• Perform job analysis and identification of job requirements. • Recruitment marketing and strategies. • Identify methods for selection assessment. • Understand methods for supporting a positive candidate experience.

At the end of this session, participants will be able to: • Define compensation at its fundamental level providing a historical perspective • Describe the transactional vs. strategic elements of compensation • Distinguish base pay from variable pay • Discuss compensation’s role in total rewards and relationship to employee engagement • Draft a compensation philosophy applying four key elements as defined by WorldatWork • Conduct a salary market analysis by market pricing jobs using company information, job descriptions and survey data applying acceptable benchmarking approaches • Develop market aligned salary ranges for benchmarked jobs • Determine application and effective use of salary ranges • Identify key practices and guidelines for base pay compensation administration • Discuss legislative acts, legal considerations and compliance requirements regarding compensation programs and salary decisions • Make salary determinations in a variety of situations applying rationale that reflect sound compensation and legally compliant practices • Develop an on-the-job Action Plan

• Understand compensation philosophies. • Development of a total rewards strategy. • Understand compensation plans, leave plans, and benefit plans. • Understand pay practices and issues.

• Understand employee rights. • Understand development and implementation of workplace policies and handbooks. • Understand approaches to retaliation prevention. • Develop methods to conduct workplace investigations. • Develop methods for progressive disciplinary procedures and approaches.

• Understand effective use of performance analysis & management systems. • Develop methods to handle difficult behavior & respond with appropriate level of corrective action. • Understand approaches to coaching and mentoring. • Learning and development program approaches and implementation. • Understand goal setting practices. • Understand approaches to recognition.

• Understand evaluation of employee’s competencies & skills. • Determine leadership objectives, workforce trends and predictions. • Identify career development techniques and how to provide employees opportunities for upskilling & reskilling. • Implement programs that promote knowledge transfer. • Understand how to create individual development performance plans.