Local HR Organization Receives National Award for Outstanding Achievement

The Human Resource Association of the Midlands (HRAM) (hram.org) was awarded the 2016 Platinum Excel Award by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). The award recognizes HRAM for outstanding accomplishments in 2016.

The EXCEL award can be earned at four levels: bronze, silver, gold and platinum, and each level has a prescribed set of requirements and accomplishments that must be met. Membership retention, advancing the human resource profession, student chapter growth, and providing more strategic programming were goals identified by HRAM at the beginning of 2016. Through thoughtful and thorough internal initiatives, the organization achieved all four goals.

“We are thrilled to receive the Excel Award because it validates the significant efforts made by our dedicated staff and volunteers to support and engage Omaha’s HR community,” said Kelli Lieurance, an attorney at Baird Holm, board president during the time that these goals were achieved. The board’s current president, Virginia Kiviranta, a staffing manager for Noll Human Resources, says that the organization will continue to strive to advance the local human resource profession and the people they serve through development and networking opportunities.

The award will be announced to the HRAM membership at their program on July 11. HRAM will also receive recognition in SHRM publications and at conferences.

HRAM (hram.org) is the premier organization for human resource professionals in the Omaha metropolitan area. With over 1,000 members, HRAM is a super-mega chapter, one of the largest nationally.