By offering extensive resources, direction, and advocacy to help HR professionals negotiate the complexity of the contemporary workplace, the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) plays a critical role in helping HR practitioners.  Being the biggest HR professional association in the world, SHRM provides HR leaders with the knowledge, best practices, and policy insights they need to manage personnel, compliance, and organizational growth.  SHRM aims to improve workplaces where companies and employees can coexist peacefully.  It accomplishes this by providing abundant resources, such as How-To Manuals: detailed guidance for duties including managing communicable diseases in the workplace, developing performance improvement goals, and doing I-9 audits.  These manuals help HR professionals carry out their daily duties with assurance and conformity.  Templates and Toolkit: Useful resources that guarantee uniformity across companies and expedite HR procedures include policy templates, checklists, and sample communications.  Certifications: SHRM provides certifications that attest to HR proficiency and dedication to professional growth, such as the SHRM Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP) and SHRM Certified Professional (SHRM-CP).  With the help of these tools, HR managers can carry out their responsibilities efficiently, assist organizational leadership, and foster a healthy work environment.  The COVID-19 epidemic presented previously unheard-of workplace difficulties, requiring HR experts to quickly adjust.  In response, SHRM took the initiative to: create toolkits for COVID-19 Resources:  supplying employers with readily usable resources, such as sample policies, checklists for returning to work, and instructions for handling employee health issues and remote work.  The all-encompassing assistance provided by SHRM gives HR professionals the resources, expertise, and advocacy they need to succeed in their positions.  Through constant adaptation to new issues, like the COVID-19 epidemic, SHRM makes sure that HR directors are ready to create productive workplaces.  SHRM continues to be a vital tool for HR professionals looking to improve their efficacy and stay up to date on the industry’s best practices.

 

Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). (n.d.). How-to Guides. Retrieved from https://www.shrm.org/topics-tools/tools/how-to-guides

 

Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). (n.d.). COVID-19 Ready Resource: Tools & Samples. Retrieved from https://www.shrm.org/in/topics-tools/tools/toolkits/covid-19-ready-resource-tools-samples