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Expert: Shirley McAllister, CPP, PHR - 7/10/2009


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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

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QUESTION: could you provide with alternative courses available apart
from employment law. it would be great if you could tell where
in india it should be pursued.

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I did revise the original question you should be seeing the revision.

I suggested Accounting, Communications, Writing and another one would be public speaking.

All of these courses would be beneficial to a Human Resource manager.

Accounting because Human resource works with compensation, payroll, taxes, budgeting and uses financial information daily.

Communications because Human Resources must communicate with the employees, management, and with outside vendors such as IRS, Department of Labor , pension and insurance companies.

Writing because Human Resources must write handbooks, policies, letters to employees, managment, government agencies, vendors and other business letters. HR is also responsible for company events and must make fliers for the employees. Much writing is done in Human Resources.

Public Speaking would be a good course because the HR manager is always speaking to a group of employees in training sessions, benefit enrollment meetings, presentations to management and staff meetings also at company events such as a summer picnic or a christmas party.

There are many good classes that could benefit someone in the Human Resource field.

Shirley

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Shirley 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

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