HVBF Monthly Meeting - Human Resources Roundtable
Thursday, June 7, 2001, 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM

Community College of Baltimore County
Executive Plaza III, Suite LLC
11350 McCormick Rd
Hunt Valley, MD

Attending:

Joe Biglin, Breakaway Games
Dennis Carter, Legg Mason
Jan Albert Elliott, Community College of Baltimore County
Susan Fine, PDP Group
Mary Ellen Judy, KCI Technologies, Inc.
Steve O'Conor, Community College of Baltimore County
Ed Pfeiffer, Mass Transit Administration
Jessica Stran, JMT Engineering
Shirley K. Tyler, Right Management
Rick Webb, Atlantic Financial Federal Credit Union
Gail Williams, McCormick & Co.

Guest:

Mona Weber Towson University

Mona Weber announced that Towson has partnered with the Community College of Baltimore County to bring business related courses to companies in the Hunt Valley areas. Contact Jan Albert Elliott at the Community College of Baltimore County for more information. 

Shirley Tyler moderated a discussion among our members on diversity programs. Although few had formal diversity programs, all were aware of the need to recognize the diverse nature of their work forces. All agreed that for a diversity program to be successful, senior management must buy into and lead the efforts. 

Diversity is more than race and sex and includes a wide range of differences in the make up of our work force. 

Gail Williams explained the formal program at McCormick. McCormick, from the top down, has a strong commitment to recognize diversity and has developed a program for each of its departments. They have used unique methods to help their employees understand each other. All employees must go through this training.

Susan Fine from PDP commented on their recent hiring of a sight challenged employee in their customer service department. Susan told us how fellow employees accepted and helped during the initial adjustment period. This has been a successful experience.

Some suggested diversity websites:

www.inform.umd.edu/Topic/Diversity
www.careerbuilder.com/sales/diversitysites.html
www.hireweb.com/links/diverse_sites.html
www.promosaic.org/diversity_sites.html
www.staffsolutions.com/profjobs_diversity.html
www.diversitysource.com/resources/general_diversity_sites.htm

Because of the July 4th holiday, our next meeting will be on Thursday, July 12 from 8:30 a.m. until 9:30 a.m. at Right Management, 4 North Park Drive, Suite 400. The subject will be Developing Management/Leadership Skills. Please register to come by emailing me at director@hvbf.org  . Is there someone in your company who should attend these H/R Roundtables? Please give me their email address to be included.

This summary will also appear on our website www.hvbf.org under Events.