Profile: Salt Lake Society For Human Resource Management

Salt Lake Society For Human Resource Management

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The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) is the world’s largest professional association devoted to human resource management. Our mission is to serve the needs of HR professionals by providing the most current and comprehensive resources, and to advance the profession by promoting HR’s essential, strategic role. Founded in 1948, SHRM represents more than 225,000 individual members in over 125 countries, and has a network of more than 575 affiliated chapters in the United States, as well as offices in China and India.

SHRM's Members

SHRM is an individual membership organization, and our members include HR professionals with the following titles:

President, CEO, Chairman, Partner, Principal
Chief HR Officer
Vice President of HR, Personnel
Assistant/Associate Vice President of HR
Director of HR, Personnel
Assistant/Associate Director of HR
Manager of HR, Personnel
HR Generalist
Supervisor
Specialist
Consultant
Administrator
Representative
Legal Counsel

Nearly forty percent have titles of director or above. Approximately fifty percent of members work in organizations with more than 500 employees, and approximately thirty-five percent are in manufacturing or service industries.

SHRM Local Chapter Network

SHRM has more than 575 affiliate chapters both in the United States and abroad, and provide additional programming and networking opportunities in your local area. SHRM chapters are autonomous organizations, so it is not automatic that you will be a member of your local chapter when you join SHRM at the national level, and vice versa. Information on how to join you SHRM local chapter is available at www.shrm.org/chapters.

In 2006, the SLSHRM chapter was awarded the Superior Merit Award by SHRM for its accomplishments and achievements in the field of human resources. The annual Merit Award program recognizes chapters for outstanding activities and programs in four broad areas: