Silicon Valley Women in HR...& Friends Mailing and Event Announcement

Dear Friends,

I hope you're well and that you can attend our next event about global HR business practices with Arden Ng. Please note that the event time has changed and we've moved our speaker up 30 minutes. We hope this will work well with your schedule.

If you strictly want information about the next event, please look at the links to the right and go to Event Registration.  Before you go, please see the book links at the bottom of this page.

Last month, Christine Young and Karen Duffy planned our event with Roberta Hayashi.  Roberta talked about new Legal Restrictions on Employer Controls of Social Media.  It's interesting to learn what the laws dictate considering how we've seen and increased use of social media in many workplaces.  There is a handout from the event and you can download it from the Previous Speakers' Page.   Many thanks to our volunteers and speaker.

This month's topic should be of interest to many of us.  Several years ago, I was the HR Manager (solo department) for a company with a large division in India filled with engineers.  Their HR Manager was a dotted line report to me and we basically shared information.  He was experienced and qualified and really didn't need my management insights.  I learned a lot from our conversations and it was fascinating to learn about his challenges, the different laws, the business culture and the treatment of employees.  What an eye-opener!  

When working with people in or from different countries, and one of the first things I do is get a book or read online to learn about specific business practices and tips about working with people from different cultures.

We should learn a lot from Arden Ng about supporting employees in foreign operations.  Come along and bring your insights, too!

We have a page on our site for advertising with links to Amazon products. Our site also has Google ads, and you're welcome to click on relevant links. These links provide a small amount of money to help pay for our domain.

You can subscribe to the blog, share it on Facebook or Tweet it. Join us on LinkedIn.

Because of my commitments I can’t mentor you, and please don’t send me unsolicited resumes. Come to an event and meet someone who can help. I receive a lot of unsolicited resumes (from our group and strangers) and I refer people to the forum at www.ourhrsite.com/forum. See the blog post for more thoughts. http://marciastein.blogspot.com/2009/02/setting-boundaries-and-professionalism.html

1. HR Women and Friends Community Event: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 6:00-8:30 p.m. 
2. Discounts
3. Using our Forum
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5. To change you email address
6. Unsubscribe
7. Potential Speakers/Topics
8. Notifying us of upcoming events and discounts.

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1. HR Women and Friends Community Event: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 6:00-8:30 p.m.  Arden Ng, founder and President of Blueback Global will present "Global HR Business Practices."  Please click on the registration tab for details and note our NEW TIME.  

2. Discounts and Offers – view them online. Thanks for extending the discounts to our group!

3. Using our Forum at www.ourhrsite.com/forum. You can view messages without registering, but you must register to reply or post a message. You are not automatically registered because you receive this email. Please review the Terms and Conditions available under any topic on the forum. It’s your responsibility to keep track of your user name and password, and if you change email addresses, please log in and update your profile. If privacy is an issue, please be careful when you post anything: use a separate email if necessary and you can skip your street address if you’d like.

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6. Unsubscribe To discontinue mailings please respond with "UNSUBSCRIBE" in the subject line or go to the form. If you receive mail at more than one email address, please note all addresses to delete.

7. Potential Speakers/Topics. Please see http://ourhrsite.blogspot.com/p/potential-speakers.html for details and a form to submit your information.  This will be reviewed during the January 2014 meeting.

8. Notifying us of upcoming events and discounts. If you email me right after I’ve sent a mailing, I can update the website, but I can’t send a separate mailing to the group. It will be in the next mailing.

I hope to see you soon.

All the best,

Marcia

Marcia Stein, PHR - www.linkedin.com/in/marciastein

Author: "Strained Relations: Help for Struggling Parents of Troubled Teens" and "Recruiters on Recruiting"
Blog: http://helpingparentsofteens.blogspot.com/ 
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Silicon Valley Women in HR...& Friends Mailing and Event Announcement

Dear Friends,

I hope you're well and that you can attend our next event about social media and employment law.  Roberta Hayashi is our speaker and she should be fantastic. Please note that the event time has changed and we've moved our speaker up 30 minutes. We hope this will work well with your schedule.

If you strictly want information about the next event, please look at the links to the right and go to Event Registration.

Last month, Jenny Vonderwerth and Christine Young led a great panel discussion about onboarding and the first 90 days of employment.  There are a few handouts from the event and you can download them from our Previous Speakers' Page.   Many thanks to our volunteers and panelists.

I've previously written about violence in the workplace.  I feel so sick when I think about this topic.  I certainly wish we lived in a safe world, where we could guarantee our children would be safe at school, that we'd be safe in a mall, at the movies, in the workplace and on the freeway, but this is just not the case.

There is a great video at http://www.federalnewsradio.com/473/2966001/DHS-funded-video-gives-tips-to-survive-a-shooter.  It was produced by the Homeland Security Department.  "Run, Hide, Fight" is almost 6 minutes and well worth viewing.  The website has additional tips.  The tips showed in the movie can be used in other situations.

In 2007 on another blog I provided tips and some thoughts about violence and guns.  I'm interested in your thoughts and you're welcome to comment on this blog.  

In my workplace, I'm working on a new series of training modules about violence in the workplace.  If you have not received or rolled out this kind of training, it's something you should consider.  

Our list of previous speakers, their topics and many downloads, are listed on our Previous Speakers' Page.  

We have a page on our site for advertising with links to Amazon products. Our site also has Google ads, and you're welcome to click on relevant links. These links provide a small amount of money to help pay for our domain.

You can subscribe to the blog, share it on Facebook or Tweet it. Join us on LinkedIn.

Because of my commitments I can’t mentor you, and please don’t send me unsolicited resumes. Come to an event and meet someone who can help. I receive a lot of unsolicited resumes (from our group and strangers) and I refer people to the forum at www.ourhrsite.com/forum. See the blog post for more thoughts. http://marciastein.blogspot.com/2009/02/setting-boundaries-and-professionalism.html

1. HR Women and Friends Community Event: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 6:00-8:30 p.m. 
2. Discounts 
3. Using our Forum
4. Spam Filter Alert
5. To change you email address
6. Unsubscribe
7. Potential Speakers/Topics
8. Notifying us of upcoming events and discounts.
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1. HR Women and Friends Community Event: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 6:00-8:30 p.m.  
Roberta S. Hayashi, a Partner with Berliner Cohen, one of the largest and oldest law firms in San Jose.  Her topic is "“Like” it or Not:  New Legal Restrictions on Employer Controls of Social Media."  Please click on the registration tab for details and note our NEW TIME.  

2. Discounts and Offers – view them online. Thanks for extending the discounts to our group!

3. Using our Forum at www.ourhrsite.com/forum. You can view messages without registering, but you must register to reply or post a message. You are not automatically registered because you receive this email. Please review the Terms and Conditions available under any topic on the forum. It’s your responsibility to keep track of your user name and password, and if you change email addresses, please log in and update your profile. If privacy is an issue, please be careful when you post anything: use a separate email if necessary and you can skip your street address if you’d like.

4. SPAM Filter Alert: please add mstein@ourhrsite.com to your address book.

5. To change your email address, click here and go to the correct form.

6. Unsubscribe To discontinue mailings please respond with "UNSUBSCRIBE" in the subject line or go to the form. If you receive mail at more than one email address, please note all addresses to delete.

7. Potential Speakers/Topics. Please see http://ourhrsite.blogspot.com/p/potential-speakers.html for details and a form to submit your information.  This will be reviewed during the January 2014 meeting.

8. Notifying us of upcoming events and discounts. If you email me right after I’ve sent a mailing, I can update the website, but I can’t send a separate mailing to the group. It will be in the next mailing.

I hope to see you soon.

All the best,

Marcia

Marcia Stein, PHR - www.linkedin.com/in/marciastein

Author: "Strained Relations: Help for Struggling Parents of Troubled Teens" and "Recruiters on Recruiting"
Blog: http://helpingparentsofteens.blogspot.com/ http://www.tellmeaboutyourself.info/
www.scribd.com/Marcia_Stein

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HRCI In Cupertino 2/19/13

Hi, All.

Do you have or are you interested in the PHR, SPHR, or other HRCI certifications?

"The HR Certification Institute will be in Silicon Valley the week of February 18 to visit with our highly valued certified professional base. We are hosting an informal meet and greet and invite you to come out and connect with other HR certified colleagues in the area.  It would be an honor to meet you personally and say “Thank You” for your support of HR certification. We have hosted several of these events over the last few months and found the feedback and information invaluable as we seek to identify ways to expand and improve relationships with our growing credential pool.

Please join us on Tuesday, February 19 from 6pm – 8pm at Park Place Restaurant 10050 S. De Anza Blvd. Cupertino, CA 95014. If you are able to make the event, please RSVP to  janee@hrci.org by Friday, February 8."

Cheers,

Marcia

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Silicon Valley Women in HR...& Friends Mailing and Event Announcement

Dear Friends,

Happy New Year! 

I hope you're well and that you can attend our next event about the first 90 days in a new job. Please note that the event time has changed and we've moved our speaker up 30 minutes. We hope this will work well with your schedule.

If you strictly want information about the next event, please look at the links to the right and go to Event Registration.

Following an event a few years ago, a nice person seeking a new job mentioned how grateful she was for our group.  It gave her a place to go and network, learn new information and share her own experiences.  She said how hard it is to attend when she is working full time and is tired at the end of the day.  Her resolution was to go to events consistently and not stop when she found work.

Nice plan, and like a lot of resolutions, she started and stopped. Each time she landed a job she withdrew from events, and each time she was laid off or looking for another position, there she was again. 

This is a common event.  I work full time and sometimes it's hard at the end of the day go to various events.  I go anyway, and 9 times out of 10 I'm very happy I've gone.  It's making that effort that's important and I attend meetings in addition to our events.

We all lead busy lives and you'll help yourself by stimulating your mind, networking and learning what's new out there if you commit to going to events of some kind at least once a month.  There are so many excellent organizations, great speakers to hear and free and paid events, that you won't become bored.

One woman I know is a regular participant in three different groups.  She attends at least one and sometimes more meetings each month.  It seems like everyone knows her and the reason why is that she makes that effort. She told me this has been invaluable in her role as a businesswoman and she has made a lot of friends this way.

Are you ready to do something good for yourself, too?

Last month I wrote a thank-you to our volunteers who planned and led last years' events and our terrific speakers.  You can view that post by clicking here. 

Our Volunteers will meet 1/16 to determine our speakers and topics for the year.  If you'd like to volunteer, please register by clicking here.

Our list of previous speakers, their topics and many downloads, are listed on our Previous Speakers' Page.  

We have a page on our site for advertising with links to Amazon products. Our site also has Google ads, and you're welcome to click on relevant links. These links provide a small amount of money to help pay for our domain.

You can subscribe to the blog, share it on Facebook or Tweet it. Join us on LinkedIn.

Because of my commitments I can’t mentor you, and please don’t send me unsolicited resumes. Come to an event and meet someone who can help. I receive a lot of unsolicited resumes (from our group and strangers) and I refer people to the forum at www.ourhrsite.com/forum. See the blog post for more thoughts. http://marciastein.blogspot.com/2009/02/setting-boundaries-and-professionalism.html

1. HR Women and Friends Community Event: Tuesday, January 22, 2013 6:00-8:30 p.m. 
2. Discounts 
3. Using our Forum
4. Spam Filter Alert
5. To change you email address
6. Unsubscribe
7. Potential Speakers/Topics
8. Notifying us of upcoming events and discounts.
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1. HR Women and Friends Community Event: Tuesday, January 22, 2013 6:00-8:30 p.m. 
Jenny Vonderwerth, SPHR-CA, CIP will lead a panel discussion about "The First 90 Days in Your New Job."  This topic should be a great reminder for HR people and an excellent presentation for people with new jobs or those who are looking.  Please click on the registration tab for details and note our NEW TIME. Click here for event details and the response form.

2. Discounts and Offers – view them online. Thanks for extending the discounts to our group!

3. Using our Forum at www.ourhrsite.com/forum. You can view messages without registering, but you must register to reply or post a message. You are not automatically registered because you receive this email. Please review the Terms and Conditions available under any topic on the forum. It’s your responsibility to keep track of your user name and password, and if you change email addresses, please log in and update your profile. If privacy is an issue, please be careful when you post anything: use a separate email if necessary and you can skip your street address if you’d like.

4. SPAM Filter Alert: please add mstein@ourhrsite.com to your address book.

5. To change your email address, click here and go to the correct form.

6. Unsubscribe To discontinue mailings please respond with "UNSUBSCRIBE" in the subject line or go to the form. If you receive mail at more than one email address, please note all addresses to delete.

7. Potential Speakers/Topics. Please see http://ourhrsite.blogspot.com/p/potential-speakers.html for details and a form to submit your information.  You must submit prior to our 1/16 Volunteers Meeting.  Later submissions will be held for the January 2014 meeting.

8. Notifying us of upcoming events and discounts. If you email me right after I’ve sent a mailing, I can update the website, but I can’t send a separate mailing to the group. It will be in the next mailing.

I hope to see you soon.

All the best,

Marcia

Marcia Stein, PHR - www.linkedin.com/in/marciastein

Author: "Strained Relations: Help for Struggling Parents of Troubled Teens" and "Recruiters on Recruiting"
Blog: http://helpingparentsofteens.blogspot.com/ http://www.tellmeaboutyourself.info/
www.scribd.com/Marcia_Stein

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Stein Consultinghttp://www.stein-consulting.com/

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