Center for Human Resource Management March 26th-27th Thursday, March 26th College of Business Hall of Fame Dinner We had a lovely dinner and we honored some very well accomplished College of Business alumni at our Thursday night dinner. Here is the list of inductees: Allan Bense – 2015 Inductee MBA '74 Chairman, President and CEO Bense Enterprises Inc. Former Speaker, Florida House of Representatives; Chairman, Florida State University Board of Trustees Dean Cash – 2015 Inductee MBA '75 President and CEO ATEL Capital Group John Culver – 2015 Inductee Hospitality Management '82 Group President Starbucks Coffee China and Asia Pacific Channel Development and Emerging Brands Fred Tresca – 2015 Inductee Accounting and Finance '82 Co-founder, Principal and Managing Director Branta Group Center for Human Resource Management March 26th-27th Friday, March 27th Center for Human Resource Management Meeting The focus of this year’s meeting was on career success. We had some fabulous presentations and a lively panel discussion among our CHRM board members and our undergraduate and MBA students. Friday Meeting We met at a new venue this year; the Gus Turnbull Conference Center at Florida State University. Attendance Corporate Partners: Pat Ahern, Darren Brooks, Suzanne Calfee, Linda Bond Edwards, David Faulkenberry, Jennifer Foreman, Cynthia Fraser, Charles Johnson (who brought two guests; Erin Vickory and Raina Harrison), Tom Shea, Michael Spellman, and Janet Wincko. Florida State Faculty and Staff: Deb Armstrong, Randy Blass, Shanna Daniels, Jerry Ferris, Jack Fiorito, Susan Fiorito, Myrna Hoover, Tim Kinney, Bruce Lamont, Charn McAllister, Pam Perrewé, Chad Van Iddekinge, Gang Wang, and Calvin Williams. We also had twenty (20) students attend the afternoon session on career success, including six (6) MBA students. Morning Business Meeting Charles Johnson updated the board on our “Graduate Career Success Team” which is comprised of Charles Johnson, Janet Wincko, Suzanne Calfee, and Cynthia Fraser. Members of his committee also helped to update all of us on their communications with the Florida State Career Center Myrna Hoover (Director, Career Services) and Calvin Williams (Program Director for Employer Relation and Recruitment Services). . Doctoral Presentation Charn McAllister presented some of his work on ‘connectivity in the workplace’. His research is looking at some of the downsides to being constantly connected to the workplace via smart phones and email. His PowerPoint presentation is available for all of you to see and if anyone is interested in opening up your firm for Charn to collect some data regarding this timely topic, please contact me at [email protected] or Charn at [email protected]. Career Center Presentation Myrna Hoover (Director, Career Services) and Calvin Williams (Program Director for Employer Relation and Recruitment Services) presented an overview of their career center operation at Florida State University. They discussed ways in which individual companies can connect with the career center for recruiting. Please see the PowerPoint presentation that contains all of the relevant information. Impressive Statistic: The FSU Career Center continues to be ranked in the top five (often one or two) career centers in the nation. Undergraduate SHRM Student Scholarship The Management Department at FSU has an endowment for undergraduate scholarships and our new Department Chair, Jack Fiorito, has graciously agreed to designate one scholarship each year for our SHRM student scholarship. The award is now a $2,000.00 scholarship. This year’s recipient was a surprised Hannah Weinbaum. Hannah has an exceptional grade point average and she has worked tirelessly with Shanna Daniels (our SHRM faculty advisor) as well as the SHRM chapter at FSU. Congratulations, Hannah! Afternoon Career Success Presentations to FSU students Career Success Strategies Tom Shea discussed his own personal career strategies and presented some very interesting statistics on the workplace traits of different generations in the workplace. I have already had numerous requests from our students for his PowerPoint presentation! Keys to Career Success Myrna Hoover (Director, Career Services) and Calvin Williams (Program Director for Employer Relation and Recruitment Services) presented information on career services and keys to career success to our undergraduate and MBA students. Their presentation was very well received by everyone and we look forward to a long and productive relationship with them. Panel Discussion - Question and Answer session with MBA and Undergraduate students Panelists: Myrna Hoover & Calvin Williams (FSU Career Services representatives) Tom Shea (Chair of the Center for HR Management) Career Success Team (Charles Johnson, Janet Wincko, Suzanne Calfee, and Cynthia Fraser). Our students were completely absorbed by the panelists and asked very good questions related to careers until we simply ran out of time. Thank you to all who participated!!