Empower Your HR Practice
SHRM members don’t start from scratch — they start from smart. Whether you’re managing compliance, designing policies, or leading a new HR initiative, you’ll find practical, ready-to-use tools built by experts and trusted by thousands of HR professionals worldwide.
Featured Resources
Navigate complex employment laws with confidence. Compare requirements across all 50 states in seconds to ensure compliance, reduce risk, and maintain consistency for your multistate or remote workforce. A must-have for modern HR teams.
Turn strategy into action with SHRM’s expert-developed toolkits. Each one delivers a complete framework—guidance, best practices, and templates—to help you design, implement, and optimize key HR initiatives that drive organizational success.
Get fast, trusted answers to real-world HR questions. SHRM’s expert-reviewed Q&As provide clear, concise guidance on complex topics—from compliance to culture—so you can make informed, confident decisions when it matters most.
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Interactive Tools
Go beyond static templates with calculators and comparison tools. Quickly benchmark salaries, navigate employment laws across U.S. states, and generate reports with our dynamic resources.
Benefits are one of the most important ways to attract and retain talent. SHRM’s annual Employee Benefits Survey captures what organizations across the U.S. are offering—and what’s changing.
Back your HR strategies with trusted data. With SHRM Benchmarking, you get access to key HR and business metrics broken down by organization size, sector, industry, and region.
Toolkits
Comprehensive resources that provide both the big picture and actionable tools to implement HR best practices.
Succession planning is a key tool for organizations striving to remain competitive in an ever-changing market. With proper planning, leaders can identify a pipeline for key roles and support continuity during talent shifts.
Stay current on California wage payment and hours of work laws. This toolkit provides actionable insights for HR professionals seeking effective compliance strategies.
How-To Guides
Step-by-step guides to help you confidently manage complex HR challenges, from leave laws to workplace investigations.
Prepare for a layoff or reduction in force with a step-by-step approach outlining legal compliance components and key actions to support your workforce.
Establish a workplace wellness program to improve employee health, boost productivity, increase engagement, and reduce health care costs by taking these steps.
Policies
Download editable policy templates vetted by SHRM experts — from dress code to remote work — to ensure legal compliance and consistency.
Address religious observance accommodation requests with a policy that balances employee needs and business operations and clarifies procedures for supervisors.
Strengthen workplace safety with clear guidelines for preventing violence, intimidation, and harassment. Support employees and foster a respectful environment.
Forms & Checklists
Ready-to-use HR forms and audit checklists that save hours of admin time and ensure you don’t miss a compliance step.
Struggling with delegation? This email template helps managers save time, reduce stress, and guide your team with clear, actionable steps.
Download SHRM's workplace civility memo template to address controversial news events. Maintain professionalism and prevent disruptions at work.
HR Q&As
Hundreds of concise answers from SHRM experts — your go-to source for quick, trusted HR insight.
Understand HR obligations required to remain compliant when accommodating requests for religious holidays.
Understand how career lattices help fill key roles, support employee growth, and attract top talent. Develop a strategy that benefits organizations and teams.
Job Descriptions
Access 1,000+ customizable job description templates that help you define roles clearly and stay competitive in hiring.
Interview Questions
Professionally crafted, competency-based questions to improve your hiring process and assess cultural fit.
Presentations
Ready-made training decks for employee onboarding, compliance, and management development.
HR Glossary
Decode HR language quickly with a searchable glossary of essential terms — perfect for new professionals or quick refreshers.
Express Requests
Get curated, up-to-date resources on trending HR issues. We’ve gathered what’s new so you can focus on what’s next.
Quizzes
Fun and fast knowledge checks to sharpen your HR expertise and prepare for certification.
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From templates to toolkits, and from benchmarking tools to expert support — everything you need to lead HR with confidence starts here.
