings-that-should-be-on-
inspirational-posters/
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Programs by: Robin Campbell, SPHR
Greetings! Let's celebrate the official beginning of summer with a barbeque at Smokey Glen Farm! Come network with your colleagues, enjoy some great food and recreation, and learn about the latest in Cloud Recruiting from guest speaker Kelly Dingee, Strategic Recruiting Manager at Staffing Advisors!
Title: Can Recruiting Lasso the Cloud?
Date and Time: Wednesday, June 20, 2012 5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Location: Smokey Glen Farm, 16407 Riffle Ford Road, Gaithersburg, MD 20878
Cost: FREE to Montgomery County SHRM Members
$40.00 Nonmembers
$45.00 Walk-ins
Kelly will lead us in an exploration of techniques that work to leverage the cloud to our full advantage to find and hire employees. With over 15 years of experience in online research for recruiting, Kelly can speak to what works and what may be a waste of your team’s time. During this session you will:
Explore the top sites now, including Google+
Leverage classic key word techniques to extract candidates
Examine the differences in searching sites internally versus externally, when is it beneficial and when should both be used
Discuss data management and virtual tools that are secure as well as accessible to all team members
Our annual barbeque would not be possible without the generous and ongoing support of Jim Sweet and Smokey Glen Farm. Be sure to check out Fridays at the Farm!
This event is FREE to MC SHRM members! Please RSVP as soon as possible but no later than June 13th by sending an email to [email protected]. Simply provide your name and state: I will attend the June 20th Dinner Meeting. Feel free to bring a guest – just have them register and pay for the event by going to our website.
Click here for program details or visit http://mcshrm.shrm.org and click on Meetings and Events.
Bargain pricing for SHRM’s Annual Conference
The Annual Conference is just a few weeks away! If you are interested in going to the annu-al conference but budget restrictions have held you back, SHRM is now offering a group rate discount on registrations from now until the conference. Groups of 5 or more can now reg-ister at the corporate group rate of $870! That’s a discount of 35% off the normal registra-tion rate. For more details, visit http://annual.shrm.org/group-discounts for how to register.
News from the President Elect by: Theresa Elliott, PHR
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Presidents Corner– Continued from Page 1
M O N T G O M E R Y C O U N T Y S H R M
OSHA’s campaign to prevent heat illness with workers is to do the following:
Drink water often
Rest in the shade
Report heat symptoms early
Know what to do in an emergency
OSHA offers a “Heat Safety Tool” App for your Android, Blackberry, or iPhone. To learn more
about the Heat Smartphone App go to http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/heatillness/heat_index/
heat_app.html.
Make sure to protect yourself from the ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun and prevent skin can-
cer. OSHA recommends the following:
Cover Up – wear tightly-woven clothing that blocks out light.
Use Sunscreen – a sun protection factor (SPF) of at least 15 blocks 93% of UV rays.
Wear a hat – wide brim hats are ideal because they protect the neck, ears, eyes, forehead, nose,
and scalp.
Wear UV absorbent sunglasses - they should block 99%-100% of UVA and UVB radiation.
Limit exposure – UV rays are most intense between 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Take the shadow test: if
your shadow is shorter than you, then the sun’s rays are the day’s strongest.
For additional information about preventing, detecting and treating skin cancer please refer to the
following:
American Cancer Society
www.cancer.org 1-800-ACS-2345
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
www.cdc.gov/ChooseYourCover 1-888-842-6355
Heat
cramps
Muscle spasms
Pain
Usually in abdomen, arms, or legs
Have worker rest in shady, cool area
Worker should drink water or other
cool beverages
Wait a few hours before allowing
worker to return to strenuous
work
Have worker seek medical attention
if cramps don’t go away
Heat rash Clusters of red bumps on skin
Often appears on neck, upper chest,
folds of skin
Try to work in a cooler, less humid
environment when possible
Keep the affected area dry
* Remember, if you are not a medical professional, use this information as a guide only to
help workers in need.
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2011 Had Its Share of Wacky Work Stories by: Kathy Gurchiek SHRM Online
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Membership Update by: Dawn Atwood, PHR
Welcome New Members!
We are happy to welcome the following new member.
Please introduce yourself to them at our next chapter meeting!
Fotini Bazekis
Beverly Carter
Ashley Chatneuff
Kilhwa Choi
Sandi Daytner
OnaLee Dougherty
Justin Ford
Cathy Frissell
Michael Fudge
Michelle Gill
Paul McGee
Greta Mileva
Jeffrey Novotny
Aneka Osakwe
Lisa Reid
Donna Satterthwaite
Wayne Swann
Krista Walker
Larry Wellman
Susannah Wheelock
Vickie Witkin
P A G E 7
Fiscal Responsibility
M O N T G O M E R Y C O U N T Y S H R M
Workhorse vs Racehorse
With the Facebook IPO looming we began to get questions like “should we buy this” or statements like “I want some of that.” Well, first of all IPOs are not open to the public. The are usually for the un-derwriting bank to sell to its clients[1]. More im-portantly, however, this brings up the discussion of holding individual stocks in a portfolio vs mutual funds or exchange traded funds (ETFs).
We don’t discourage clients from holding stocks. In fact, you can make a good amount of money in-vesting in individual stocks. But, you can also lose a lot. The risk can be much greater. More important-ly, however, is the increased volatility. The average person can not handle the wild swings individual stocks can have. For example, in the last 52 weeks Apple has fluctuated between around $300 to around $645 per share. You have to really under-stand the emotions involved with investing in stocks in order to do it effectively. Most people choose not to deal with such wild swings but they still want some individual stocks.
It may be stock in a company their mother or father worked at for years. It may be some other senti-mental attachment to a company. Or it may be their hear exaggerated stories about a friend of a friend who made thousands day trading using some tech-nique. However they come to the decision to do individual stocks we always recommend they take an approach we call Workhorse vs Racehorse. I honestly don’t know where we heard it called this for the first time but we didn’t name it. We do, however, like the philosophy.
Workhorse money is the portion of your long term assets used to get you to your ultimate goal. It may be retirement or some other goal but its whatever amount will get you there assuming a modest 8–9% growth over the long run[2]. Part of going through financial planning will help determine this amount. Typically your workhorse money is invested in mu-tual funds, exchange traded funds (ETFs) or direct placement products (DPPs)[3].
Racehorse money is a carved out piece of assets you can afford to lose. Will it sting if you lose it all? Yes. Would it put you out on the streets at age 65 if you lost it? Not even close. For some, it may only be a few thousand dollars to start. For others it may be more. It is still not a good idea to take your money and put it into penny stocks or other extremely risky investments. You want to pick stocks based on strategy you understand.
Another reason we like the Workhorse vs Race-horse strategy is because often clients will have completely different views on risk than their spous-es. The more conservative spouse feels much more comfortable taking on risk (racehorse) if they know their is a plan for a large portion of their assets (workhorse).
Matthew B. Brock, CFP®
Senior Partner, Owner301.466.4833 | [email protected]
* This material may not be suitable for all investors and is not intended to be an offer, or the solicita-tion of any offer, to buy or sell any securities
Securities and Investment Advisory Services Offered through H. Beck, Inc., Member FINRA, SIPC. H. Beck Inc. and Divergent Planning are not affiliated.
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Please join us as we highlight the unique skills, qualities, characteristics and training that veterans and wounded warriors can bring to the private sector workplace. You'll also hear from a panel of business owners and industry leaders who have hired veterans and wounded warriors.
Let's honor their service to our country by helping them find employment.
Where: Lockheed Martin Center for Leadership Excellence, 6801 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20817 When: Friday, June 15, 2012 from 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Please contact Eileen Cahill at [email protected] or 301-754-7881
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M O N T G O M E R Y C O U N T Y S H R M
Wellness Corner by: Emily Noll & Kelly Collins, MA , Lifework Strategies Inc.
The May 16, 2012 chapter meeting began with networking, breakfast and updates from the Board of Directors. In addi-tion, Kristen Wright of St. Luke’s House put out a request to the membership for volunteers to participate in mock inter-viewing and/or also serve as business mentors for newer staff members at St. Luke’s House. To sign up or for additional information, please contact Community Affairs Director/President Elect, Theresa Elliott at [email protected]. We then began the educational component of our session led by MCSHRM’s Legislative Affairs Director, Darla McClure, Esq. and Karen Shapiro, Esq. of both of Stein Sperling Attorneys at Law. As the 2012 legislative session just ended, Darla and Karen shared new and proposed state and federal laws relating to business and employment, as well as recent case law. High-lights of the presentation include: State of Maryland Passage of revisions to the Workplace Fraud Act – Effective on July 1, 2012 User Name and Password Privacy Protection and Exclusions – Effective on October 1, 2012 Unemployment Insurance – Coverage – Victims of Domestic Violence Jury Service – Employers – Prohibited Acts – Effective on October 1, 2012 Federal New Record Keeping Requirement for GINA -- Passed Pregnant Workers Fairness Act -- Proposed Veterans Opportunity to Work to Hire Heroes Act (VOW Act) –Passed FLSA Coverage for Home Health Aides (Proposed) Additional resources and information can be found at http://
www.shrm.org/LegalIssues/Pages/default.aspx
Job creation will continue in the manufacturing and services sectors in June 2012, but for the fifth time in the past six months the rate of growth will fall behind that of the previous year in both sectors, according to the latest Soci-ety for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Leading Indicators of National Employment (LINE) survey.
Hiring in manufacturing is improving more rapidly than in service-sector companies, as a net of 43.8 per-cent of manufacturers will add jobs in June 2012 compared with a net of 22.4 percent of service busi-nesses. However, neither sector’s June hiring prospects look to improve over June 2011.
“Though the monthly LINE findings continue to show positive net employment expectations, year-over-year comparisons paint a somewhat less rosy picture,” said Jennifer Schramm, GPHR, SHRM’s manager of workplace trends and forecasting.
To continue reading the rest of the SHRM Online article, please click here.
June Manufacturing, Services Job Growth Will Be Behind 2011 Pace by: Eytan Hirsch, SHRM Online
May Chapter Meeting Summary by: Robin Marquart,
P A G E 1 0 V O L U M E 2 3 I S S U E 6
2011 Had Its Share of Wacky Work Stories by: Kathy Gurchiek SHRM Online
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Are you or anyone you may know interested in joining the MCSHRM Board of Directors? If so, we have a Treasurer position and a Programs Director position available! You would have to commit to two meetings a month- the first Wednesday of the month for board meetings (6pm), and the 3rd Wednesday of the month for Chapter Meetings (breakfast or dinner). If you are interested, please review the board job descriptions on our website, http://mcshrm.shrm.org/ and click on the "About Us" tab and then the "Board Job Descriptions" link. All interested candidates should be an MCSHRM Member, and the treasurer candidate must have some bookkeeping experience. If interested please email your resume to [email protected] and tell us what position you are interested in and why you think you’d be the right professional for the job!
MCSHRM Seeks New Board Members!
MONTGOMERY COUNTY CHAPTER
SOCIETY FOR HUMAN RESOURCE MAN-AGEMENT
BOARD OF MANAGEMENT
2012 Officers and Directors:
Rana Katsha, MS, PHR
President
301-728-2351
Chris Tyler, SPHR
2011 President
703-613-8339
Robin Marquart, PHR
Secretary
301-212-8233
Lisa Boan, SPHR
Professional Development
301-628-2035
Robin Campbell, SPHR
Programs
(240)328-0644
Kimberly Diebling, SPHR
Communications
301-634-5224
Dawn Atwood, PHR
Membership
301-987-4620
Theresa Elliott, PHR
Community Affairs/President Elect
Stacey Bostock
Treasurer
240-864-7544
Darla McClure, Esquire
Legislative Affairs
301-838-3284
Thomas Mathew
At Large Marketing & PR 240-252-5785
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newsletter of the chapter is published monthly except
July and August. Topic articles and items of interest to
the general membership are welcome. Items may
be sent to the attention of Kim Diebling ,
Editor, [email protected]
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There is no fee for current members of MC SHRM. There is a $25 fee per posting for non members. This fee
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