HUMAN RESOURCE ASSISTANCE

Leading Employee Development

To help you be competitive in the labor market, Greater Reading Chamber members (with 25+ employees) have access to extensive local wage and salary surveys. We offer personnel practice survey covering all types of employee benefits and our healthcare survey provides information on employer sponsored healthcare plans.

The Chamber has a highly-qualified team of consultants experienced in the following HR domains: Affirmative Action Programs, Background and reference Checking, Contract Human Resource Manager, Employee Handbooks, Exit Interviews and Resume Referral Service.

"Thank you for your guidance on several of our most recent "trying" HR issues. You patiently answered all my questions in a very professional and supportive manner. You take your time to research the issue and provide prompt, friendly guidance to help us develop a plan of action. An invaluable resource at my fingertips! Thank you. I am certain we will be working together again."

Judy Weidner, Office Manager

Human Resources Assistance

Greater Reading Chamber members now have exclusive access to an extensive array of services and survey data pertaining to employees relations.

Marlene Price, PHR, can lead you to the answer to almost any HR question you have, and can be reached via email at mprice@greaterreadingchamber.org or call 610.376.6766.

Surveys - Wage & Salary, Personnel Practices, Health Benefits - We have the hard data you need.

Resume Bank - Looking to hire or to be hired, check with the Chamber first!

Labor Law Posters - Federal All-in-one and PA All-in-one

HR Toolkit - We share our tools with our members.

HR Consulting - Our expertise is available to you whether your need is big or small.

HR Matters - Marlene Price, PHR, keeps our member current on HR practices and trends through an electronic newsletter and in our monthly print newsletter.

Employee Opinion Surveys

Your greatest asset is your employees. Their opinions dictate morale; their morale controls productivity; and productivity ultimately determines organizational success - or failure. They have inside knowledge of your organization's greatest strengths and weaknesses, and yet their knowledge is seldom surveyed, and their morale often ignored.

Let the Greater Reading Chamber of Commerce & Industry tap into their power by conducting an Employee Opinion survey at your organization.

We'll begin by administering a 72-question confidential, standard questionnaire to all employees. We will collect and tabulate the data, then present you with a written report that compares your responses with normative data from across the country. You won&t be left guessing if your responses warrant immediate action or are less pressing. We'll provide you with the statistics that will make clear areas of concern and help you to effectively design a plan of action.

Your summary report will contain qualified feedback and comparative national norms for 11 issue categories:

1. Working Conditions
2. Communication
3. Compensation and Benefits
4. Employee Development and Recognition
5. Management Effectiveness
6. Policies and Practices
7. Quality and Productivity
8. Quality of Work/Life
9. Reaction to the Survey
10. Supervisory - People Skills
11. Supervisory - Management Skills

Your survey can also be adapted and modified to address issues specific to your situation or even to a particular location or shift. Employees are always encouraged to include specific written comments, suggestions and concerns.

Please call Marlene Price at 610-376-6766 or email her at mprice@greaterreadingchamber.org for additional information and pricing.

Human Resources Consulting

The Greater Reading Chamber of Commerce & Industry offers no cost; no obligation initial consultant visits providing professional information and advice to help you determine your objectives that will achieve your organization's business goals.

We qualify all of our consultants so the risk of a failed project is eliminated. We select consultants that can work independently to accomplish your business goals, as well as, provide development for your staff to continue the project or improve the process after our consultant has completed the service. Contact Marlene Price at mprice@greaterreadingchamber.org for more information.

The Chamber has a highly-qualified team of consultants experienced in the following HR domains:

• Employment Services
• HR Administration-such as Employee Handbooks
• Labor Employee Relations
• Workforce Re-Structuring
• Compensation and Benefits
• Affirmative Action Plans
• Performance Management
• Employees Relations Training
• Safety and Health Services

Resume Bank

Welcome to the Chamber's Resume Bank! The Resume Bank is easy, efficient and a FREE service that enables employers to view resumes of job candidates for their open positions. This listing is updated regularly, so check back often.

Contact Marlene Price at the Chamber to request resumes that interest you - 610-376-6766 or mprice@greaterreadingchamber.org.

Roundtables

The Greater Reading Chamber of Commerce & Industry provides an excellent forum for member company representatives to meet to exchange new ideas, share information and thoughts, obtain problem-solving advice, and generally learn from peers in the business and industrial community. Through the activities of twelve Executive Roundtables, company representatives benefit from conveniently scheduled sessions that afford them the opportunity to dialog with their counterparts on matters of common interest. Last year, over 300 professionals participated in the Roundtables.

Membership in a particular Roundtable is open to the employees of Chamber members with primary responsibility for the designated functional area. The cost for joining the Roundtable is $150 for all four meetings.

All meetings are scheduled for 11:30am to 1:30pm, except the Maintenance Managers Roundtable, which is scheduled for 7:30am to 9:30am. Most meetings will be held at the GRCCI Training Center, 49 Commerce Drive in Spring Ridge. Limited memberships do not qualify for Roundtable participation.

Mid-year memberships are welcome. Members are also permitted to attend a Roundtable meeting as a guest to determine continued interest in joining.

For more information contact Marlene Price at 610-376-6766 or mprice@greaterreadingchamber.org.