AboutShirley McAllister, CPP, PHR Expertise I can answer questions pertaining to Compensation, Health Benefits, Retirement Plans, Payroll,Payroll taxes, Employee selection, Employee Termination, Training, and Employee Incentives. I have offices in U.S., Canada, UK, South Africa,Australia and NZ. I am most confident in the U.S. and Canadian but have knowledge of the internationals.
I do not have extensive knowledge of South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. I do have some Human Resource Knowledge in those areas.
Please do not ask me homework questions, I do not have time to answer them.
Experience I currently hold both the U.S. and Canadian Payroll Certifications.
I currently hold the SHRM PHR certification.
I have worked in the Human Resources area with high emphasis on compensation and benefits for 25 years at the same company.
My company is an international company and I work with our International offices whenever there is a Human Resource area needing addressed.
I volunteer on the American Payroll Association hotline and have for the last 10 years or so. I answer many questions each week for other payroll and HR professionals, mostly on taxes, benefits and compensation issues.
I have been the trustee for our 401K plan for Retirement benefits and our 125 Cafeteria Plan for Health Insurance benefits.
Organizations SHRM, National
APA, National
DOLEA, State
National Mentoring Network
I.O.M.A. Advisory Board
Publications I.O.M.A.
BNA
Education/Credentials Boise State University Human Resource Certificate Program
PHR through SHRM
CPP through American Payroll Association
Payroll Administrator and Payroll Supervisor certification through Canadian Payroll Association
Published writer of Payroll and Benefit articles in a payroll Publication
25 years experience in an International Company
Awards and Honors Citation of Merit 8 years in a row for hotline service for A.P.A.
Honor Award for child mentoring service through RSVP and National Mentoring
A "Pat on the Back" award for outstanding leadership as a Youth Group Leader by "The Salvation Army."
Runner up for Employee of the Year at my Company twice and Employee of the month 4 times.
Past/Present Clients I used to answer questions on Ask.com when they had a similar quesition and answer section.
I volunteer for APA hotline
I also belong to several HR forums when I often answer questions
Question i need guidance for pursuing further knowledge in hr,it could
be another course apart from mba hr. kindly help.
Answer Employment Law. You never know how much you will need this until you have a career in Human Resources. You need to know that the laws are for Payroll, Pension, who the governing authorities are and all the legislation pertaining to this this subject.
Yes you touch on FLSA, FMLA, ERISA and others in your Human Resource class, but you need more in depth studies in the Employment Law sector. This is what I would recommend.
Shirley
Other alternative course which may be of interest and provide help in a Human Resource career would be
Accounting which I use daily and is much help in figuring compensation and in payroll also in budgeting and taxes. You will use a lot of Accounting and financial information in Human Resources
Communications which is used every day in every facet of Human Resources. You must communicate with employees, management, the IRS, Insurance and Pension vendors.
Business Writing would also benefit you as much of your communication will be written. Also you must write handbooks and policies for the company as well as fliers for company events. A good writing course would make it much easier for you.
