Dear Shari,
 Welcome to the inaugural edition of Opportunity Insider, the quarterly newsletter publication of the HR OptIn online community. I'm Shari Johnson, your HR OptIn community manager. An exciting year is unfolding for HR OptIn. If you're ready to make impact - with opportunities and options in the HR field - you can find the inside track right here with HR OptIn. "Impact" is my personal mantra! I like to start each new year thinking in terms of the "impact" I can help create - as an individual and on behalf of my community. Leading our HR OptIn community is giving me the opportunity to do both. In truth, my personal and professional story IS the HR OptIn story - the opportunity to experience different career and lifestyle options to create the life I want to live. I want to help give others the opportunity to do the same. I invite you to be an active part of the HR OptIn community. Let's make impact together in 2008.
Please call or email if you have any questions about HR OptIn and the services we offer. I look foward to working with you in 2008!
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The On Ramp to Flex or Permanent HR. With HR OptIn, the Options are Yours.
"Merging into the fast lane!" That's
what it feels like for many HR professionals who are either reentering the
workforce after a leave of absence, transitioning to a role as an HR Project
Manager or consultant, or starting back down the road to a full-time position
in a dynamic new post. At HR OptIn, a distinguished group of client companies
means that our talent is merging with some of the most stimulating projects in
the HR field. What's more, the road to success is fast moving -- because all
lanes are wide open. HR OptIn can now place professionals in short-term
contract positions as independent consultants, in flex-time contract positions
on special projects and, if desired, in permanent, full-time HR positions of
unusual challenge and leadership.
2008 Is Accelerating and Exhilarating!
It's 2008! What's your career destination? How fast and how far would you
like to travel? A study by Kennedy Information focusing on the HR Consulting
marketplace documents how strong demand is propelling all HR consulting subsegments
-- from benefits consulting, to HR technology advisory, to talent management
and more.
What are the key trends driving this industry of change? A major
force is globalization. Another is the need to more effectively engage employees
in dynamic areas like leadership training, high technology team building and
public sector employment. Finally, HR itself is being transformed by new processes
and initiatives in service delivery including market changes affecting healthcare
consumerism and retirement. Time to step on the accelerator!
Update your Itinerary/Roadmap with Us!
HR OptIn wants to be your vehicle for
success in 2008. You'll find we have a whole lot more to offer than just standard
equipment. If you are looking for options, both professionally and personally,
we urge you to connect with us today and start planning the next phase of your
HR career. Start by updating your profile in your personal HR OptIn Virtual
Office and
tell us which HR specialties and disciplines are of greatest interest. Do you
prefer part-time, flex-time or full-time? Will you commute by car, by plane
or by phone and broadband modem? We're here to help HR talent merge with the
best opportunities in HR and to emerge with the most flexibility and rewards.
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Girl on The Run: Shari Johnson is keeping HR Optin On Track
When Shari Johnson was asked to step in as Interim Executive Director and
Program Manager Girls on the Run of Atlanta, she put on her track shoes. In
this special assignment, Shari was stepping up from serving as a Board Member
for the non-profit to leading the Atlanta chapter that helped guide and inspire
young girls in the 3rd through 8th grades. The unique life mentoring program,
part of a network of over 140 Girls on the Run Internatonal locations across
the United States and Canada, promotes life skills development by training
female youth for a 5K running event. Shari's diverse efforts were successful
in helping Girls on the Run to improve financial and operational fitness and
quicken her own step in the process.
Combine her consulting and leadership talents
with a multi-faceted Human Resources background as an HR generalist at EDS and
Accenture, and you'll have no doubt appreciating why Shari was
a natural fit for the fast track at HR OptIn.
Throughout her career,
balancing work and family has become a "best practice" for
Shari who considers herself one of the first HR workers to have telecommuted
between a household (and a new infant) in Atlanta and a return engagement with
EDS in Texas.
The experience of living and working remotely made HR OptIn an
exciting match for her talents. "After taking time off to raise a daughter,
I was ready to get back to work, but did not have a local HR network that I
could network with," she confided. "HR OptIn brings that community online,
making it possible for our clients to find a contractor and for skilled HR
people to easily connect with one another."
"We are thrilled to have Shari Johnson join our team as our VP HR
OptIn.
Shari's knowledge of HR, her strong customer service skills, and her
ability to assess and match talent, make her an ideal fit for this position,"
said Monique Dearth, President of ISHR Group.
In addition to her solid
corporate and non-profit HR work experience, Shari holds a B.A. and M.A. in
Speech Communication. We hope all HR professionals with an interest in learning
more about HR OptIn will communicate with Shari at 678.513.7661 x2 or shari@hroptin.com.
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HR FAQ
In each edition of the HR Optin Opportunity Insider, we'll answer a frequently asked question received on the site or via email.
Q: Do you have any contract assignments in Anytown, U.S.A.?
A: One of the most frequent questions that hits our email
in-box fairly regularly is an inquiry about contract assignments in a
particular city. "Do you have any assignments this month in Charlotte or Miami?"
There are two answers to this question, and the second one may surprise you.
First,
when a client company requests assistance in filling an assignment, a
number of factors are evaluated. The more information you can provide
on your profile with respect to what types of job arrangements you are
interested in, the more effective our internal review process will be.
Updating your profile in your virtual office (the Taleo system) is
essential. We will conduct a focused search of the database based on
location, type of assignment, skill set, and more and then contact our
HR OptIn community to determine their interest and fit.
The
surprising answer is that, increasingly, many of our assignments can be
done remotely without the need to travel to a client site in any city
(or without the need to be there full-time). Currently, HR OptIn has several people working remotely.
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Cool Features You May Be Missing on HROptIn.com
Imagine visiting the news stand at an airport concourse and seeing
every glossy magazine facing you with a cover story about the world of
HR! TIME magazine might proclaim "The HR Man or Woman of the Year."
Fortune would trumpet "The HR 500." PC WORLD would calculate 'Leading
HR Software Solutions." You get the picture. Sound like HR news heaven?
It is! That's the kind of reception
that awaits you at the HR OptIn News Stand.
Our HR News Stand use RSS (Really Simple Syndication) to pull together
fast breaking news headlines from around the Web and covers leading Blogs,
Journals, and wire service features from Google and Yahoo -- all on one page
to peruse.
HR OptIn is also making headlines of its own on the covers of magazine's
like Pink, Diversity Business, Carolina Parent and Women's Enterprise, and
in newspapers like The NY Times, The NY Post, and the Atlanta Business Chronicle. Learn more about HR OptIn in the press.
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Recapping the best of recent OnRamp blog posts by HR OptIn
President, Monique A. Dearth.
When Weather Turns, Embrace Telecommuting Option
As treacherous winter storms
paralyze the mobility of so many Americans across the country to safely navigate
to a physical workplace, a more practical idea is being driven home. That idea
is Telecommuting. Besides boosting productivity amidst the snarls and tie-ups
of snow bound traffic, telecommuting could play a major role in America's energy
future. Just look at the numbers.
Read
more>>
HROptIn Parent Gains National Recognition
In recognition of the economic power
of multicultural businesses, DiversityBusiness.com, the nations' leading
multicultural Internet site, has named Incite Strategies, Inc., parent of HROptIn.com,
one of the top ranked businesses in its home state.
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Dream It. Achieve It in 2008.
Your community organizer and editor has the honor of being quoted in
the current issue of Pink Magazine on a subject that holds deep-seated
meaning for me...right down to what psychologists describe as the
unconscious level. The article is headlined, "Dream it. Achieve it.
When it comes to their careers, more women let dreams be their guides."
The fact is that dreams have always played a very powerful role in my
life.
Read
the post>>sted on your website.
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