Our Vision, Guiding Principles, & Mission
Virginia SHRM State Council (VaSHRM) Vision - to be the "Virginia Voice of the HR Profession”
SHRM Guiding Principles:
V= Valuing People as Individuals: We care about the people within our organizations and our profession; we strive to help individuals reach their full potential.
I = Influence: We are leaders and catalysts for change, working within our organizations to ensure fair treatment of people, anticipating the effects of social, business and economic trends on the workplace, and acting to positively affect these trends.
S = Service: We strive to provide our peers, business partners, clients and communities of interest with prompt, high-quality service. We encourage volunteerism to promote our profession.
I = Integrity: We apply the highest ethical standards to ourselves and to the profession.
O = Opportunity: We provide professional development opportunities that promote organizational and individual achievement. We also seek opportunities to advance the profession.
N = New Ideas: We are open to and initiate new ideas; we are committed to being future-focused, responsive to workplace and societal trends, and entrepreneurial in spirit and action.
VaSHRM Mission Statement
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Provide a forum for chapters to discuss common issues, problems, concerns, and to share ideas and successes
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Facilitate information from chapters and the state council to the area and national boards and from the area and national boards to the state council and chapters
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Represent SHRM by visiting chapters and promoting and sharing with individual members the services and benefits offered by SHRM
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Assessing needs of members and chapters, and meeting those needs by securing and/or providing information;
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Adopting programs that will promote the progress, visibility and welfare of SHRM and its members in the human resources profession;
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Communicating with those SHRM members within the state who are not affiliated with a particular chapter (at-large members)
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Coordinating state and national legislative initiatives.