offers communication opportunities with your customers you can’t experience while conducting normal day-to-day business.

I am so excited that we have had such a great response from our customers! These members can now easily find each other, add and respond to posts, locate other companies using our org charting, succession planning, reduction in force, or modeling and data integrity tools.

Members of our User Group can connect with us as well as with each other. We have currently elected to keep acceptance to our customers and partner/reseller network, but the possibilities are virtually endless.

If you are an Aquire customer and have not joined yet – I ask that you check it out. This is a place for you to find strategic answers and bounce ideas off of others.

Cheers,
Lois

If you work in HR technology, I highly encourage you to explore IHRIM.org, the International Association for Human Resources Information Management. To give you an idea of the organization, here is the IHRIM Vision Statement: The Recognized Authority on Human Resource Systems and Technology. This is the  IHRIM Mission Statement: To Be the Leading Professional Association for Knowledge, Education and Solutions Supporting Human Capital Management.

IHRIM is where you can receive education about technology, project management, implementations, and all things around Human Resource Information Technology. Succession Planning, Talent Management, HRIS Upgrades, Payroll, Workforce Metrics, Balance Scorecards; all of these topics are shared within the IHRIM association. Webinars, training, a social networking tool for members to connect, and a conference for education and networking are all benefits of membership.

It’s important to network with those who can help you do your job – and that’s what you get when you network within IHRIM. I must disclose that I have recently been elected to serve on the IHRIM board starting in 2009. I agreed to support this organization because, during the last 13 years, I have met some of the greatest people and had the most wonderful professional relationships within the IHRIM membership. It is my privilege to support the organization. These comments are mine and not part of my role as a board member.

I hope you will look at the benefits of IHRIM for you or for your team members who want to – and should – benefit from the collective knowledge pool of such a talent filled organization.

Cheers,
Lois