HRGames: The HRGames competition for SHRM Student Chapters was designed to foster friendly competition between universities. It provides a positive and exciting way to prepare students for the human resource profession and the Professional in Human Resources (PHR) certification exam conducted by the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI). Using a “Jeopardy style” format, teams of up to three students from each student chapter compete over several rounds to reach the finals. In addition to the pride in being chosen to represent their university, each student team is competing for scholarships and awards as well.

Pre-Conference Activity: Rutgers University will be concluding their Business Conference on Friday, March 30^th with keynote speaker Steve Miranda, SPHR, GPHR, SHRM’s Chief Human Resource and Strategic Planning Officer. Steve’s presentation will also be the kick-off for SHRM’s Northeast Student Conference and HRGames.

Predictive Index: Augur Inc. will be offering all students the opportunity to participate in the Predictive Index (PI) personal evaluation. The PI provides each participant with a roadmap of their characteristics helping them identify the job that best matches their personality and skills.

Case Study Competition: Students also have the opportunity to participate in our case study competition entitled “Backpack to Briefcase”. Students will be provided a real-life case study in advance and will present it to a panel of judges, with a potential scholarship as the prize!

Awards Dinner/Banquet: For the finale, there will be an awards banquet Saturday night for students to relax, eat good food, and network with other chapter members. There will be live entertainment (an HR Comedy Troupe), HRGames awards and the Case Study award presentations.

There are many great hotels in and surrounding the New Brunswick area. However, we have room blocks set up at the following hotels:

Each individual who will be attending this event is asked to complete an individual conference registration form online at http://www.shrm.org/students/hrgames/reg_Northeast.asp.

Additionally, HRGames teams should complete the HRGames team registration form, located online at http://www.shrm.org/students/hrgames/team_Northeast.asp.

There is no fee to register for this event.

Please sign up at http://www.shrm.org/students/hrgames/vol_Northeast.asp .

Should you need further information, please do not hesitate to contact our lead volunteers who are coordinating this event: