Roy Maurer is talent acquisition editor for SHRM Online. Before joining SHRM in 2008, he was an editor and reporter covering state and city government in Indiana, arts and culture in Los Angeles and theater in Washington, D.C. Before that he was a filmmaker and screenwriter and before that a photographer in the United States Marine Corps. He has a master's degree in journalism from Indiana University and a bachelor's degree in film production from Columbia College. Contact him at [email protected] and follow him on Twitter @SHRMRoy.