WBBA Human Resources Group

You are invited to join your colleagues, HR professionals from WBBA member companies, as we network, share ideas and exchange information about the challenges and issues we encounter while working in the biotechnology and biomedical fields. This Group offers a variety of ways to connect with your colleagues, including:

Quarterly Meetings:

We meet quarterly at various member companies, alternating locations between Seattle and the Eastside. Most meetings feature your HR colleagues and experts in various fields focusing on a specific HR topic as it relates to the biotechnology and biomedical industries. At these meetings, we also strive to provide opportunities for career development, facilitate relationship building, and provide an excellent opportunity for HR professionals to network with their colleagues. The meetings cover a variety of topics and follow a range of formats. They generally last for 2 hours and typically start at 9:00 a.m.

The HR Steering Committee, consisting of HR professionals within the WBBA member companies, is responsible for planning these meetings. On an annual basis, this committee requests topic ideas from the HR Group as a whole. Meeting topics vary, depending on current issues, trends and the development needs of the HR community within the WBBA.Most meetings focus on a specific HR topic as they relate to the biotechnology and biomedical industries, we also strive to provide opportunities for career development. Meeting facilitators, panel participants or trainers all possess expertise within their fields. Meeting formats facilitate relationship building, knowledge sharing and provide an excellent opportunity for HR professionals to network with their colleagues who are facing similar issues and challenges.

Past Meeting Topics have Included:

These meetings are excellent opportunities to learn up to date information from professionals within our industry.

HR Professional Directory

A contact list for all WBBA HR Group members is updated regularly and distributed to members of the WBBA HR group. This list is not shared outside of the WBBA HR group.

Best Practice E-mail Question/Answer Surveys

HR Group members who would like to ask a question of their colleagues can do so by subscribing to the HR group listserv and then email your question to the list. To subscribe - send an email to: imailsrv@washbio.org and in the MESSAGE BODY type: Subscribe HRgroup Firstname Lastname (replacing your name).

Private WaBio.com HR Professional Only Section

WBBA HR group members have access to a secure pass word protected private section of WaBio.com only accessible to members of the WBBA Human Resources Group. This section will provide you additional opportunities to network, share ideas, access WaBio.com employment data, and exchange information about the challenges and issues you encounter while working in the biotechnology and medical device fields.