Benefits of Joining CSSHRM   Join Now! Membership Application

  1. Stay current on national and state legislation.
  2. Keep abreast of HR news, trends and employment issues.
  3. Attend monthly training luncheon seminars at reduced member rates.
  4. Network with HR professionals in your community.
  5. Prepare for your PHR/SPHR/GPHR certification through your local chapter’s free study groups (see HRCI Certification in Core Leadership area).
  6. Earn PHR/SPHR/GPHR certification points by volunteering with the local CSSHRM chapter.

 

The purposes of this Chapter, as a non-profit organization are:

  • to provide a forum for the personal and professional development our members;
  • to provide an opportunity to develop leadership, managerial, public speaking and group decision-making skills;
  • to provide an arena for the development and trust of relationships where common problems can be discussed and deliberated;
  • to provide an opportunity to focus on current human resource management issues of importance to our members;
  • to provide a focus for legislative attention to state and national human resource management issues;
  • to provide valuable information gathering and dissemination channels;
  • to provide a pool of human resources management leaders for perpetuation of the Chapter and of SHRM;
  • to serve as an important vehicle for introducing human resource management professionals to SHRM;
  • to serve as a source of new members for SHRM; and
  • to serve as part of the two-way channel of communications between SHRM and the individual members.

The Chapter supports the purposes of SHRM, which are to promote the use of sound and ethical human resource management practices in the profession and:

  • to be a recognized world leader in human resource management;
  • to provide high-quality, dynamic and responsive programs and service to our customers with interests in human resource management;
  • to be the voice of the profession on human resource management issues;
  • to facilitate the development and guide the direction of the human resource profession; and
  • to establish, monitor and update standards for the profession.

Types of Memberships

The qualifications for membership in CSSHRM shall be as stated below. To achieve the mission of this Chapter there shall be no discrimination in individual memberships because of race, religion, sex, age national origin, disability, veteran's status, or any other legally protected class. 

 

Membership in the CSSHRM is neither transferable nor assignable. Membership in the CSSHRM is held in the individual's name, not an organization with which the members is affiliated.

 Professional Members - $75/yr

  • Professional membership shall be limited to those individuals who are engaged as one or more of the following:
    • practitioners of human resource management at the exempt level for at least three years;
    • certified by the Human Resource Certification Institute;
    • faculty members holding an assistant, associate or full professor rank in the human resource management or any of its specialized functions at an accredited college or university and have at least two years experience at this level of teaching;
    • full-time consultants with at least two years experience in the field of human resource management; and/or
    • full-time attorneys with at least two years experience in counseling and advising clients on matters relating to human resource profession. Professional members may vote and hold office in the chapter.

Associate Members - $125/yr

  • Individuals in non-exempt human resource management positions as well as those individuals who do not meet the qualifications of the other classes of membership, but who demonstrate a bona fide interest in human resource management and the mission of this Chapter.

Student Members - Free

  • Individuals who are:
    • enrolled either as full-time or part-time students, at freshman standing or higher;
    • enrolled in the equivalent of at least six (6) credit hours;
    • enrolled in a four-year or graduate institution and/or consortium of these or a two-year community college with a matriculation agreement between it and a four-year college or university which provides for automatic acceptance of the community college students into the four-year college or university;
    • able to provide verification of a demonstrated emphasis in human resource management subjects, and
    • able to provide verification of the college or university's human resources or related degree program.
    • holds active student membership with SHRM National.

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