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Local Government provides vital services to the public, with its employees as the most important resource. Human Resources Services, Inc. (HRS) provides management consulting services to local government, other public agencies and related civic organizations in areas of human resources and general management. HRS offers a wide range of high quality professional services to meet the personnel needs of your organization and to strengthen management capacity.
We provide specialized and custom technical assistance and advisory services to cities and towns in current, emerging, and changing issues in human resources and municipal operations. As your strategic partner, we deliver the consulting services, analyses and tools needed to help develop the personnel plans, guidelines, policies, processes; and management and organizational systems.
Our experts combine traditional consultancy skills with public sector, business sector, technology, and human capital knowledge to address the many challenges and needs of municipalities.
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Looking at Total Compensation: Competitive compensation, benefits and talent strategies are essential to delivering on the missions of high-performing municipalities.
Posted Nov 09, 2021HRS concluded its total compensation study for the Town of Arlington, MA (Town/Schools). Just six miles outside of Boston, Arlington is approximately 48,000 population. This is the third time the Town has contracted with HRS for such an in-depth town-wide study which provides not only a c ...Learn More
Negotiating a Better Bargaining Agreement
Posted Jun 18, 2021Please join Sandy Stapczynski and Carol Granfield for their ICMA University Webinar on Collective Bargaining... "Negotiating a Better Bargaining Agreement"; this Thursday June 24, 2021 from 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. You won't want to miss this! Go to www.icma.org to register right away!!&nbs ...Learn More
Developing a Pay and Classification Plan
Posted Mar 04, 2021Pay structures refers to a series of pay grades or ranges that are linked to specific jobs within the municipality's organizations; often referred to as pay and classification plans. There are a number of sound practices that cities and towns must consider when developing pay structures.& ...Learn More
Custom Salary and Benefit Surveys and Analytics
Periodic independent custom salary and benefit surveys assist to maintain costs in a manner that reflects the strategic goals of the municipality. These studies provide for an outside objective analysis, and promote efficient cost management and progra ...Learn MoreTraining and Development
A structured professional development or training program can maximize the skills and value of employees and policy leaders in an organization. HRS develops and conducts training programs tailored to the specific needs of the municipality. Custom t ...Learn More