Human Resource Academy
The HR Resource Academy, offered by CPS HR Consulting, is designed for public sector HR professionals seeking comprehensive knowledge across multiple human resources disciplines. It provides a well-rounded curriculum tailored to state and local government, school districts, and other public sector entities' unique needs. The academy covers various HR topics, equipping participants with the skills necessary to manage HR functions within their organizations effectively.
To register, click on each course below.
1. Fundamentals of Human Resources
2. Job Analysis
3. Recruitment and Selection
4. Examination Development and Administration
5. Classification and Compensation
6.Employee Relations
To learn more about each course, click below.
To register, click on each course below.
1. Fundamentals of Human Resources
2. Job Analysis
3. Recruitment and Selection
4. Examination Development and Administration
5. Classification and Compensation
6.Employee Relations
To learn more about each course, click below.
Fundamentals of Human Resources
As the first class in the six course HR Academy series, Fundamentals of Human Resources is a 1-day course designed to provide an overview and context for the unique aspects of public sector HR. After an overview of various HR functions, students are introduced to the value of operating as an internal consultant and business partner within their agency. Understanding public sector politics and recent research regarding the changing workforce is discussed. A case study is used to allow students to practice applying skills learned.
Learning Objectives
- Explain HR functional areas of work and their inter-relationship
- Identify where and how to research legal requirements guiding each HR functional areas
- Describe how to operate as a business partner and internal consultant
- Recognize HR’s role to assist their agency to adapt to a changing workforce and workplace
- Explain the unique characteristics of public sector HR confidentiality, political realities, and ethics
- Practice applying skills through case studies and action plans
Job Analysis
Job Analysis is the second course in the HR Academy six-part series. This course defines the job analysis, when it is appropriate to conduct one, why it is needed, and the required elements. Students will practice, in class, how to prepare for and conduct a defensible job analysis.
Learning Objectives
- Job Analysis: What is it? Why do it? And How to do it?
- Various job analysis methodologies – both abbreviated and extensive
- Uses of Job Analysis data for selection, classification, compensation, performance planning, training development plans and more
Recruitment and Selection
Recruitment and Selection is the third class in the HR Academy series. This is a one (1)-day course designed to provide participants with tools and guidelines for improved recruitment. Recruitment should be planned as part of exam development. If not attended to, they can derail the best examinations.
Learning Objectives
- Selection Planning
- Developing a recruitment plan
- Improving your organization’s image
- Working with job experts to identify great recruiting sources
- Creative recruitment techniques for hard-to-recruit-for positions
- Reducing large candidate pools
- Evaluating effectiveness of recruiting techniques
- Retaining talent
Examination Development and Administration
As the fourth class in the HR Academy series, the two (2) day Exam Development and Administration course explores the value and benefit of effective selection. It is expected that students have attended the Job Analysis class of the Human Resource Academy. Consequently, there is only a refresher on job analysis for selection purposes. This class allows students to learn and practice the development of structured oral examination questions and rating guides, written exam questions, job simulation and performance exercises as well as training and experience evaluation. The course provides an overview of other less frequently used testing instruments, such as assessment centers, biodata and psychological tests. Participants discuss exam administration issues, and instructors provide handy checklists of issues to consider when administering an exam. The course also covers the importance of providing a thorough orientation for structured oral exam panel members. Students practice by designing an oral panel orientation.
Learning Objectives
- The value and cost benefit of employment testing
- Exam types and their appropriate uses
- How to develop oral, written, T & E and job simulation exams
- Administering oral exams, including training oral board members
- Resources available for exam development
- Using a written exam item analysis to make decisions
- Setting pass-points
- Exam administration, confidentiality and security
- On-line testing
Classification and Compensation
As the fifth course in the HR Academy Series, the Classification and Compensation course is designed to provide instruction on the philosophy, methodologies, and tools used to conduct classification and compensation studies in the public sector. This class is designed as four half-day sessions with two sessions per week with a one week break in between. Sessions 1 and 2 focus on Compensation and Sessions 3 and 4 will focus on Classification.
Learning Objectives
- Classification and salary structure development and maintenance
- Pay philosophy and how it is used in decision making
- Steps to conduct a job analysis for classification purposes
- Job evaluation methodologies
- Pros and cons of general vs. specialized classifications
- How to write a classification specification
- Designing total compensation survey instruments and labor markets
- Identifying appropriate labor market for pay comparisons
- Overview of point factor pay methodologies
- Communicating classification and pay findings
Employee Relations
The last class in the HR Academy series, Employee Relations is a one (1) day course designed to provide an overview of basic labor law right of employees, unions, and management. We will address the grievance process, the negotiation process, common elements of an MOU, and many other issues relating to employee relations.
Learning Objectives
- Basic labor laws and employee rights
- Overview of the discipline process
- Union rights vs. employer’s rights
- Common elements of an MOU
- How to prevent and/or process grievances
- Role of regulatory agencies
- Basic fact-finding and investigation techniques
For more information, contact the CPS HR Training Center at 916.263.3614 or trainingcenter@cpshr.us.