1.2 Total Rewards and You

Why should you care about rewards? The Total Rewards framework will be valuable to you in several different ways, depending upon your career goals. While the course has obvious value for the Compensation and Human Resource Manager, it also is very relevant for every individual working in an organization today. Let's take a look at how this course will help you.

Compensation Managers

If you are preparing for a career as a compensation manager, then this course will help provide you with the knowledge and tools you will need in your job. You will be able to better understand your organization's current compensation practices and be in a position to efficiently carry out those practices and explain them to others. In addition, you will be prepared to make changes to your total rewards practices to improve compensation systems and better enable your organization to meet its goals. In short, you will perform better, create positive change, and maybe increase your own total rewards!

HR Managers

If you're currently in or preparing for a career as a Human Resource Generalist, then this course will prepare you for one of the many roles that you will play in an organization. This course will help you see how your total rewards strategy fits with your business Strategy and the other facets of your HR systems such as staffing, recruiting, and training. No matter what part of HR you focus on, it touches on Total Rewards and the understanding you get from this course will help you improve it.

All Careers Outside of HR

If you get paid, then you should care about this course. If you work in business, but don't envision that you will be working within the Human Resources function, this course still has a lot to offer you. No matter your role in an organization, you are impacted by the rewards systems used in an organization. This topic will help you understand those reward systems to better see how your pay is determined, what benefits are being offered, and how those rewards are determined. This understanding can then help you either appreciate or seek to change those rewards to better meet your needs in the employment deal.