BostonWorks and Northeast Human Resources Association Launch ''Ask the HR Expert''.BOSTON Boston, town, England Boston, town (1991 pop. 26,495), E central England, on the Witham River. Boston's fame as a port dates from the 13th cent., when it was a Hanseatic port trading wool and wine. Having recovered from a decline in the 18th and 19th cent. -- "NEHRA NEHRA Northeast Human Resources Association : The Voice of HR." A New Q&A site on Hiring Hub, BostonWorks.com online human resource channel BostonWorks, Boston's leading recruitment services provider, and the Northeast Human Resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. Association (NEHRA), New England's premier human resources association, today launched "Ask the HR Expert," a monthly question and answer area on Hiring Hub, BostonWorks.com's HR center providing innovative useful content and resources for the HR professional. Nineteen NEHRA members with expertise across a range of human resources topics will field timely questions asked by the HR community. Featured topics include Benefits & Compensation, Diversity, Employment and Immigration Law This article or section contains information about scheduled or expected future events. It may contain tentative information; the content may change as the event approaches and more information becomes available. , Ethics, Recruitment & Retention and Workforce Development. Questions can be submitted through a form on the website. The new feature is hosted in "NEHRA: The Voice of HR" section and can be found on the BostonWorks Web site at http://bostonworks.boston.com/hr/hrexpert/articles/052505.shtml. "Ask the HR Expert will offer a dynamic resource for those professionals who have questions about timely and relevant HR issues that affect their business," said Tim Murphy, general manager of BostonWorks. "NEHRA has unquestionable credibility as an HR resource to practitioners and recruiters in the Northeast which makes them the perfect partner for this feature. Our partnership with NEHRA continues to deliver significant benefits for both organizations and furthers the role of BostonWorks as an information destination for local HR professionals, recruiters and those with questions about the hiring process." Since September September: see month. 2003, NEHRA members have provided original content featured in "NEHRA: The Voice of HR" section. In addition to featured articles, NEHRA provides a column called "Workplace Tips," a resource for HR professionals tackling a new problem or tackling a problem in a new way. "HR professionals will benefit from having their questions answered by this panel of experts," said Laura Avakian, president, Northeast Human Resources Association. "This new content area in "NEHRA: The Voice of HR" provides thought leadership and expertise for all those involved in the practice of human resources." About BostonWorks: BostonWorks, a division of The Boston Globe, is the leading recruitment services provider in Greater Boston Greater Boston is the area of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts surrounding the city of Boston, Massachusetts. While Metro Boston tends to be the "Inner Core" surrounding the City of Boston, Greater Boston overlaps the North and South Shores, as well as the MetroWest region. . Combining the power of The Boston Globe and Boston.com, BostonWorks reaches an audience of more than 2.3 million each week. In addition to the Sunday Sunday: see Sabbath; week. Globe's BostonWorks section, the division offers BostonWorks.com with over 670,000 unique users, 24,000 job listings and 500,000 resumes; industry-specific magazines such as On Call for nurses and allied health professionals; JobSource, a weekly career publication with distribution of over 100,000; and 12 career fairs held in Greater Boston throughout the year. About NEHRA: The Northeast Human Resources Association (NEHRA) is New England's premier human resources association. Since 1985, NEHRA has provided members with programs, information and networking opportunities that stimulate professional growth and enhance workplace contributions. The mission of the Northeast Human Resources Association is to lead, advance and influence the management of human resources. Approximately 4,000 HR professionals, representing large and small companies in all industries within the region, as well as individuals providing products and services to the human resources community, belong to NEHRA. In 1998, NEHRA affiliated with the Society for Human Resource Management  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . . SHRM SHRM Society for Human Resource Management SHRM Saw Horse Roof Mount (construction) has over 170,000 members worldwide and is the preeminent pre·em·i·nent or pre-em·i·nent adj. Superior to or notable above all others; outstanding. See Synonyms at dominant, noted. [Middle English, from Latin prae voice of the human resource community. Visit NEHRA online at www.nehra.com. |
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