January 2007 Mark Your Calendar!
	Dallas HR Breakfast Meeting Health Care Tool Box: Making Better Choices Thursday, January 25, 2007 7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. As health care costs continue to rise and choices become more complex, what role does the employer play when it comes to educating employees about health care?  How can human resources professionals help employees make informed health care decisions? Join us for breakfast on Thursday, January 25, where speaker Cynthia Marcotte Stamer will answer common questions employers and employees face when making health care choices. For more information and to register for this event, click here... Other Dallas HR events happening this month:   1st Quarter Networking Happy Hour Thursday, January 18 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Join Dallas HR and the Dallas Chapter of the National Association for African Americans in Human Resources for a social event at Arcodoro &  Pomodoro downtown. Click here for more information... Tools for Implementing HR Strategic Management 2 day course Tuesday, January 23 & Tuesday, January 30 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. This 2 day seminar is designed to provide the HR professional with tools for implementing strategic management within their organization. The program will provide a foundation to help the HR professional perform their increased responsibilities in strategic management and will offer an opportunity to implement an actual on-the-job project. For more information and to register, click here...   Workplace Spanish® for the HR Professional 5 Consecutive Wednesdays: February 7 - March 7, 2007 4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.   This program is designed for human resource associates, recruiters, supervisors and others who interact with Spanish-speaking applicants and employees. The purpose is to help interview, hire, briefly explain policies and communicate job rules & expectations to Spanish speakers. Mastering key expressions will help HR professionals reduce the need for interpreters and improve the quality of employee services. The job-specific material uses bite-size terms and phrases, easy phonetic pronunciations, and carefully selected expressions that can be learned today and used tomorrow. For more information and to register, click here...     Click here to go to the full 2007 Calendar of Events...
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