Today I wanted to just touch on one of the good things. Many of us who work in Human Resources are called upon to perform civic/volunteer activities from time to time. We do so without complaining or making a big deal of it. Further, we seldom tell our family, friends or acquaintances about the good things that we do,   it would seem like you were being a bit of a braggart if you pronounced to your co-workers I helped four people today in addition to perform three other random acts of kindness. (Such as one thing I have grown to like doing, if you see one person in the car behind you at a drive through, buy their lunch; it probably only five or six dollars.)

So on this Saturday morning I was looking at the State Journal Register, seeing what was up for the holiday weekend. As I perused the paper I saw an ad for a Health Care Job Fair. This caught my eye, as those like me who work in a little grittier sector of the economy would not be included in such an illustrious event. As I read through the ad, I see it is at the convention center, and their doing speed interviewing. Interesting! They are also hosting an event on Dressing for Success. Again, another nice topic, and then I read Interview and Resume tips – Presented by Inez Harris. How wonderful.

Inez Harris is a board member of our local chapter. Inez’s title is Director of College Relations but she does a lot more than that for the chapter and all of its members. And now I see that Inez is helping folks trying to land a job.   It is the actions of people like Inez Harris that make me proud or our local chapter and the National organization (SHRM). See in the scheme of things this isn’t a really big deal, and Inez is not going to brag that she is doing this, but it is a damn fine thing.  

As the chapter webmaster, let me say I am proud to associate with people like Inez Harris, who do great things while flying under the radar. Good Job Inez, keep doing good things – at least one person has noticed!