What is the San Diego HR Roundtable (SDHR)?

The San Diego HR Roundtable is a community of hundreds of local HR Professionals who join together to share information and network within San Diego’s business community. Our SDHR website and member communication tools are a super highway of HR information, where members exchange ideas and industry related advice in real time. SDHR is constantly looking for new ways to add value to our membership. Our Board of Directors meets regularly to develop and implement our strategy and vision. Our strategic goal is to utilize the power of our membership base to drive change in San Diego's HR Community and create awareness in the general business community of the value of networking and information sharing and the importance of a strong HR presence in every organization.

SDHR was founded in 1998, under its original name San Diego Recruiters Roundtable (SDRR), as a vehicle for a small group of HR Professionals to share information on HR and Recruiting related topics. Today, we have grown to be one of San Diego’s largest and best known HR Networking Communities. Our membership base is targeted to a focused group that includes Human Resources Professionals, Executives and Consultants. Our members range in experience from new-to-the-industry to seasoned executives.

History of SDHR

Julie Magnuson, President of HumanIT Resources, is the founding member of SDHR and has held the position of Chairperson since its inception in 1998. SDHR has gone through many changes and directions over its history. After transitioning from the staffing industry to corporate HR, Magnuson and 3 former colleagues all found themselves with a need for mentorship and information sharing. Together they formed a monthly networking meeting in February 1998, and began to invite other folks wanting to increase their network and support system. The group, then named San Diego Recruiters Roundtable (SDRR), quickly grew to several hundred members by the year 2000. In 2001, SDRR went online, developing San Diego’s first virtual HR networking community. Our email ListServ was a superhighway of information, which by 2007 had grown to over 1000 members sharing ideas and information on a daily basis. On February 12, 2008, SDRR developed its first web based member portal and social media integration, and also formed its first Board of Directors. In 2009, Julie Magnuson was recognized for her work in SDRR by her Athena Pinnacle Award nomination in Professional Service, as well as being recognized as one of San Diego Metropolitan Magazine’s 40 Under 40. In April 2010, SDRR was recognized as a finalist in San Diego’s first #InfluenceSD awards for its use of Social Media in Business. In May 2010, SDRR officially changed its name to San Diego HR Roundtable (SDHR). Today our group uses the most current technology to connect San Diego’s HR Community. We are a close knit community dedicated to keeping each other informed on the trends in HR today, and sharing key information in real time form that help us add value as an HR Partner to the organizations we support.