1. SHRM Student Member Benefits
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SHRM Student Programs
Updated April 2007
It is great to be here with you today! I have been asked to spend about 30 minutes with you to discuss the Society for Human Resource Management, careers in HR, and HR education and certification.
How many of you are interested in a career in Human Resources? (hands) How many of you are not interested in HR, but want to lead or manage others? Well, guess what? If you plan to manage others, you’ll be doing PLENTY of HR!
For anyone dealing with issues in HR, SHRM is the leading professional association you should be aware of.
This presentation will cover how you can use SHRM as a resource to help you do your job better every day.

2. Overview
What is SHRM?
Benefits of Student Membership
Careers in HRM
Who can help you?

3. What is SHRM?

4. What is SHRM?
Founded in 1948
World’s largest professional association dedicated to HRM
More than 210,000 individual members in over 100 countries
Over 550 affiliated local professional chapters
SHRM was founded in 1948 by a group of just 28 individuals who saw a need for a professional association for what was then known as personnel.
SHRM is now the largest HR association serving over 200,000 members. SHRM has over 560 local chapters throughout the US and beyond.

5. What is SHRM? SHRM’s Student Program was created in 1965
Purpose is to promote interaction between students and practitioners
Program now includes more than 430 affiliated student chapters and more than 11,000 student members
SHRM’s Student Program was created in 1965 to promote interaction between students and practitioners.
The student program now includes over 430 affiliated student chapters and over 11,000 student members.
SHRM offers students a multitude of resources, which we will talk about in a minute.

6. Benefits of Student Membership

7. Student Membership Benefits
Professional membership dues are $160 per year
Student membership dues are just $35 per year
HR professionals pay $160 per year to be members of SHRM. The dues have been $160 for over 10 years, so SHRM tries to keep the cost down.
Students can join SHRM and will get most of the same benefits as professionals for only $35 per year. That’s a bargain, as you will see!

8. Student Membership Benefits
HR Magazine
Twelve monthly issues of this full-color magazine featuring in-depth articles on HRM
Echoes Newsletter
Online e-newsletter featuring chapter news, award recognition, and job search hints published eight times per year
Let’s look at the benefits that student members receive for $35 per year.
HR Magazine is an award-winning magazine that most HR professionals read every month. You will receive twelve monthly issues of this full-color magazine featuring in-depth articles on human resource management issues.
Echoes is an online newsletter just for student members. The newsletter features chapter news and job search information.

9. Student Membership Benefits
HRWeek
Weekly e-newsletter featuring the latest trends and issues in the field.
As a student member, you will also have access to HRNews, a monthly online newspaper featuring the latest trends and issues in the field, as well as legal updates.

10. Student Membership Benefits
SHRM Store
Discounted prices on HRM/general management publications. A catalog of publications is available online.
White Papers
Browse the growing collection of Information Center White Papers, available on the SHRM web site.
Student members also have access to SHRM’s Book Store with discounted prices on HR and general management publications. A catalog of publications is published periodically in HR News and is also available online.
The SHRMStore offers discounted prices on HR and general management publications. A catalog of publications is available online at
Students can also review SHRM’s White Papers, a vast collection of research articles available on the SHRM web site.

11. Student Membership Benefits
SHRM Annual Conference
Over 150 educational sessions
One-day student conference
More than10,000 professionals and 250 students attend
Held in June each year—
Student members can attend at a substantial discount.
As a student, you can attend SHRM’s Annual Conference. This year, it was held in San Diego and will be held in DC in Here, you can choose from over 150 educational sessions, a one-day student conference, and much more! The conference has attendance of over 10,000 professionals and 250 students. It is held in June each year--student members can attend at a substantial discount. It’s a great place to learn and network!
The Member Directory Online is also available to student members. This searchable database helps you locate and network with SHRM professional members around the country and the world.

12. Student Membership Benefits
Member Directory Online
Searchable database helps you locate and network with SHRM professional members around the country and the world.
The Member Directory Online is also available to student members. This searchable database helps you locate and network with SHRM professional members around the country and the world.

13. Student Membership Benefits
SHRM Online's HR Talk
Go online to discuss issues affecting the HR profession.
State & Regional Conferences
Student and professional educational conferences held around the country sponsored by local SHRM chapters or state councils.
SHRM Online's HR Talk is a place you can go online to discuss issues affecting the HR profession with other HR professionals. Need a quick survey of HR professionals? Post a question here!
State & Regional Conferences are also offered and students and professionals are invited to attend educational conferences held around the country sponsored by local SHRM chapters or state councils.

14. Student Membership Benefits
SHRM Foundation Scholarships
Three annual SHRM Foundation scholarships:
one graduate scholarship ($5,000)
two undergraduate scholarships ($2,500 each)
Deadline to apply: October 15

15. Student Membership Benefits
SHRM Student Leader Scholarships
Three annual $1,000 scholarships recognizing outstanding students
Leonard R. Brice, SPHR, Student Leader Scholarship
SHRM Foundation Graduate Student Leader Scholarship
SHRM Foundation, Dr. Lisa Burke, SPHR, Scholarship
Deadline to apply: March 1

16. Student Membership Benefits
Among the many benefits of participating with a SHRM Student Chapter:
Interesting HR or career-related speakers
Job shadowing
Internships
Mentoring
Site visits
Scholarships
HRGames teams
Attend professional chapter meetings
Other educational programs

17. Student Membership Benefits
Conversion Dues
Graduating student members can convert to full regular membership at a special rate.

18. Student Membership Benefits
Access to Online Information:
Webcasts
HR Policies Database
Job Descriptions Database
HR Forms Database
HR Basics Database
HR Toolkits
HR Surveys
HR Metrics
Business Literacy Toolkit
HR Links
HR Job Postings
Career Articles
White Papers
HR Legislative Updates
HR professionals know that the SHRM website is a great place to get information. You will have access to online information such as:
Webcasts—training-type presentations you can view live at your computer or view later as an archive on many HR topics (FREE)
HR Policies Database—a catalog of HR policies
Job Descriptions Database—hundreds of job description samples
HR Forms Database—hundreds of sample HR forms
HR Basics Database—articles and samples for many HR topics at the “basic” level
HR Toolkits—everything SHRM has about a topic in one place
HR Surveys—Lots of survey data
HR Metrics—formulas to show you how to calculate important HR metrics

19. Here is what the SHRM website looks like. Check it out!

20. Student Membership Benefits
White Papers:
A white paper is an authoritative, informative report on an issue that is written by a subject matter expert.

21. Student Membership Benefits
Opportunity to sit for PHR certification exam
Take the exam within one year of graduation
Within five years of passing the exam, students must acquire two years of exempt-level HR experience
Demonstrates commitment to HR
Cost is $120 (cost will be much higher if you take it as a professional)
Students have the opportunity to sit for the Professional in Human Resources (PHR) certification exam in their senior year or year after graduation. For students or recent graduates, passing the exam is the first step toward becoming fully certified.
Within five years of passing the exam, students must acquire two years of exempt-level HR experience.
Individuals will then be designated a certified Professional in Human Resources or PHR.
To learn more about certification, visit

22. Student Membership Qualifications for SHRM student membership:
You are enrolled in the equivalent of at least six (6) credit hours per semester (or an equivalency thereof) in a degree-seeking program.
Your coursework, taken or planned, supports a demonstrated interest in HR.
Qualifications for SHRM student membership:
You must be enrolled in the equivalent of at least six (6) credit hours per term or semester in a degree-seeking program.
Your coursework, taken or planned, must support a demonstrated interest in HR.

23. -or- How to Join SHRM Complete a membership application Join online
Send by U.S. Mail or fax
4-6 weeks processing time
-or-
Join online
secure website
no wait - immediate access to your SHRM benefits
To join SHRM, complete a paper membership application which takes 4-6 weeks to process OR
Join online using SHRM’s secure website. Joining online means no wait – you receive a temporary member number that gives you immediate access to your SHRM benefits.
Join at

24. Who Can Help You?

25. Who Can Help You? Student Chapter Advisor:
Primary contact for the chapter
Responsible for continuity
Partners with student chapter liaison/ sponsor chapter
Submits Student Chapter Info Form yearly
Advocates for chapter on campus as needed
Maintains SHRM membership
Assists students in Merit Award process

26. Who Can Help You? Student Chapter Liaison:
Works with sponsored student chapters at local learning institutions
Assists Student Chapter Advisor in getting students involved with professionals on the local level
Promotes communication between student and professional chapters
Attends student chapter meetings as necessary
Facilitates student chapter activities and encourage student participation

27. Who Can Help You? State College Relations Director:
Serves as liaison between student chapters within the state and the state council
Communication link between student chapters, chapter liaisons, and SHRM Student Programs
Encourages chapter participation in Merit Award and HRGames
Coordinates student activities and involvement at state conference
Works with advisors and local chapters to ensure student participation in local professional meetings

28. Who Can Help You? SHRM Student Programs: Provides administrative tools
Advises key volunteers on student chapter operations
Encourages student involvement beyond on-campus activities
Communicates national goals and policies relative to student chapters and student membership
Acts as liaison between student chapters and state CRDs
Serves as communications link
Promotes student involvement at local, state, and national levels

29. For More Information
SHRM Student Programs (800)