Only 5 percent of employers offered them last year, according to a survey by the Society for Human Resource Management.

So, in May, he became a vice president of the association, the Society for Human Resource Management.

The Society for Human Resource Management conducts an annual survey, asking its members what benefits they offer.

These days, they are offered more often in industries like publishing, financial services and transportation, according to the Society for Human Resource Management.

The Society for Human Resource Management posed that question to 5,673 human resources professionals a week after the terrorist attacks.

Mr. Dooney of the Society for Human Resource Management said companies should put more effort into keeping new employees.

Last year, 23 percent of companies offered sabbaticals - 17 percent unpaid, 6 percent paid - according to the Society for Human Resource Management.

The accuracy of drug tests has been questioned by groups including the Society for Human Resource Management, based in Alexandria, Va.

Even so, more than half the companies surveyed by the Society for Human Resource Management said they have a policy on workplace cellphone use or are planning one.

A 2005 survey by the Society for Human Resource Management said that almost half of human-resource specialists had significantly increased the time they spent checking résumés.

From the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM).

The school also sponsors a chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM).

A good place to begin is the Society for Human Resource Management's site, SHRM Online.

In 1984, the headquarters was moved to Alexandria, Va., and in 1989, the organization officially changed its name to the Society for Human Resource Management.

Such is the decision grid of the turn-of-the-millennium workplace, says Michael Losey, president and chief executive of the Society for Human Resource Management.

In a survey last year by the Society for Human Resource Management, the companies that allowed casual attire fell to 87 percent from 95 percent in 1999.

Last year, 17 percent of American employers offered unpaid leaves, with benefits intact, according to the Society for Human Resource Management; the percentage was unchanged from 1998.

Organizations that offers certification preparation are the Society for Human Resources Management, many universities such as Utah State University, and organizations of the like.

A survey by the Society for Human Resource Management in Alexandria, Va., found 76 percent of members not bothering to monitor activity as recently as 1997.

The Society for Human Resource Management, a trade group based in Alexandria, Va., estimated that an employer needs 50 days, on average, to fill a vacant position.

"The best guarantee of future success is past success," said Steve Miranda, chief H.R. and content integration officer at the Society for Human Resource Management.

MBP has also been recognized repeatedly by the Society for Human Resource Management among the Top 25 Best Places to Work nationwide.

The Society for Human Resource Management reports that there are at least 190 OBHR graduate programs worldwide, including both masters and doctoral programs.

Susan Nattrass, an employment lawyer in California, read about his policy on the bulletin board of the Society for Human Resource Management in Alexandria, Va.

The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) is the world's largest association devoted to human resource management.