Mercer Learning – courses for HR professionals
Virtual workshops - Mercer Learning
Participate in the Total Rewards Strategy Certification (TRSC) program
- 1 Basic certification
- 2 Intermediate Certification
- 3 Advanced Certification
Bulk discounts are available for workshops
- S$555 discount by completing Basic level certification (4 workshops)
- S$615 discount by completing Intermediate level certification (5 workshops)
- S$255 discount by completing Advance level certification (2 workshops)
- 10% discount for 4 virtual workshops
- 15% discount for more than 5 virtual workshops
Programme 1: Basic Level Certification
Discount 1 | Discount 2 | Discount 3 |
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Save S$555 by completing 4 Basic Level Workshops and pay only S$3,145. (Discount code: TRB23) | Save S$1,425 by completing all 11 workshops and pay only S$8,075. (Discount code: TRSC23) | Get 10% with 4 virtual workshops (Discount code: TR10%) or 15% discount with 5 or more virtual workshops (Discount code: TR15%) |
Building the Fundamentals of Compensation
Date: Apr 13-14, Jul 13-14, Sep 21-22 2023 | 09:00 - 12:00 SGT
Venue: Online
Fee: S$800/person
Workshop agenda:
- Total rewards framework and pay philosophy
- Key principles for organizing and structuring compensation elements
- Overview of 3P compensation concept - pay for position, person & performance
- Understanding of basic compensation terminologies and how to use survey data
- Compensation analysis and review
- Focus on pay for position – overview on job evaluation, grade design and pay structure design
- Implementation guidelines
Mercer's International Position Evaluation (IPE) Methodology
Date: May 11-12, Jul 27-28, Oct 19-20 2023 | 09:00 - 12:00 SGT
Venue: Online
Fee: S$850/person
Workshop agenda:
- Understand the differences between a role and a job
- Learn the steps to role analysis
- Fundamentals of job evaluation & principles of conducting evaluation interviews
- Science of structure & Mercer's point of view on future of job evaluation
- Application of organisation sizing & impact on job evaluation outcomes
- Detailed understanding of Mercer IPE methodology
- Practice exercise of conducting evaluation across all 5 factors & 13 dimensions of IPE
- Overview on applications of job evaluation across HR & organisational processes
Microsoft Excel for Compensation Management (classroom)
Date: Aug 17 | 09:00 - 17:00 SGT
Venue: Mercer Singapore, Asia Square Tower 1
Fee: S$1,200/person
Workshop agenda:
In the era of big data, MS Excel is one of the key tools for different types of analysis. Mercer’s Excel workshop was specifically designed with HR professionals in mind. In this workshop, you will develop skills on how to manage HR data efficiently and perform various calculations with ease and confidence.
- Compile and analyze Compensation and Benefits data from multiple sources
- Determine salary mid-point by data regression, minimum and maximum of salary ranges and pay adjustment
- Algorithm, logical and text operations, sorting and filtering, charts and lookup functions in MS Excel
Getting Started with Analytics
Date: Apr 27-28, Sep 14-15 2023 | 14:00 - 17:00 SGT
Venue: Online
Fee: S$850/person
Workshop agenda:
Learn the scope of HR analytics and how it benefits the organisation. We will walk you through a road map for effectively leveraging metrics and analytics in your organisation. Focusing on interpretation, deriving solutions and/or actionable insights from data, you will learn about data visualisation and how to tell a story with data.
Programme 2: Intermediate Level Certification
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Save S$615 by completing 5 Intermediate Level Workshops and pay only S$3,484. (Discount code: TRI23) | Save S$1,425 by completing all 11 workshops and pay only S$8,075. (Discount code: TRSC23) | Get 10% with 4 virtual workshops (Discount code: TR10%) or 15% discount with 5 or more virtual workshops (Discount code: TR15%) |
Pay for Performance: Designing Salary Increment Matrix
Date: Jun 22-23, Aug 24-25, Oct 5-6 | 09:00 - 12:00 SGT
Venue: Online
Fee: S$800/person
Workshop agenda:
How do we update our compensation plan? Do you look internally or externally? Understand the objectives and rationale for conducting analysis and updates of compensation plans. And learn insights into the tools and data requirements. Understand Mercer’s approach and process for measuring external competitiveness, internal equity and the relationships between performance and compensation. We will look at the implications of the measurement findings for making changes in the compensation strategy, policies, programmes and actions.
Pay for Position: Designing Grades and Salary Structure
Date: May 18-19, Aug 3-4, Nov 2-3 2023 | 09:00 - 12:00 SGT
Venue: Online
Fee: S$800/person
Workshop agenda:
Hands-on practical skills needed to perform actual salary structure design by looking at the market data, internal progression requirements as well as grades. This workshop is designed to supplement theoretical and technical knowledge of grade levelling, salary structure design and addressing challenges in implementing pay ranges across levels for attracting and retaining the modern workforce.
Pay for Performance: Short-term Incentives & Variable Pay Design
Date: Jun 15-16, Sep 28-29 2023 | 09:00 - 12:00 SGT
Venue: Online
Fee: S$800/person
Workshop agenda:
- The purpose and context of variable pay and pay-mix
- Applying basic short-term incentive design principles to your organisation, and calibration of results to rewards
- What are key performance considerations
- Reviewing the returns on the incentive spend
Pay for Performance: Sales Incentive Plan Design
Date: Jun 20-21, Nov 16-17 2023 | 09:00 - 12:00 SGT
Venue: Online
Fee: S$850/person
Workshop agenda:
- Analysis of sales role and how to determine if they should participate in the sales incentive plan
- Setting of target pay levels, determination of mix between fixed and variable pay and establishing upside earning opportunities
- Selection of right performance measures
Working with Real World HR Data
Date: May 25-26, Oct 12-13 2023 | 14:00 - 17:00 SGT
Venue: Online
Fee: S$850/person
Workshop agenda:
Learn about various tools and software that can help you facilitate data analysis. Experience working with real life data and learn how to transform data into usable format before conducting any analysis. Understand the different forms of textual data in Human Resources and basics sentiment analysis.
Programme 3: Advanced Level Certification
Discount 1 | Discount 2 | Discount 3 |
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Save S$255 by completing 2 Advanced Level Workshops and pay only S$1,445. (Discount code: TRA23) | Save S$1,425 by completing all 11 workshops and pay only S$8,075. (Discount code: TRSC23) | Get 10% with 4 virtual workshops (Discount code: TR10%) or 15% discount with 5 or more virtual workshops (Discount code: TR15%) |
Advanced Total Rewards Strategy
Date: Oct 26-27 2023 | 09:00 - 12:00 SGT
Venue: Online
Fee: S$850/person
Workshop agenda:
Framework and Guiding Principles for Total Rewards Strategy
- Understanding the need of designing a Total Rewards structure in view of workforce of the future
- Connecting Total Rewards strategy with organisational strategy
- Learn to develop an effective Total Rewards strategy for the diverse and segmented employee workforce
- Reviewing different components of Total Reward
Design of Total Rewards Vehicles, Implementation and Communication
- Vehicles of Total Rewards structure
- Mercer’s approach for Total Rewards program implementation
- Effective communication of Total Rewards programs
- Practical case studies and exercises across implementing Total Rewards components that fits in your culture
Advanced Job Evaluation
Date: Nov 23-24 2023 | 09:00 - 12:00 SGT
Venue: Online
Fee: S$850/person
Workshop agenda:
Job evaluation drives a broader organisation objectives from talent development, organisation design, compensation framework design, performance management framework. This workshop aims at providing perspectives on various applications of job evaluation using Mercer’s IPE, including how to calibrate jobs, create job matrix, market benchmarking, design internal grade levels, title frameworks, link to reward program design, etc.
The focus shall be to equip you to apply the IPE methodology as a foundation for the HR interventions in your organisation and help you through case studies and group discussions.
Note: This is an advanced level and a basic understanding of job evaluation and Mercer’s Position International Evaluation system (IPE factors & dimensions) is required.
Disclaimer
All details are correct at the time of publishing. Mercer reserves the right to change or cancel any part of its published workshop due to unforeseen circumstances.
Self-guided online courses - HR Academy
IPE e-Learning
Date: At your convenience (1 year license validity)
Fee: S$553/person
This product can help you:
- Understand and apply the precise International Position Evaluation (IPE) methodology to maximize your usage of Mercer’s TRS data.
- Expand your market pricing options to use a wider range of approaches — from the broad 'all functions regression line' to the more specific 'job match and position class.'
What's included?
- Level 1 covers the basics and includes a selection of short videos and downloadable activities
- Level 2 outlines how to apply the IPE methodology through a series of short videos and downloadable activities
- Complete the assessment at the end to ensure you’re ready to apply IPE to your organization