The HR Club strategy and guidelines are set annually and they address various types of activities, from conferences, seminars, informal meetings, summer schools to research projects, representation activities and information campaigns. These activities cover all types of services we provide to our members: access to best practices in HRM, exchange experiences, networking and informal lobby. Here is a short description of the main types of events organized by HR Club.

HR Club Conferences provide the community of Romanian HR specialists the opportunity to discuss the latest trends and theories in the field, together with renowned experts from Romania and abroad. Guests of the past editions include Dave Ulrich, Professor of Business at the University of Michigan; Geoff Armstrong, EAPM former president and CEO of CIPD; Laszlo Szocs, HR Vice President, MOL Group; Florin Luca, HR Deputy Director, International Retail Banking, Groupe Société Générale; Brent W. Mattson, Senior VP Talent Management at Bank of America; Paul Evans, Professor of Organizational Development at INSEAD; Maury Peiperl, Professor of Leadership and Strategic Changeat IMD Lausanne; Henk den Dekker, Partener Trompenaars Hampden - Turner. HR Club Conferences are held once or twice a year in Bucharest; the following is scheduled for November 2012 in Bucharest (read more about HR Club Conferences).  

HR Club Masterclass is a type of meeting for HR professionals or CEO’s with renowned professors and international consultants on topics such as talent management, leadership development, change management, organizational effectiveness. The guest speakers we had so far include Dr. Lisbeth Claus, Ph.D., SPHR, GPHR, Professor of International HR at Willamette University; Dave Ulrich - Professor of Business at ROSS Business School, University of Michigan; Paul Evans - Professor of Organizational Development at INSEAD; Maury Peiperl, Professor of Leadership and Strategic Changeat IMD Lausanne (read more about HR Club Masterclass).

HR Club Awards Gala: released in 2008, this project is one of maximum significance for the recognition of excellence in the people management field, goal undertaken by HR Club as the representative professional association of the HR specialists in Romania. The forth edition of the Gala will be held in April 2012 in Bucharest (read more about HR Club Awards Gala).

HR Club Internal seminars are access platforms for our members to best practices in specific areas of the people management field, such as recruitment and selection, performance management, motivation and retention, legislation, organizational culture, labor relations. Every year we organize between 3 and 5  half a day internal seminars. You can access them in the HR Club Seminars section.

HR Club Regional seminars are designed to ensure the exchange of knowledge between the HR Club members from Bucharest and their colleagues from other important cities in Romania, such as Cluj-Napoca, Timisoara, Iasi and Brasov. Regional meetings follow the model of internal seminars in Bucharest i.e. best practices and discussions on topics listed above. More information about the HR Club regional meetings is available in the HR Club Seminars section.

HR Club Informal meetings are excellent opportunities for networking, exchange of experience and meeting new members. These meetings are held every month on topics of interest to members (as "Coffee Talk" meetings) and twice a year as parties. More details about these social events you can find in the Informal meetings section.

Projects for the development of the new generation of HR professionals: Considering its professional community responsibility to develop a new generation of HR specialists, HR Club initiated in 2006 a series of activities dedicated to this specific purpose, such as: HR Club internships, the HR Club Next Generation summer school for students interested in an HR career or involvement of our members in specific educational programs. More details about the HR Club Next Generation summer school can be found in the HR Club Next Generation section.

HR Club also participates in other projects and initiatives at national and international level in order to ensure its members access to best practices and top content for their work. These include research projects, EAPM meetings and conferences, government lobby and the relationship with state authorities.

Between May 2009 - September 2010, HR Club implemented the project "Partnership for the development of the HR field" co-financed by the European Social Fund through the Sectoral Operational Program Human Resources Development 2007-2013 under the number SOPHRD/41/3.3/G/17900. You can read more about this project in the SOPHRD section.

Also, in April 2010, HR Club implemented the project  LLP-LdV/ VETPRO/ 2009/ RO/1 58 under the Leonardo da Vinci Program. This project consisted of an experience and best practices exchange within the learning and development  field between the HR professionals in Romania and their fellows in Cyprus. More information is available in the Leonardo da Vinci Project section.