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.
Learn how to strategically use benchmarking to align HR practices with the business strategy, interpret data with confidence, and find reputable external resources.
Discover ways to navigate your job search and prepare for the journey ahead — whether you’re out of the workforce by choice or by chance.
Master job analysis with essential steps, proven methods, and practical tools to define roles, write accurate job descriptions, and lead smarter HR decisions.
How-To Guides
Step-by-step guides to help you confidently manage complex HR challenges, from leave laws to workplace investigations.
Calculate employee turnover rate with confidence. This guide offers actionable steps for HR professionals monitoring and managing workforce changes over time.
Learn how AI can audit employee goals, identify common weaknesses, assess alignment with organizational priorities, and uncover conflicting goals.
Learn how AI can identify workforce skill gaps, assess evidence of learning needs, and prioritize development based on business goals and constraints.
Policies
Download editable policy templates vetted by SHRM experts — from dress code to remote work — to ensure legal compliance and consistency.
Set clear expectations for employees and managers with an inclement weather policy that addresses closures, pay, remote work, and legal compliance obligations.
Equip your organization with this succession planning policy resource. Address leadership gaps, support knowledge transfer, and lower legal and compliance risk.
Use this customizable paid family and medical leave policy to provide paid leave for childbirth, adoption, health conditions, and military-related absences.
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.
Download this customizable template to build the foundation into your job analysis process for smarter hiring, accurate job descriptions, and confident pay decisions.
Use this job questionnaire as a comprehensive data collection tool for gathering the important details that will form the foundation of your job analysis.
Use SHRM’s turnover cost tool to get a baseline on how turnover impacts your bottom line. See how even small reductions in turnover can mean significant savings.
HR Q&As
Hundreds of concise answers from SHRM experts — your go-to source for quick, trusted HR insight.
Can you accept a laminated, unsigned, or printed Social Security card for Form I-9? Review USCIS List C rules on restricted cards and acceptable documents.
Know the most important steps in conducting a job analysis to make sure every employee’s job description reflects their actual duties and responsibilities.
Learn how to handle a restraining order that lists your workplace: what employees must disclose, who needs to know and how to train front desk staff to respond.
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.
White Paper Library
A collection of industry insights and resources created by SHRM's advertising partners.
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.
