About Us

We are dedicated to advancing the field of Human Resources (HR) in Arizona by engaging, educating, and advocating for HR professionals, the businesses and organizations they work in, and the communities in which they live and serve.

But we go beyond serving HR professionals alone. We are here also to provide support, and to serve as a trusted resource, for organizations, local governments, and employees in general that have a question or need. We strive to be the authority for HR in the state of Arizona, and beyond. Our over 5,000 HR professionals throughout the state provide a wealth of knowledge, expertise, experience and, most importantly, compassion, for the resource we are here to serve: humans.

Mission

SHRM Arizona is the trusted resource to engage, educate, and advocate for HR professionals.

Vision

Along with our local chapters, SHRM Arizona is the essential source for human resources education, advocacy, and connections in the state of Arizona, for the organizations we work in, the communities we live in, and the HR professionals we serve.

Values

• Commitment
• Integrity
• Respect for People
• Life Long Learner
• Creative
• Transparent

Objectives

• Prepare and Educate Practitioners and Leaders
• Recognize Excellence in the Profession
• Act as Thought Leaders in HR and Business Strategies
• Appropriately influence State Legislation and Legislators
• Support and Promote SHRM State Chapters and Memberships
• Establish Outstanding Statewide HR Conferences

What We Do

We meet our mission through a variety of initiatives, led by a state council of over 40 volunteer leaders, including the presidents of six local chapters that are geographically located throughout the state to serve HR professionals within their communities. Through our state council volunteer leaders, we work to advance our mission in many ways, and here are just a few:

• Prepare and Educate HR Practitioners and Leaders. We have access to a wealth of SHRM resources, educational options, certification opportunities. In addition, we hold the #1 HR Conference in the state of Arizona, typically attending by over 1,000 HR professionals throughout the state. In addition, the strength of our student programs helps to build HR leaders of the future.

• Recognize Excellence in the Profession. The State Council, and many of the affiliated chapters, have been recognized nationally and locally, for programs that advance the profession and serve the professional. SHRM AZ is consistently recognized as one of the top states within SHRM for achievement of affiliate goals

• Act as Thought Leaders in HR and Business Strategies. Constantly seeking new avenues to serve, SHRM AZ engages a variety of business, government, and private sector leaders to ensure we are moving the profession forward, and providing just-in-time resources, such as those needed during this current pandemic.

• Appropriately influence State Legislation and Legislators. Our annual Employment Law and Legislative Conference is one of the most highly-rated events, providing needed updates and laws and a look-forward HR professionals need to know to stay current. But it doesn’t stop there. We advocate within the state legislature, as well as with our representatives in Washington, D.C. We want to make sure the voice of our profession is heard.

• Support and Promote SHRM State Chapters and Memberships. SHRM AZ doesn’t have members, but we do everything needed to support our statewide chapters that do. We’re the liaison between national SHRM and our six local chapters and, as such, we have access to resources, success stories, and we can leverage the talents between the chapters. We also recognize the opportunity we have to support our HR partners in those areas not currently served by local chapters, and we do through our virtual offerings, such as webinars and workshops on a variety of timely topics.