Hispanic Internal Revenue Service (HIRE)

Since we did not have an August newsletter I incorporated some of the August events into this edition. We are now at the beginning of a new fiscal year (FY 2012). This is the time of year when time just seems to fly by so quickly. Summer came to an end and school began. Hope everyone enjoyed their summer. Many parts of the country experienced severe drought and high temperatures (100 plus degrees). Some parts even experienced out of control wild fires around our communities. Our prayers go out to all of the residents of those communities who may have lost their homes due to wild fires.

In August, I traveled to the AIM-IRS National Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana to teach a workshop called “Managing Multiple Projects, Objective and Deadlines” with Laurel Cummings, HCO Executive Officer Workforce Progression & Management Division. Laurel has been a long time supporter of the HIRE organization along with her husband Larry Barnes, Retired IRS LB&I Executive. They have both volunteered as presenters in the past at HIRE National conferences. So when Laurel asked if I would teach with her at the AIM-IRS National Conference, I jumped at the chance. I had an opportunity to talk with several AIM-IRS National Board Members and had the privilege of meeting several AIM-IRS members.

In September, we provided access to the HIRE National Administrative Files Share-Point site to all of the HIRE Chapter Presidents. This site will serve as a resource tool for HIRE chapters. The site contains information on HIRE National Bylaws, HIRE Administrative Files (includes HIRE National Administrative Guide), Annual Business Meeting Minutes, Recruitment, Corporate Sponsorship, National Awards, Newsletters, Language Services, Marketing Tools, Succession Planning, Career Development (Mock Interviews, Resume, Mentoring), etc. We hope our chapters will find this site useful.

The National Resume Team (Career Development Goal) kicked off the first edition of a quarterly Career Development newsletter. The quarterly newsletter will provide our members with tips on resumes, career development, helpful resource links and will showcase the career of at least one of our HIRE members. Great Job Resume Team!

I would like to say Thank You to the Kansas City HIRE Chapter for their hospitality while I visited Kansas City. I had an opportunity to meet with Karin Howar, Kansas City HIRE Chapter President, Tony Hardy, Kansas City HIRE Vice President, Henry Mendoza, Kansas City HIRE Treasurer, Larry Orozco, Past Kansas City HIRE Chapter President, and a couple of the Kansas City HIRE Chapter members. It was a pleasure to meet with you all and talk about current issues (Career Development, Succession Planning) concerns, IRS proposal for a Unified Employee Organization Conference, and simply just catching up.

Maritza Rabinowitz, HIRE National Vice President met with the Chapter Presidents of the Metro New York Chapter (Carolyn Castro), Brooklyn Chapter (Brenda Stuart-Luke) and Brookhaven Chapter (Maria Delgado) while in the New York area on August 3 and 4, 2011. Maritza discussed various topics (Career Development, Succession Planning, HIRE National Website, etc.) with the members who attended the lunch-n-learn. Thank You to Carolyn, Brenda and Maria for your hospitality with Maritza.

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) held the fall Employee Organization National President’s meeting on September 22, 2011. Each Employee Organization was asked to prepare a short presentation about their individual organization which included key concerns and accomplishments. The Employee Organizations were broken out into sub-teams and were asked to develop a PowerPoint presentation to address ideas on how IRS could improve overall employee engagement, and provide examples of how Employee Organizations like HIRE currently support employee engagement. Since I could not attend due to a work conflict, I asked our newly elected HIRE National Vice President Maritza Rabinowitz to attend on my behalf. While in D.C. Maritza took theopportunity to meet with Linda Rivera, DC HIRE Chapter President and conducted a lunch-n-learn for the D.C. HIRE Chapter membership. Maritza provided an update on the HIRE National Goals (Career Development and Succession Planning), and discussed various other topics like our new HIRE National SharePoint site.