CPP Study Group Opportunity - FULL
The Target CPP study group
is full - more information on other CPP study group
opportunities will be added soon.
Target CPPs are planning on facilitating a CPP study
group January through March 2007 in Brooklyn Park. We
would like to open the group up to any Northstar member
who would like to join. Please contact
Todd Ereth at 763-405-0692 if you plan to join the
study group.
Sessions will start January 3 and go through end of
March. Session times are 5 to 7pm on Wednesdays at 7000
Target Parkway North, Brooklyn Park. The Target
Northern Campus is located just north of Highway 610
between Zane and Broadway Avenues.
IHRIM’s
Managing for Success: Essentials for Managing Vendor
Relationships
August 17, 2006 - Minneapolis
IHRIM’s newest course is designed for HR professionals
responsible for managing outside vendor relationships as
well as HR and HRIT managers and staff who are working
with outsourcing service delivery vendors or are
contemplating outsourcing in the future.
<more>
Payroll Professional Learning Series
Attention Payroll Professionals ~ SUMMER 2006
Classes with NEW Online Section to compliment the
classroom.
Advance your career as a Payroll
Professional and Prepare for the CPP.
These courses through
Century College in offer you a comprehensive
review of payroll administration. Beginning with
primary payroll skills, the series increases your
competence in essential and advanced payroll skills.
Series includes:
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Course I: Primary Payroll Skills |
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Course II: Essential Payroll
Skills |
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Course III: Advanced Payroll
Skills |
Click
here to learn more!
-or- contact Bridgett Backman:
(651)779-5788
bridgett.backman@century.edu
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CPP Summer
Session
This Session is FULL!
Please contact
Shari via email
to be placed on a waiting list in case there are any
cancellations. |
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Enrollment open to APA Northstar Members
Cost: $45 (new candidates) or $100 (recertification)
Session runs June 5 - September 26
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APA
Northstar Scholarship Program
The 2006 Northstar Chapter scholarship program, "Investment
in Tomorrow" has been launched. This program is open
to current Northstar Chapter members or their dependent
children. Scholarship
application deadline is May 31, 2006.
Program Information
Acrobat PDF Application
Excel Application
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Tuesday - May 9, 2006
Member Appreciation Night |
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Please join the board on Tuesday, May
9th from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. to
network with other payroll professionals, enjoy some
free food and a cocktail, and learn more about the
Northstar Chapter. We may even play some payroll
games.
We strongly encourage you to bring a
co-worker or a colleague to this free event.
If your guest joins the Northstar Chapter, your name
will be entered in a drawing for a wonderful prize.
All we ask is that you register for the event so we
can plan appropriately.
So
stop on by on your way home from work any time
between 5:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. to join us for this
fun event. Appetizers and a full cash bar will be
available, and your first drink is on us!
Click here for
a registration
form.
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Register Online <click here>
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Volunteers Needed
If you're interested in helping us out, or want to know
more about a particular position, please send an
email
to
the chapter.
Current list of open volunteer positions:
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CPP / FPC Study Group Facilitator |
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Newsletter Editor |
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Certification Advisory Group
CPP / FPC Exams (National
APA) |
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Job Task
Analysis Survey Committee
(National APA) |
2005 Was Quite a Year for the Northstar Chapter.
Learn more by viewing our 2006
Chapter of the Year PowerPoint slideshow!
<click here>
MTMA
Conference - May 3rd
Many Minnesota payroll professionals
wear multiple hats. If your duties or those of a
co-worker extend to cash management, take note of
the Minnesota Treasury Management Association (MTMA).
The
MTMA provides a forum for improving the management
of corporate cash through education, communication
and recognition of the cash management profession. Their 24th Annual Treasury
Conference “Taking it to the Next Level”
will be held on Wednesday, May 3, 2006 from 7:30 am
to 6:00 pm at Touchstone Energy Place at RiverCenter,
175 West Kellogg Blvd, St Paul, MN 55102.
Click here to visit the MTMA web site for more
information and a registration link!
Meet the 2005-06 Northstar Officers

Officer
profiles and photos have been added to the Northstar site <more>