COLLEGE RELATIONS CHAIR
Position Summary
Manage the scholarship program, internship program, and college outreach efforts.
Responsible To
- The members of the chapter
- The Chapter President
- State Council College Relations Director
Responsibilities
- Develop scholarship application evaluation criteria and design the appropriate materials.
- Promote the scholarship program and internship program to local colleges and universities.
- Evaluate applications and recommend recipients.
- Make recommendations on changes to scholarship program (i.e., scholarship amount, number of recipients).
- Oversee the internship program. Send out requests to local HR professionals/chapter members requesting internship postings. Forward openings to members of local student chapters or to faculty members.
- Communicate with local faculty/colleges to provide classroom visits to discuss HR topics, the Chapter, internships/scholarships, SHRM membership, etc. Act as mentor to college students seeking a career in HR.
- Recommend community service projects to be supported by the chapter.
- Serve as liaison between members of the College Relations Committee.
- Participate in the development and implementation of short-term and long-term strategy planning for the chapter.
- Represent the chapter in the Human Resources community.
- Attend all monthly membership meetings.
Resources Available
SHRM supplies the following resources for Chapter College Relations Chairs
- Chapter Best Practices
- Chapter Position Descriptions
- SHRM Leaders Guide
- And MUCH MORE…available online at http://www.shrm.org/chapters/resources/chaphelp.asp
- SHRM’s Student Programs Website is available at http://www.shrm.org/students/
- Here, you will find a toolkit to help you start a student chapter, work with students, start a mentor or intern program, and more.
- There is also a College Relations Toolkit at http://www.shrm.org/students/StudentChapterToolkit.pdf.
