HR Florida is pleased to announce its 2024 Student Games – Case Competition, to be held on October 26 at the annual Leadership Conference in Charlotte Harbor.

In this “realistic job preview” competition, team members will leverage knowledge acquired through their studies and apply it to a realistic HR situation likely to be encountered in the work world. This competition requires integrated HR thinking, ethical decision-making, and strong communications and presentation skills.

Teams will be provided with a business case study approximately 21 days before the event. Each team will analyze the case study and come up with a solution, preparing both a written executive summary and PowerPoint slides to be used for a 15-minute oral presentation at the onsite competition. Teams will compete by delivering their 15-minute presentation to a panel of judges and answering additional questions the judges deem relevant to ask.

Two levels of competitions will be held – an undergraduate and a graduate division. Prizes will be awarded to the top team of each division.

Individual Eligibility

• All competing team members must be current SHRM student members with active memberships at the time they register.
• All competing team members must be active students at their college/university.
• All team members must register as Case Competition attendees to be eligible to compete.

Team Eligibility

• Each school may have only one team per division.
• Any team that registers after capacity has been reached will automatically be placed on a waitlist. If a slot opens, the team captain will be notified. Waitlisted teams will be invited to compete in the order in which they registered.

Division Eligibility

• Division I: Each team is made up of a minimum of two and a maximum of six undergraduate students who have not graduated.
• Division II: Each team is made up of a minimum of two and a maximum of six graduate students at the master’s level.

Travel Expenses

• HR Florida will reimburse up to 6 students per team for:
  o 1 hotel night (double occupancy)
  o 1 additional night if one-way travel is over 175 miles
  o Travel to/from the event (air, mileage or rental car)
  o $25 meal allowance if one-way travel is over 175 miles.

A minimum of 2 students and a maximum of 6 students may participate on each team. Registration will be open September 1, and the deadline to register will be September 21. To register, go to www.hrflorida.org/events and click on “Register” for the 2024 HR Florida Student Games Chapter Registration.

For more information, or if you have any other questions, please contact Cayla Duckworth at [email protected].