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HRO Today Association Update
ASSOCIA TION
Are you Mensa Smart?
What is the four-digit number in which the fi rst digit is one-fi fth of the last, and the second and third digits
are the last digit multiplied by three? (Hint: The sum of all digits is 12.)
Tabitha likes cookies but not cake. She likes mutton but not lamb, and she likes okra, but not squash.
Following the same rule, will she like cherries or pears?
There is at least one nine-letter word that contains only one vowel. What it is?
These are all examples of quiz questions to evaluate IQ in order to join Mensa. Mensa, the high IQ society, provides a forum for
intellectual exchange among its members.
The HRO Today Association offers the exchange of ideas through podcasts, discussions, whitepapers, case studies, special-interest
groups, and, regional, national and international gatherings. It also plays a role in creating ethical standards and practices within the
HR industry, and provides assistance to research. While we may not have a requirement like Mensa-being in the top two percent from
an IQ standpoint-we do encourage learning and educating others to enable leaders to be smart and not outsmarted.
The last of the three questions above is easy, right? The obvious answer is: strengths. A word that HR is very familiar. HR is often
responsible for defi ning and evaluating employees' strengths. This is done by: creating interview questions that draw out the strengths
of candidates; ensuring that the business has a strategic plan that maximizes employee strength; and evaluating the strongest TA
metrics and using them to strengthen the hiring process.
The HRO Today Association provides what you alone may not be able to accomplish: strength in numbers. This comes from HR
executives, managers and directors; service and technology providers; analysts; and managers who have the desire to strengthen the
HR skills they need to do their job (interview, coach employees, set goals and objectives).
We offer learning via monthly thought leadership councils (TLC), TLC Talks, podcasts, and other member meetings on topics about
talent acquisition and management, learning and development, employee engagement, employee services, and benefi ts and
outsourcing. We give our members the opportunity to grow and strengthen their network by connecting to other leaders in HR.
We provide opportunities to participate in best practice sharing conversations; join committees and work groups to advance the
profession of HR; develop ethical processes; and leverage tools to improve performance of HR systems, partners, and technology.
This includes our newest product, the HRO Today Association Certifi ed Provider program that helps buyers syphon through the many
options available today and be more effi cient in their partner selection process.
We know you can't talk about strengths without evaluating the opportunities, so I'll share the one opportunity most important and
prevalent to us: growing and expanding our membership. This is critical to strengthening the breadth and depth of knowledge of HR
Resources across the world. So, if you are not a member, please visit our website, www.hrotday.com/association to learn more and to
join today.
Zachary
D. Zachary Misko
President, Member Services, HRO Today
Executive Director, HRO Today Association
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