FYI is continuing its decades-long tradition of employee training by offering classes in human resources management to its Federal customers. This is an opportunity for Federal supervisors and HR professionals, government-wide, to learn the FYI approach to HR that has been increasingly in demand.

More than just a collection of courses, FYI’s HR Academy conveys a vision and a method for achieving a more effective government workforce and a cadre of supervisors capable of managing and leading it.

Please contact FYI for more details at 301.586.8500 or email us.

HR Academy Classes Available

Welcome to Federal Supervision^TM

A great course for new supervisors in the federal system, whether recruited from outside the government, or promoted from within it. By the end of the course, students will be aware of supervisory responsibilities in hiring, managing, evaluating and rewarding employees. Learn some of the most important roles, including leave approval, participation in the staffing process, classification and position management, managing performance and accommodating disabilities. Delve into matters of diversity and managing the conflict and stress that are inherent to the supervisory role. Finish the course with lessons in employee and labor relations, EEO principles and Merit System protections.

Principles of Position Management (1/2 day)

What is position management? Why do HR and Management both have roles in this, and what are those roles? Learn the basics of classification and position management – one of the most overlooked and least understood management responsibilities. This is an applied workshop with exercises designed to engage every participant. Complete the course with an understanding of the GS hierarchy, influences on grade level and pay band determinations, and smart ways to design offices, divisions and agencies.

Classification (is not) for Everyone (1 day)

[prerequisite: Principles of Position Management]

This is your chance to understand federal position classification from a non-HR perspective. Whether as an administrative officer, a hiring manager, a new executive to the federal sector or as someone who wants to have a better context for how the government can more efficiently manage millions of positions, you will benefit from this short and informative class. Start by understanding the concepts underlying the correct management of positions in the government, and then learn the bricks and mortar of a job description and its cover sheet. Discuss the separate and necessary roles for an HR specialist and a manager in classifying positions.

Classification Practicum (3 days)

[prerequisite: Classification (is not) for Everyone]

For current and future position classification specialists only. Understand the fundamentals and advanced concepts involved in classifying positions, from FLSA determinations to applying OPM precedents in each determination. By the end of the course, each student will be able to classify GS positions, answer a wide range of questions about classification, and justify controversial classification decisions for a federal employer. Comes bundled with up to three hours of free consultation in the year following completion of the class.

Superior Federal HiringTM (HR) (3 days)
Superior Federal HiringTM (Hiring Managers) (1/2 day)

This is the only workshop that guides students through applied ways to correctly hire for the Federal government using Monster’s Hiring Management software. Beyond the buttons, and beyond the bureaucracy – turn hiring requirements into a real candidate to fill an actual vacancy! This course is an intensive, applied, and real-world-driven experience. Three-day class participants develop a crediting plan for one of their own job vacancies, so that the day after the course they are able to post the job online. Instead of setting work aside in order to take this class, participants actually complete their real staffing work in a structured environment.

Performance Management for Federal Supervisors (1 day)

The first and only course you’ll need to take as a federal supervisor, to understand what role you play in setting and reinforcing performance expectations. In the morning, you’ll cover how to design proper performance elements and standards, and which ones to avoid. In the afternoon, you’ll cover how to review performance with strong and weak performers, how to reward excellence and incentivize performance improvement.