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Amy Hagan is an HR Executive turned HR Consultant. She has 20+ years of experience in human resources, including HR Specialist for the US Department of Defense.
As a Compensation Manager with this organization, you may have direct reports and will be responsible for the training of all staff within the department. At some point during your interview, your interviewer will try to determine if you can train your employees on the skills they will need to succeed as part of the compensation department. If possible, try to talk about a specific time where you trained a new employee and what tactics you used to ensure that the end goal of the training was achieved. If you do not have this direct experience at this point in your career, you can cite a time when you had to educate and train a hiring manager on the compensation processes.

Amy Hagan is an HR Executive turned HR Consultant. She has 20+ years of experience in human resources, including HR Specialist for the US Department of Defense.
"I have had to train new hires in HR on compensation for the last three years in my current role. I am the only dedicated comp professional in our organization, but my HR Director wanted to make sure that there were backups just in case I was not in the office. I had to train my co-workers on the HRIS system and how to pull appropriate reports. I also showed them how to craft an offer letter and extend it to the candidate. Now when I take a vacation, I do not have to come back to a lot of work because my co-workers can cover for me when I am out."

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