History

The Society for Human Resource Management or SHRM is a not-for-profit association founded in 1948.  It was originally called the American Society for Personnel Administration or ASPA. The goal in founding ASPA was to provide continued professional development opportunities for what the founding members recognized as a profession in transition, to promote national networking, and to generally advance the interests of the profession.

 The  name  was changed from ASPA to SHRM in 1989.

SHRM is the largest HR association in the world, representing more than 225,000 professional and student members in over 125 countries, and has a network of more than 575 affiliate chapters in the United States, as well as offices in India and China.

In the early 1950’s local “personnel administrators” organized the Northeast Georgia Chapter of ASPA.

The chapter encompassed 28 counties stretching from Georgia’s northern border to a line below Athens.

As the area closer to Athens continued to grow, the Athens Area Personnel Association was formed in 1985.

In 1994, the chapter changed to it’s current name the Athens Area Society for Human Resource Management or AASHRM

AASHRM is an active organization with members from both private and public sectors representing a broad cross section of area employers.

We hold monthly meetings that include a speaker or program, generally on the second Thursday of each month.

The goal of these meetings is to provide HR professionals with the opportunity to network with colleagues while keeping abreast of the most current topics in our field.