As the State Director of the Illinois State Council of The Society for Human Resources Management (ILSHRM), I am honored to be writing for t...

Dwane Lay checking out where the keynote sessions will be held We’re off.   The exhibit hall opens Monday morning, and Ryan Estis is...

If you don't know these guys Joe and Jason...check this out Less than a week... See you at #ILSHRM11! - Dave Ryan Director of Social...

THIS JUST IN We are pleased to announce one addition to the ILSHRM Social Media Press Corps.  Trish McFarlane (@TrishMcFarlane on Twitter)...

Today's guest post is from Sabrina Baker, PHR ,  who is working with ILSHRM on the Conference, helping to fill the exhibitors/sponsor ro...

Note: The City of Highland Park was one of the 2010 WOWIE Award Winners for its innovative and effective employee wellness program. We asked...

As one of the writers of this blog, I am afforded the opportunity to say pretty much what I want - within reason. (The ILSHRM execs do jerk ...

Happy Spring! I hope that you have now had the pleasure of visiting our newly remade website at www.ilshrm.org which features a whole new...

Do you know how to use social media effectively both in your career and in your job? You should because your colleagues are in it and you ca...

Last week I attended the annual SHRM Employment Law & Legislative Conference in DC and visited our states two Senators office and my loc...

The 2 nd Annual ISC-SHRM Legislative Conference will be held in conjunction with the 12th Annual Legislative Conference hosted by CIC-SHRM ...

The Illinois State Council of SHRM held its fourth annual Leadership Conference on January 9 and 10th in Utica, on the fringes of Starved Ro...

Today, being the fifth day on the job as the new State Director for Illinois State Council of SHRM, I thought I would share a few words. No,...

In 1997 when I first joined the largest HR organization in the world (now approaching 300k members), I really had no idea what an impact tha...

I used to worked with a gentleman who would often say, “If you don’t blow your own horn, ain’t nobody gonna blow it for you.” I am sure he ...