This program is designed for individuals in the human resources field, both experienced and newly-assigned, who desire additional training. Topics to be covered range from the technical aspects of administration to the human relations issues surrounding working with a diverse workforce.

There are no required topics; you choose your six seminars from a list of topics that are designed to respond to the ever-changing needs of the field.

The program is offered in Portsmouth and in Manchester. You are required to complete the program within two years. For those wishing to complete the program sooner, sufficient topics are offered each year.
 

Electives (choose six):

Several electives are offered each semester that apply to this program, with topics including HR practitioner and HR management skills; employee hiring, firing, retention, and performance assessment; employment law and regulations; professional coaching; dealing with performance problems; interviewing skills; staff reduction planning and execution; strategic staffing and multi-generational staffing; communication issues; work/life balance and time management; and critical thinking.

Current Electives in Human Resources include:

• Career Transition Strategies
• Mastering HR Leadership
• Analyzing Workstyles: Using MBTI
• Appreciative Inquiry: A Strengths-Based Approach to Change
• Dealing with Poor Performance and Problem Attitudes
• Assessing Responsibilities and Delegating Work: Getting the Monkeys Off Your Back
• Basic Employment Law: What Every Manager and Supervisor Should Know
• Conducting Internal Investigations
• Constructive Conversations: How to Foster Open Dialogue
• Designing Training for the Adult Learner
• Developing a Culture for Success
• Employee Engagement: Increasing Motivation and Commitment
• Employee Retention: Keeping the Best
• Employment Law for HR Managers and Employers
• From "Me" to "We" - 16 Critical Practices for an Engaged, "Can Do" Workforce
• Health as Wealth: Improving Employee Nutrition For Increased Productivity and Performance
• Human Resources 101: Practitoner Skills Workshop
• Influencing Behavior in the Workplace: Healthy Attitudes, Strong Results
• Managing Workers' Compensation in NH
• Narcissism in the Workplace
• OSHA and NHDOL Health and Safety Regulations
• Starting New Employees Off Right with Onboarding
• Strategic Influencing Skills: Influencing with Impact and Integrity
• The Learning Workplace
• Training Techniques: Content and Execution
• Using Personal Strengths for Goal Setting and Career Development
• Wage and Hour Compliance and Updates to the FLSA

Note: This program is not designed to prepare participants for industry certification examinations, such as the HRCI PHR/SPHR or SHRM-CP/SCP exams.

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