1. Tell me more about this employer; e.g. industry, # of employees, and so on. More than one business location?
2. Are you in general HR? Or, specialize in a specific area; e.g. benefits specialist?
3. Describe a typical day for you in this role. What consumes your time?
4. How many direct and indirect reports do you have? Do you manage staff at one or more locations?
5. Any involvement with managing and directing outsourced, telecommute, or overseas staff?
6. Tell me more about your financial responsibilities. For example, do you manage a P&L, operations, capital improvement and project budgets? How much?
7. Have you reduced annual costs? Do you have any cost-reduction plans currently in the pipeline? If so, what?
8. Have you introduced any new HR or training projects or programs that have generated big wins for the company?
9. What is your experience with staff training and team development? Have you developed new training programs?
10. Any sizable reductions in operating costs specific to training, employees, benefits? Please provide details.
11. Have you introduced any systems or programs that have improved employee retention, team development, staff efficiency?
12. Are you part of any internal or external committees?
13. Have you led the introduction or reengineering of any internal HRIS systems, procedures, or tools?
14. Have you participated in any sizable organizational restructures, mergers or acquisitions?
15. What is your involvement with salary negotiations, career pathing, benefits administration?
16. Did I miss anything? If so, let me know.
Keywords Relevant to HR Professionals
Affirmative Action / EEO Regulations
Applicant Screenings
Benefits Administration
Career Pathing
Career-Competency Based Performance
Compensation
Compensation & Benefits
Compensation/Salary Negotiations
Corporate Communications
Diversity Management
Employee Benefit Programs
Employee Benefits
Employee Handbook/Training
Employee Opinion Surveys
Employee Orientation
Employee Performance (Attendance)
Employee Record-Keeping
Employee Relations & Mediation
Employee Retention
Equal Employment Opportunity
Hiring Requests
HR Partnerships
HR Program Development
Incentive Planning
Interview Scheduling/Coordination
Interviewing
Job Tasking
Labor Contract Negotiations
Labor Relations
Learning Management System (LMS) Administration
Leave Administration
Management/Executive Coaching
New Employee Intakes
New Hire Paperwork
Organizational Development
Participative Management
Payroll Office Liaison
Performance Appraisals
Performance Development
Personnel Issues
Personnel Policies & Procedures
Personnel Programs
Personnel Training
Policy interpretation and development
Pre-employment Screening
Recruiting
Recruitment & Hiring
Recruitment Programs
Staff Development
Staff Development & Retention
Staff Management
Staff Mediation
Staff Recruitment
Staffing/Scheduling Requirements
State & Federal Rules and Regulations
Succession Planning
Training Programs
Training/Development
Training/Orientation
Union/Non-Union Employees
Workforce Planning
