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Professionals In Human Resources Association was founded as the Personnel and Industrial Relations Association in 1944 by a small group of Los Angeles personnel executives. They organized to provide a forum in which Human Resource professionals could exchange ideas, increase their knowledge of and work together for the betterment of the profession.
In 1959, PIHRA became affiliated with the
Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM), then known as the American Society of Personnel Administration (ASPA). Today, PIHRA is the largest SHRM chapter in the country, consistently achieving SHRM's Annual Superior Merit Award.
PIHRA is a non-profit California corporation whose
officers and committee members serve without compensation. There are more than 5,200 members representing more than 3,000 firms.
PIHRA is serves all levels of HR practitioner as well as service providers. PIHRA members represent the complete spectrum and breadth of every type of industry in Southern California. PIHRA members have an interest in acquiring knowledge of the most recent and innovative developments in the HR arena.