Once again…as I do every year, I just finished filling out my Member Satisfaction survey for the HRPAO. For those not in the HR profession in Ontario, this is the Human Resources Professional Association of Ontario. I do not fill in this survey with happy, well done Association platitudes. Nope, every year, I complain about the same things. And yet, every year, shortly after filling out the survey and expressing my disappointment in the lack of support, the onerous professional development requirements, the lack of support for members…I reach into my wallet, grab my credit card and renew my membership for another year.
Every year, I swear…this will be the last year I will renew…I get no value out of the Association. And every year, I renew. Every.Single.Year. This year I will do so for the express purpose of saving hundreds of dollars on my Good Life membership.
Back in the day, when I was bright eyed and ambitious and eager to have letters after my name, I embraced the designation. I had the prerequisites; the university degree, the work experience, and so I studied hard, during a pre term labour scare in the hospital, I might add. After all this prep, and days before I went into labour for real, I sat in the exam room and wrote my exams. And I got my letters. I was proud. I had my employer print up new cards, it was an exciting and proud moment.
At some point, the HRPAO determined that one did not need a university degree and loosened the requirements to get the letters. This undermined the process that I and many others went through. Apparently I have different letters now…I am not entirely clear on why, but now I have to change my business cards again.
Every so often, I go on the website and think dear God, they have taken this concept of supporting HR professionals in Ontario and made it unnecessarily complicated and confusing. I think it is time to get back to basics with this Association, but I am not sure anyone knows what that is anymore.
Every year, I swear…this will be the last year I will renew…I get no value out of the Association. And every year, I renew. Every.Single.Year. This year I will do so for the express purpose of saving hundreds of dollars on my Good Life membership.
Back in the day, when I was bright eyed and ambitious and eager to have letters after my name, I embraced the designation. I had the prerequisites; the university degree, the work experience, and so I studied hard, during a pre term labour scare in the hospital, I might add. After all this prep, and days before I went into labour for real, I sat in the exam room and wrote my exams. And I got my letters. I was proud. I had my employer print up new cards, it was an exciting and proud moment.
At some point, the HRPAO determined that one did not need a university degree and loosened the requirements to get the letters. This undermined the process that I and many others went through. Apparently I have different letters now…I am not entirely clear on why, but now I have to change my business cards again.
Every so often, I go on the website and think dear God, they have taken this concept of supporting HR professionals in Ontario and made it unnecessarily complicated and confusing. I think it is time to get back to basics with this Association, but I am not sure anyone knows what that is anymore.
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