Interview with a Compensation Specialist in HR

Conduct a mock interview with a compensation specialist in any health care setting. Give a brief description of the health care setting and the person you interviewed for this Assignment. During the interview utilize at a minimum the questions below. Provide additional substantive information related to the topic. 1) How do you determine wages and salary levels for your employees? 2) How do you ensure that the pay you offer is adequate to attract the types of employees you need? 3) How do you ensure that pay is perceived as fair? 4) Do job applicants or employees ever negotiate for pay? 5) How do you handle the negotiation process? 6) Do you ever pay hiring bonuses? 7) Have you ever thought of changing pay systems? Why? 8) Do you offer any incentives to your employees? 9) What are they and how do they work? 10) As a compensation specialist, you would be an integral part of our company’s human resources team. How have you proven yourself as an effective team player in the past? 11) Because you would be dealing with the subject of employees’ wages and salaries, your work would require a need for discretion. How can you make sure to uphold confidentiality? 12) You may be called to create an incentive plan for an employee as a part of your job as a compensation specialist. What would be your primary objectives in creating these plans? 13) How do you maintain an up-to-date standard for the organization in this position? Do you feel you have your finger on the pulse of this industry? 14) How do you effectively ensure company compliance with state and federal laws? 15) Provide a time when you resolved a difficult complaint about classification or salary. Identify a position you would be interested within your career goal. Locate the salary information for this position and contrast it within a geographic location or within various healthcare settings. You may contact professional associations, check out websites, review employment ads, check out the University Career Center, or call compensation specialists at companies that hire health care staff.