Resources

Welcome to Our HR Resources Page

Navigating human resources should be straightforward and empowering. That’s why we’ve dedicated this page to be your comprehensive guide through the HR landscape. Here, you’ll find a wealth of resources tailored to meet your human resources needs, whether you’re fine-tuning your strategies, seeking solutions to HR challenges, or aiming to enhance your workplace environment.

Dive into a collection of insightful articles, in-depth guides, practical tools, and templates designed to simplify your HR processes and elevate your practices. Our resources cover various topics, from employee engagement and performance management to compliance, HR strategy, and beyond.

We believe in making human resources accessible and manageable for businesses and HR professionals. Our goal is to support your journey toward creating a more effective, efficient, and positive HR environment within your organization.

We encourage you to contact us directly for additional information or personalized assistance. Our team is ready to provide the expertise and support you need to confidently navigate your HR endeavors.

**We have no affiliate with these resources, we believe these will help you with your HR.

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Software

BambooHR

We set people free to do great work.

People are the key to workplace excellence. If you give HR knowledge and time to work with people, they can build the kind of culture, policies, and people practices that set entire organizations free to be better at what they do. And when you give employees the power to help themselves, they feel more valued and capable as contributors rather than simple assets. BambooHR is designed to do both. That’s what makes us different.

One Easy-to-Use Platform for Everything HR

Simplify HR with award-winning solutions for everything from hire to retire.

  • Employee database and reporting
  • Payroll, time, and benefits
  • Hiring and onboarding

Checkr - Background Checks

A leap forward in background checks

As hiring teams embrace streamlined modern tech for day-to-day tasks, their background check services remain stuck in the past. Checkr offers a leap forward to a faster, smoother, safer experience for you and your candidates.

You’re in a hurry. We supercharge the way you hire.

  • Other screening services rely on researchers to find, parse, and evaluate data – an error-prone process that slows your hiring. Checkr’s modern tech helps you eliminate bottlenecks.
  • 99% of background checks are automated after data retrieval, with human Q/A
    Our charge classifier rapidly standardizes court data into an intuitive report you can take action on

Quickbooks Online

Trusted experts. Guaranteed accurate books.

Let a QuickBooks-certified bookkeeper manage your books with guaranteed accuracy.**

Your bookkeeper can:

 Bring your past books up to date

 Personalize your QuickBooks setup

 Categorize transactions

 Close your books for tax time

 Reconcile accounts and run detailed reports

#1 ACCOUNTING SOFTWARE FOR SMALL BUSINESS
Save time, track money, and get important insights

HR Resources

North East South Dakota Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)

They are an affiliate of the Society for Human Resource Management. Whether you are new to the HR field or have many years of experience, we are a local starting point for networking, information, professional development, and continued support of excellence in Human Resources.

This is a powerful resource to search topics, ask an advisor, find events, etc.

National Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)

Our Purpose Is to Elevate HR

Our mission is to empower people and workplaces by advancing HR practices and by maximizing human potential. Our vision is to build a world of work that works for all.

SHRM creates better workplaces where employers and employees thrive together.
SHRM is a member-driven catalyst for creating better workplaces where people and businesses thrive together. As the trusted authority on all things work, SHRM is the foremost expert, researcher, advocate, and thought leader on issues and innovations impacting today’s evolving workplaces. With nearly 340,000 members in 180 countries, SHRM touches the lives of more than 362 million workers and their families globally.

Community Resources

Watertown Area Chamber of Commerce

For over one hundred years, the Watertown Area Chamber of Commerce has been working to make Watertown and the surrounding area one of the best places in the Midwest to live, work, and raise a family.

Whether you are new to the business community or are a veteran, chances are you have been impacted by the Watertown Area Chamber of Commerce and the projects and services it provides the Watertown Community: the Watertown Winter Farm Show, Ambassador Ribbon Cuttings, Cookin’ on Kampeska, Leadership Watertown, Business of the Week, Watertown Bucks Program, and the annual Fourth of July Celebration, just to name a few.

The Watertown Area Chamber of Commerce uses its size to your advantage. With over 700 members, our broad reach across Northeastern South Dakota unites businesses that enjoy networking, marketing, advocacy, continuing education, and business services.

The Watertown Area Chamber of Commerce is led by a volunteer board of directors comprised of twenty representatives from small and large businesses, including manufacturing, banking, service, media, and local government. Each member gives a unique perspective on doing business in Watertown, and helps to provide innovative ways to improve the business climate.

We’re confident your decision to join the Chamber of Commerce is one of the best you will make for your business.

Brookings Area Chamber of Commerce

Founded in 1938, the Brookings Area Chamber of Commerce continues to be the leading business organization in the Brookings area. Living out our mission of promoting, advocating, connecting, and enriching our Brookings area business community, we provide endless opportunities to help businesses succeed, as well as creating a community people want to live, work, and play. Made up of 500 member businesses, we connect all cross-sections of the business community.

Stop by the Chamber at 1321 6th Street or call 605-692-8922 to learn more about the benefits of membership or to find the right businesses to fit all needs.