NTL HR Consulting Capabilities

NTL HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT CONSULTING CAPABILITIES

General human resources and operations consulting and project work in policy and system design and installation, organization planning, operating policies, reengineering, regulatory and standards compliance, compensation, performance management, HR policies, benefits, recruiting, training, career counseling and outplacement.

Mission
My mission is to provide human resources and operations management consulting services to small and medium sized companies and outsourced projects for large companies. Projects may include general consulting, compliance, affirmative action plans, audits, the development or revision of policy manuals, job description and results-based organizational planning and performance management systems, compensation and benefit systems, ISO 9000 certification preparation and compatible documentation systems, recruiting and training and project management. Systems may be installed on local area networks or shared data bases. Policy and job description systems are designed to ensure that client companies are in compliance with current laws and regulations, and also have the tools needed to enhance the performance of their operations. Consulting is performed on a turn-key or on-going basis based on client needs and desires.

Small Business
Serves as Principal Human Resources Consultant for small businesses (10 - 100 employees) where the President and/or Financial Officer assumes human resource function responsibilities.

Medium Size Business
Serves as Principal Human Resources Consultant for medium size businesses (100 - 300 employees) who have an HR Administrator handling the basic HR functions, but require training, consulting and assistance in setting up systems, handling projects or in day-to-day operations. My objective is to increase the HR Administrators capability to assume increasing responsibility in project management, problem prevention, problem handling, ensuring regulatory compliance and participation in on-going HR policy and system development.

Large Business
Performs specific outsourced projects for HR Directors of large businesses who need start-up coordinators, project management or major revisions to one or more HR systems, don't have time to do it themselves, don't have staff with the time or expertise to perform the project and found contracting these projects was more cost effective and guaranteed timely project completion. May serve as the HR Department for U.S. locations of foreign headquartered businesses.

Start Ups & Acquisitions
Typical tasks include start up activities, process documentation, project management and recruitment, due diligence or integration projects on acquisition teams or project management of changes and process upgrades.

Lean Reengineering
Reengineering project scope may include diagnostics, horizontal or vertical process analysis and redesign, the addition of technology solutions, organizational structure and responsibility and job redesign.





NTL HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT CONSULTING CAPABILITIES

Policies & Systems
Project scope may include: determining the markets served, product niche, mission culture, values, style, policies and procedures that support or detract from the mission, formulating and disseminating policies and procedures that support the mission, and may include planning and conducting supervisory and employee policy training. Policies include: mission, products, quality and continuous improvement, ISO 9000 compatible quality system, employment, equal opportunity, drug-free workplace, discipline and termination, safety, confidentiality, plus other legally required, standard, operating, including expense reimbursement, contracts and purchasing and custom policies.

Regulatory Compliance
Project scope may include: installing or reviewing and updating policies affected by regulations as outlined above and developing procedures designed to prevent problems and manage them as they occur. Specific projects may include ensuring compliance with EEO, OFCCP, Wage & Hour, OSHA and EPA, and writing or updating annual Affirmative Action Plans, managing OFCCP audits problem prevention, adverse impact audits or handling discrimination charges.

Benefits
Project scope may include: reviewing current benefits and procedures and proposing changes to current benefit plans, designing plans, drafting plan documents, designing systems and procedures, interfacing with vendors, insurance companies, third party administrators and MIS staff, and ensuring compliance with regulations, DOL, ERISA etc. , developing benefit orientation and training for employees and supervisors. Benefits may include reviewing, integrating and redesigning paid and unpaid time off benefits (holidays, vacation, paid leave, unpaid leave, short term disability, long term disability, etc.), integrating mandated plans ( Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security Disability and Retirement) with optional benefit plans, reviewing insured and self-insured plans (medical, dental, etc.) to contain costs, Section 125 plan installation, conversion or defined benefit pension plans to defined contribution age weighted profit sharing plans, and installing 401(k), and ESOP plans.

Compensation
Project scope may include reviewing current titles, salaries, grades, ranges, promotional progressions, job skills and duties, auditing jobs, writing job descriptions, designing market based or skill based compensation programs, comparing actual pay to market rates and updating pay structures including grades and ranges, designing incentive or gain sharing plans designed to reduce scrap, errors and rework, and sharing the savings through quarterly bonus mechanisms for all employees, and providing documented systems whereby current staff may assume responsibility for updating these systems, including sales commission and management and employee bonus, incentive stock option and gain sharing plans.

Job Description Systems
Project scope may include writing work flow analysis, assembly and test instructions, manufacturing operations and material management process documents, essential job functions for ADA compliance, primary responsibilities, duties, qualifications, performance standards, promotional progression, skills development, certification, employee training and development planning and implementation. Descriptions are installed on mainframe shared data base or local area network for ISO 9000 system interface and update, and for use in developing employment ad copy, job specifications, postings and organization planning.





NTL HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT CONSULTING CAPABILITIES

Total Quality Management Integration
Project scope may include writing an ISO 9000 Quality System and project managing ISO certification preparation including writing assembly, test and work instructions, designing document control and training systems and integrating statistical process control and throughput chart data in to the performance management and job description systems compatible with ISO 9000/TQM/TQC systems.

Teams & Lean
Project may include installing some or all elements of cross-functional teams and continuous improvement processes.

Performance Management Systems
Project scope may include designing and installing performance measurement and appraisal systems, individual and group performance criteria, measurement and assessment and may include providing employee and supervisory training. Customer criteria are used in developing metrics for goals and deliverables.

Employment & Staffing
Consulting may include technical recruiting and staffing projects, writing and placing ads or postings or selecting resumes from databases, receiving resumes, coordinating and conducting interviews, testing, performing reference checks and coordinating background verification, making offers, writing offer letters and selection process training.

Training & Development
Training may include assignments to coordinate management teams, assessment, management development, team development, planning, coaching, workshops and training, individual testing, and feedback and measurement.
Career Counseling & Outplacement
Career counseling services may include APT testing, SIMA evaluation, assessment and counseling. Outplacement services may include training, job search strategy development, resume preparation, lead generation, interviewing skills and offer negotiation counseling.

Organizational Development
Project manage and support organizational strategic planning, tactical planning, implementation and project management to redesign and reengineer structures, workflow and processes to improve quality, efficiency, reliability and ease of operation to increase throughput, capacity and reduce costs.

Acquisitions
Due diligence, assessment, reporting, operational recommendations employee benefit plan conversion, HRIS data compilation, post acquisition integration, plan terminations, IRS filings.