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Location: Live, Online Virtual Course (The link will be provided after registration)

Description:

• Key elements in effective employee orientation programs.
• How to identify and use competencies for positions.
• Conducting a competency-based skills gap analysis and creating a development plan.
• Succession planning for key positions within organizations.
• Developing career ladders.
• Promoting leaders from within, and the key evaluation competencies.

Human Resources Management Academy: SAVE WITH  THE FULL SERIES RATE!
The Human Resources Management Academy provides focused training on key HR topics and best practices to enhance talent attraction and retention. The course includes twelve sessions covering leadership, change management, and organizational culture, equipping participants with skills in advocacy, safety, and compliance.

• Approved for 22 credit hours towards PHR, SPHR and GPHR professional re-certification.
• Each session approved for 2.0 SHRM credit hours.

12 Session Series (Classes cycle continuously, join any time at series rate.)

• HRMA 1: HR’s Strategic, Operational & Administrative Roles | March 18, 2026
• HRMA 2: Employment Laws, Compliance, and Minimizing Risk | April 15, 2026
• HRMA 3: Job Descriptions, HR Record Keeping and Reporting | May 20, 2026
• HRMA 4: Effective Recruiting & Hiring | June 17, 2026
• HRMA 5: Behavioral-based Interviewing | July 15, 2026
• HRMA 6: Employment Assessments | August 12, 2026
• HRMA 7: Coaching Employees, Performance Feedback & Appraisals | September 16, 2026
• HRMA 8: Conducting Investigations, Disciplining, & Terminating Employees | October 21, 2026
• HRMA 9: Employee Relations and Engagement | November 18, 2026
• HRMA 10: Employee Orientation, Training, & Development | December 16, 2026
• HRMA 11: Pay, Benefits, and Other Rewards | January 21, 2026
• HRMA 12: Safety, Security, Health, and Leaves of Absence Management | February 18, 2026

Instructor: Jim Weischedel, Samaritan Consulting Group

Jim’s passion is to help organizations improve and to partner with individuals to grow and develop. He does this through providing services in the areas of human resources compliance, training, staffing, executive search, HR program reviews and audits, employee engagement surveys, leadership coaching and development, performance management, and many other human resources areas. Jim has more than 20 years of executive-level human resources experience with companies of varying industries and sizes. Additionally, he has senior operational leadership experience and has served on and led several organization boards. Jim holds a Master of Business Administration with concentration in human resources management from Penn State University, as well as a bachelor’s in secondary education from Millersville University. He is certified as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) from Human Resources Certification Institute (HRCI), and SHRM Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP) through the Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM).

Registration Date: Seven days prior to the session date

Cancellation Policy: If you must cancel for any reason, please contact us immediately.

• Cancellations received less than 7 days before the start of the class cannot be refunded; substitutions are permitted.

Payment Options:

• ABC Members: Select the option to be invoiced.
• Non-members:
  Please pay at the time of registration either via credit card payment online or by calling the Chapter office: (717) 653-8106.

Important Note: EIN: 23-1618254 – Contributions or gifts are not deductible as charitable contributions for federal income tax purposes. However, payments may be deductible by members as an ordinary, necessary business expense. See your accountant for details.