HR Audit Training
A Human Resources audit doesn't audit the department budget, it audits performance: How well is your company operating when it comes to such tasks as staffing, benefits, employee development, employee relations, safety, recordkeeping and employee performance? An audit reviews HR performance and recommends improvements for the future, but carrying out a successful audit requires training.
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What to Audit
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The company MSEC states that a typical audit involves interviews with key staff and a questionnaire issued to employees covering what they think of the company's HR policies and how well the company lives up to them in practice. The audit will also cover whether company policy complies with the law on issues such as sexual harassment.
What To Learn
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The TrainUp.com website says its HR auditing classes teach students how to draw up a checklist of things to watch for when self-auditing their company's performance in such areas as discrimination, firing, communications, disciplining employees, safety, health, retirement, record-keeping, job descriptions, performance appraisals and more. Students can use the checklist to audit not only the legality of company policy, but will understand how HR policy affects the bottom line.
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Types of Training
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There's more than one way to have your HR employees trained. HR Audit, Inc., for example, says it can give them the basics in a three-and-a-half-hour class; complete an audit while letting your staff watch and ask questions; or provide coaches who will guide your staff through the audit, but will let your employees do most of the work.
Good Training
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HR Audit's website offers several suggestions for getting the most from training:
•Decide how your company can benefit from training. If you only need a few HR staffers trained in auditing, sending more people than that to class may mean you're spending money for very little benefit.
•Take a close look at your staff's skills and prior experience. If some of your staff already know how to conduct an HR audit, you can save money by exempting them from the training.
•Make sure the training covers the issues you care most about. If you're concerned a particular HR matter, such as reducing turnover, audit training that emphasizes watching for legal violations may not be the best fit.
Finding Classes
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You can find multiple companies online offering audit training, including HR Audit, IIR Middle East, Train UP and the Capita Group. Approach finding a training company the same way you would any other contractor:
•Ask your associates if they'd recommend anyone.
•Ask the company for references and check them out.
•Review the company's qualifications.
•Compare training costs, and what different businesses offer for the money charged.
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