WFPMA 40TH ANNIVERSARY ESSAY CONTEST RULES

 

The World Federation of People Management Associations (WFPMA), in celebration of its 40th anniversary in 2016, is committed to educating the public and our profession on the future challenges of human resource management (HRM). The WFPMA Essay Contest is intended to further that commitment, by encouraging current students of HR to consider what the future of employment and the workforce will look like, the challenges that HRM will face globally in the future, and how human resource professionals will resolve those challenges.

 

 

Send Contest entries to: tudor.chira@hr-club.ro

 

A. Entries must be the original work of students currently enrolled at accredited colleges and universities in 2016, in either undergraduate or graduate-level HR, HR-related, or HR business degree courses or programs (HR management, training and development, labor relations, industrial psychology, organizational development, employment law, or MBA programs which contain HR coursework).

 

B. To participate, in countries where a student membership category exists in the national HR associations, it is preferable that students are a member of their respective national HR association (and in cases where they aren’t, they will be invited to join). In countries where no student membership category exists, submissions are welcome from any university level student enrolled in any program described above in Rule A.

 

C. Students are only eligible to win if the national HR association from their country is in good standing within its respective regional federation, and the regional federation is in good standing within the WFPMA.

 

 

Each entry should not exceed 500 words in English, answering the following two questions:

 

 

Entries should be submitted as the single-spaced text of an email with the subject line completed following the protocol: 2056 Workforce & Employment; First Name, Last Name; Country

 

 

Following the 500-word entry, the following information must be supplied:

 Student Name

 Full Mailing Address (Street Address, City, Country, Postal Code/Zip)

 Phone Number

 Email

 College or University, program of study, status (undergraduate or graduate), and expected graduation date.

 Date of birth and age as of 1 September 2016.

 Membership status in a national HR association, if applicable.

 

Criteria for judging will be the essay’s originality, clarity of articulation of the challenge, and clarity of the rationale for how HR practitioners will manage and resolve the challenge as stated. 3

 

Judges will be the Board of Directors of each WFPMA regional federation: AHRC (Africa), APFHRM (Asia Pacific), EAPM (Europe), FIDAGH (Central/South America & the Caribbean), and NAHRMA (Canada, Mexico, USA). Selections of winners and honorable mentions are the sole judgment of each regional federation and of the WFPMA.

 

One student each per WFPMA region who authors the entry judged most relevant to WFPMA, with strong content and style, will be awarded an expense-paid trip to the WFPMA’s World HR Congress in Istanbul, Turkey, October 19-22, 2016 (limited to roundtrip economy airfare, hotel accommodation, and conference registration; all other expenses, including any passport or visa fees, meals, and incidentals, are the responsibility of the winners).

 

 All responses become the property of the WFPMA, which may publish them either in print or electronically on its website, with attribution to the author (name, university affiliation, country, and region).

 By submitting an entry, a student relinquishes and transfers copyright to the WFPMA.

 Deadline for submissions is June 28, 2016.

 Judgments will be made in July 2016.

 Winners will be notified August 1, 2016.

 WFPMA can terminate the contest at any time, and can stop receipt of entries at and for any period of time.

 Students must be 18 years of age by 1 September 2016 and able to travel independently and unchaperoned to Istanbul. Once there, the 5 regional winners will be lodged in the same hotel and travel as a group to/from the conference venue.

 Entries not meeting contest requirements will not be considered.

 Entries exceeding the 500 word limit will be disqualified.

 No telephone or email inquiries.

 Winners and honorable mentions will be notified by the WFPMA and an announcement of the results will be posted on the WFPMA website.