Meeting

Presenter: Jody Easley - Brownwood Fitness Center

Topic: How to Fit in the Finess World

Presenter: Sherry Johnson

Topic: Aligning Mid-Tex Goals/Strategies with SHRM Directives

Mid-Tex HRMA has targeted membership goals that must be met by December 2015 to remain in affiliation with SHRM and their directives. Sherry Johnson, our Field Services Director, is our contact to SHRM and is able to help our Chapter meet those targets. This is a very important topic for our chapter and we hope you will join us in helping meet or exceed thsee goals.

Topic - HR Relevant Topcs - Roundtable Discussion

Presenter - Mid-Tex HRMA Member Panelists

Presenter: Doug Will

Topic: 7 Powers of Persuasion

* Persuasion is the single most important business and personal skill.

* Without the skill of persuasion, leaders would be unable to lead, salespeople would be unable to sell.

* Persuasion is the key to success in every facet of life.

* Persuasion is the art of getting someone to do something he or she wouldn't do if you didn't ask.

Kevin Kelley - Talent Assessment & Development, LLC

We've all had an experience with a bad hire: where, despite a good resume and competent interview, an employee just doesn't "fit." Not only does this upset the workplace, but it also costs money - an average of just under $14,000 for lost work, wages, search and hiring (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2014). The key to a good hire isn't just to get more information on the potentional employee.

Charlotte Tongate - Texas State Technical College

Instructor & Career Services Coordinator at Brownwood TSTC

Charlotte also holds the office of Mid-Tex HRMA Membership Chair.

Charlotte will present an overview of the various programs offered at the Brownwood campus.

Find out what the students that are completing these degrees can do at your workplace.

Mike Coffey - Imperative Information Group

• Background Checks Under Fire: Employer Policy Considerations to Avoid Discrimination Claims: The EEOC, OFCCP, Congress, and many state legislatures are closely scrutinizing how employers use background checks, especially criminal histories and credit reports.  This presentation will walk employers through the process of preparing a background screening policy that helps ensure a safe and productive workforce while staying out of regulators' crosshairs.

More information available soon.

Richard Webb - Texas Workforce Commission

Dr. Mark Patton - Howard Payne University

Dr. Patton is currently professor of marketing and chair of marketing with Howard Payne University's School of Business. He has been a professor of higher education for over 25 years throughout the world ... involved with universities from Texas to Austrailia, Singapore and Hong Kong.