Arrive early and attend one or more of IHRIM's stellar pre-conference courses. These specially designed workshops provide an in-depth look at the topics and issues of importance in HR and HR information management. With real-life examples and case studies, they give you information and solutions that will make a difference in your career and your organization’s bottom line. Choose from a variety of course topics and durations. Some are one-day programs and others are half-day. All are top notch!

These highly interactive pre-conference courses are not included in the conference registration but are offered at a reasonable fee.  You can register using the pre-conference section of the Conference Registration form or register online.  

To view the session abstract, click on the seminar title below.

Session Number 6
Sunday, June 2, 8:30am – 5:00 pm

IHRIM’s Successful System Implementation Course

This course focuses on the tools and techniques needed for successful HR system/application deployment. Since implementation projects are about more than converting data, this course will cover all of the phases necessary for a successful implementation from planning and preparation through post implementation review. Attendees will learn project preparation activities and why they are important, the various phases of an implementation, data conversion strategies and options to consider, approaches for process design/ redesign and more.

Instructor:  Jan Fretwell, HRIP,  Managing Director, Beachside Consulting Group. Jan Fretwell has years of HRM systems experience. She has worked with organizations to establish implementation approaches to ensure HRM systems are responsive to and supportive of overall organizational goals and business objectives. Jan has managed numerous HRMS projects and given numerous presentations on project management and project management issues. She is a past recipient of the IHRIM Summit Award. 

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Session Number 7
Sunday, June 2, 8:30am – 5:00pm

Understanding Global Companies, HR and Systems – A Practical Workshop

Understanding the nuances of working with a global team and systems can be challenging and mystifying. You must understand the variations of language and dialects, social networking, corporate structures, pay practices, and work habits from various multi-cultural groups. Governmental regulations can make an action legal in one country and illegal in another. How do you understand all the variables? This interactive session and workshop will allow you, through actual work experience and case studies, to apply global thoughts and concepts to better understand the interdependencies when addressing global challenges. You will acquire practical tools to create your organization as a marquee global corporation.

At the end of this course, you will feel confident in your ability to face the many challenges in managing a global workforce including technology, language, working cultures, and tracking the ever changing governmental regulations. 

Session Number 8
Sunday, June 2, 8:30am - 12:30pm

Developing and Executing Your Long-term Integrated Talent Management Strategy

This course is designed for:

• Mid-upper levels in IT, Talent Management and HR departments

Instructor:  Jacqueline Kuhn, HRIP, Director of HCM Consulting Services, HRchitect has over 25 years of experience in HRIM. She has worked with many clients on HR and Talent Management projects. A former IHRIM Board Chair, she is currently the President of the HRIM Foundation. 

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Session Number 9
Sunday, June 2, 1:00pm - 5:00pm

IHRIM’s Advanced Staffing Analytics Course

Staffing is a core human resources management function. But it is also complex, involving a sequence of interrelated decisions controlled alternatively by job seekers and organization decision makers. Developing metrics and analytics to improving staffing effectiveness requires an understanding of these decisions and a framework of metrics and analytics supporting organization decision makers' actions in their roles as decision makers and decision influencers. A system of metrics and associated analytics is offered that can form the foundation for evaluating staffing effectiveness for all positions in all organizations, but which has it greatest utility in high volume recruitment. 

You'll learn:

• Current Staffing Effectiveness Metrics

• The Theoretic Foundations of the Business Case for Improved Staffing

• How to Measure Staffing Effectiveness

• A System of Staffing Metrics and Associated Analytics

• Implications for Staffing Practice   

This course is designed for:

• Advanced level audience. This course will be particularly useful for individuals involved in who manage some or all of the processes involved in staffing high volume positions in mid-size to large organizations as well as individuals involved in conducting staffing analytics or developing and reporting metrics .

Instructor:  Dr. Kevin D. Carlson, Associate Professor of Management in the Pamplin College of Business at Virginia Tech, teaches courses in Human Resource Management, Productivity and Quality Improvement and Applied Human Resource Information Systems. His research interests include knowledge and its role in decision-making, the evaluation of staffing effectiveness, and the use of human resource information systems to improve organization function. His work has been published in the Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Psychology, Journal of Management, Personnel Review and the IHRIM Journal and he has presented at the annual meetings of the Academy of Management, Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology and IHRIM. He is current a member of IHRIM’s Board of Directors and was a founding director of IHRIM’s HR Metrics and Workforce Analytics Affinity Group. 

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Session Number 10 - A new, experimental educational experience!  
Sunday, June 2, 1:00pm - 5:00pm
Monday, June 3, 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Tuesday, June 4, 9:30am - 10:30am
Wednesday, June 5, 10:45am - 11:45am

Design Thinking Comes to HRIS

IHRIM is pleased to offer a new, experimental educational experience called “Design Thinking Comes to HRIS”. You’ll learn what Design Thinking is and why is it important in HRIS (and how can it benefit IT and HR), interviewing techniques to get to the root cause needed to create requirements, synthesizing feedback and developing a point of view, low fidelity prototyping, and Presenting the solution to gain commitment.

In this course that spans the whole conference, you will learn a methodology that you can apply at work and throughout your daily life. You will then use the methodology on a real-world, real-time exercise that will have you out of the “classroom” and into the mix of the conference. This course is oriented toward action, followed by reflection on personal discoveries about the process and how you can take it forward.

Topics covered include:

• What is Design Thinking and why is it important in HRIS (and how can it benefit IT and HR)

• Interviewing techniques to get to the root cause needed to create requirements

• Synthesizing feedback and developing a point of view

• Low fidelity prototyping  

• Presenting the solution to gain commitment       

Attendees will get materials about the methodology to be able to take home and use right away. This will include both printed materials as well as links to key sites that help reinforce the learnings. 

This course is designed for:

• Anyone who wants to be an innovator and change themselves – influencing change at home or work

Instructors:  Richard Berger, SPHR, HRIP is Group Director, Global HRIS & Metrics at Citrix, Inc. has over 30 years of experience as a practitioner and thought leader in Human Resources and HR technology. At Citrix Systems in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, he is responsible for Global HRIS & Metrics strategy and implementation. 

Keith Erickson, Senior Manager, HR Metrics & Analytics at Citrix has been working in this industry for the past 13 years. His tenure has included time with Global Life Science, Service & High-Tech companies. Keith received his B.S. and a Graduate Certificate in Project Management from Northeastern University in Boston. . 

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