The human resources department employs compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists. Human resources professionals answer inquiries about employee compensation, search, evaluate, and hire more employees, and increasingly interact with senior executives to assist with strategy development. They're progressing from behind-the-scenes staff labor to taking the reins of the firm and making commercial choices and policy changes. Compensation, insurance, and job evaluation professionals, for example, work in the human resources department to boost employee performance and assist firms to make the most of their individuals' capabilities. Most professions need a lot of interaction with people who aren't in the human resources department. Compensation, benefits, and job analysis experts' responsibilities may involve developing compensation plans for businesses, or they may specialize in one area, such as employment categorization or retirement benefits. Work analyzers, for example, acquire and analyze information on job duties in order to develop position specifications. Job analysts are relied upon to give their professional knowledge on the issue whenever a major business launches a new job or reviews an actual company.

Eligibility Criteria

• Must possess at least 50% aggregate from a recognized institution in 12th, from any board PUC/CBSE/ICSE/ISC, etc. However, the cut-off margin varies with the selection process of different colleges.
• Should procure a valid score in entrance exams such as CAT, MAT, CMAT, etc. Different colleges offer their entrance exams if you don’t have a satisfactory score in CAT or other competitive exams – colleges like NMIMS, Symbiosis International University, XUB, Andhra University, LPU, etc. Every state offers its entrance exam as well.
• One must earn a degree in B.A/B.Com/BBA or a Diploma to become a Compensation, benefits, & Job Analysis Specialist. This is a basic qualification you must require to enroll in this line of work.
• An M.Sc/MBA/MA in Human Resource Management can also prove to be helpful while looking for a higher degree and better learning.

Tasks to perform

• Construct collective bargaining arrangements on interests of employees, as well as resolve labour disputes.
• Ascertain that the firm complies with all applicable federal and state regulations, particularly reporting obligations.
• Determine categorization, exempt or non-exempt status, and compensation for employment positions.
• Examine the job and worker needs, as well as the structural and functional links between jobs and occupations, as well as occupational trends.
• Conduct multivariate data and cost studies that might be used to promote collective agreement, for example.

Knowledge required

• Administration and Conduct — Knowledge of the market and management concepts used in strategic planning, capital distribution, human resource modelling, technical leadership, manufacturing processes, personnel and asset implementation.
• English Grammar — Familiarity in English Grammar, the form, and substance of the English language, along with the context and pronunciation of words, principles of grammar, and language.
• Arithmetic Prowess — Being able to evaluate and interpret various mathematical equations and use them to address complex problems in arithmetic, geometry, calculus, and other areas.
• Computer Application — Understanding the prospects and functioning of circuit boards, processing units, circuits, electrical devices, computer equipment, plus applications and programming.
• Secretarial — Experience in technical and administrative tools and methodologies such as note-taking, document and record handling, stenography and annotations, the layout of forms as well as other workplace practices and etymology.

Skills required

• Rational interpretation — Use of rationality and inference to distinguish the positives and disadvantages of creative improvements, assumptions, or responses to situations.
• Strategic Thinking — Evaluating the possible expenses and advantages of various decisions in order to recognise the best one.
• Effective Involvement — Necessitates paying complete focus to what others are suggesting, using the time to consider the arguments being made, responding to questions as needed, and not disrupting at inconvenient moments.
• Processes Assessment — Entails identifying metrics or indices of service quality as well as the steps required to enhance or change effectiveness in relation to the system's objectives.
• Strategic Thinking — Evaluating the possible expenses and advantages of various decisions in order to recognise the best one.

Job roles offered

Once you procure the required qualifications for becoming a Compensation, benefits, & Job Analysis Specialist, a myriad of options is open to you. There are multiple projects you can undertake throughout this line of work, and there are many other fields you can branch out to as well.

• Benefits Analyst: Benefits analysts manage and administrate a company's or organization's compensation and benefits programs. They work in almost every field, and the majority of them are full-time employees. Anyone with a significant aptitude for human administration or healthcare is a good fit for the job, but most candidates will require a college diploma to get started. The majority of people work in offices on regular nine-to-five working hours. Benefits analysts work to assist organizations in providing the greatest economical and successful benefits and incentives. They keep up with changes in employee benefits trends and workplace regulations. Their ultimate objective is to guarantee that individuals receive the advantages they are entitled to.
• Human Resource Manager: Human resources managers are in charge of planning, directing, and coordinating an institution's administration tasks. They are in charge of recruitment, evaluating, and employing new workers, as well as consulting with company leadership on strategy development and acting as a liaison amongst administration and workers. Every company wants to hire, inspire, and retain skilled workers by matching them to roles that are a good fit for them. Human resources managers achieve this goal through coordinating people management organizations' administrative work. Employee engagement, regulatory requirements, and employee-related services such as payment, education, and insurance are all part of their responsibilities. They oversee the experts and support personnel in the business and ensure that assignments are done properly and on schedule.
• Compensation Director: Remuneration and advantages executives interact primarily with senior executives and directors, although they also participate in and are an important element of the HR department. Along with executing a company's rewards and benefits policy, guaranteeing that such initiatives promote the company's goals and adhere to all regulatory obligations is an important aspect of the job. One of the most important aspects of this job is to evaluate a company's effective remuneration programs regularly, encompassing total remuneration, performance bonuses, safety and welfare advantages, and pension payments. Directors of compensation and benefits will be required to handle expenditures and possess a thorough grasp of the organization's success and performance.
• Human Resources Representative: A Human Resources (HR) Representative assists new, existing, and former workers in the employment, administrative, and retraining procedures of a business. HR Representatives must follow all of the company's programs and regulations, as well as ensure that the company's operations comply with all municipal, regional, and federal requirements. Employee records must be created, maintained, stored, secured, and destroyed by HR Representatives. The HR Representative gathers all of an employee's documentation and documentation, including registrations, tax forms, benefits documentation, and personal information. All modifications or revisions to documentation must be recorded, and the HR Representative should preserve an organized filing system. Employee records must be created, maintained, stored, secured, and destroyed by HR Representatives. The HR Representative gathers all of an employee's documentation and documentation, including registrations, tax forms, benefits documentation, and personal information. All modifications or revisions to documentation must be recorded, and the HR Professional should preserve an organized filing system.
• Analyst: Analysts investigate, evaluate, and report on various trends. Analysts seek to extract insights from publically accessible or gathered data to build effective plans in various sectors. Analysts may be expected to operate in a variety of sectors and with a variety of databases, as well as spending a substantial amount of time generating and summing up the meeting. An analyst gathers, evaluates, and applies complicated data to create meaningful measures that will enhance procedures and improve results. Daily, he or she examines corporate and client demands, gathers and analyses data, and looks for indicative trends or places for improvement. After that, the analyst distributes the data to stakeholders and utilizes it to improve the productivity and profitability of a company, business, or technology. Many industries employ analysts to track the performance of current business operations or to assist in the development of newer models.

Career opportunities

Compensation, benefits, & Job Analysis Specialist can opt for various fields of work in the companies listed below:

• Intel
• Team 4 Progress Technologies
• IBM
• Genpact
• Amazon
• MTX Group
• Wipro
• Silicon Valley Bank
• AmerisourceBergen
• Unilever

Colleges offering courses

• Indian Institute of Management, Indore
• Vinod Gupta School of Management, Kharagpur
• Chandigarh University, Chandigarh
• Xlri - Xavier School of Management, Jamshedpur
• Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode
• Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management, IIT Bombay, Mumbai
• N. L. Dalmia Institute of Management Studies And Research, Mumbai
• Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
• Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University, Pune
• Management Development Institute, Gurgaon
• Department of Management Studies, IIT Madras, Chennai