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About Rhode Island SHRM


We are the official local affiliate of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) for people living, learning, and working in the Rhode Island and Southern New England area. We connect our members to a supportive, global network of HR and People Operations leaders and professionals.

We offer our members a chance to collaborate, learn, and grow. Members rely on us find solutions for their workplace challenges, as well as connect with other local professionals and small business owners who are facing the same challenges.

Our members receive exclusive access to webinars, seminars, and professional development opportunities. We offer SHRM Professional Development and HRCI recertification credits for all eligible chapter programs.

Whether you are looking for your first job, have just been promoted to your first management position or are setting your organization’s strategic HR direction, Rhode Island SHRM is the Chapter that provides the credibility, depth and breadth of HR resources that all human resource professionals need. As your career partner, we are dedicated to providing the resources that you, your HR department and your organization need to make critical decisions affecting your organization’s profitability and your most important resource: people.

Mission

Serve and partner with members, individuals, businesses and community organizations to share expertise, be thought leaders and advocates, and promote the advancement of the human resources profession.



Vision

Be recognized and respected as the one-stop, premiere professional human resources organization in the southeast New England region.



Values

RESPECT
INTEGRITY
INCLUSION
LEADERSHIP
EDUCATION
ADVOCACY



Strategic Initiatives

  • Create a member-focused culture to attract, engage and retain members. Measure member satisfaction on an ongoing basis.
  • Diversify program offerings in terms of topic, location, type of event, time of day and target audience; enlist board and committee members to develop educational program content Making the Business Case for HR.
  • Implement a three year plan to ensure financial sustainability, to include the development of an annual budget with predictable sources of revenue that is at minimum break even.
  • Promote and elevate the RI SHRM brand, internally and externally. This area also includes volunteer recruitment, retention, development and succession planning.
  • Implement a communications strategy to support our strategic initiatives and ensure regular, ongoing consistent messaging to our members.
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