Maslow Quiz for HR Professionals

1. The HR profession has 5 levels of development. Where do you currently see yourself?

Self-actualization (achieving fulfillment and impact as an HR professional)

Self-confidence (becoming integral to organizational strategy)

Belonging (taking on an increasingly strategic role)

Safety and security (providing and experiencing psychological well-being)

Basic needs (providing employment basics to the workforce)

Please select an option.

2. Do you have an HR or payroll system that syncs time and attendance data directly with payroll?

Yes

No

Please select an option.

3. How does your organization facilitate open enrollment?

We use an HRIS system, with all benefits enrollment and carrier communication in one system.

We manage it digitally, through email and HR software.

We can manage it digitally but have to use paper-based enrollment as well for some employees.

We use a paper-based system.

Please select an option.

4. How are PTO requests or employee benefit updates (changes/enrollment) entered into the HRIS system?

Employees submit/enter them through a company portal, an app or HRIS software.

Manually; we enter employee information from digital forms or emails.

Manually; we enter employee information from paper forms.

Please select an option.

5. How does your organization conduct employee surveys?

Through our HRIS system.

In a separate survey-building tool.

Our surveys are paper-based and must be manually entered into the computer.

We don't do surveys.

Please select an option.

6. How does your organization conduct employee performance reviews?

At regularly set intervals coordinated through our HRIS.

Managers do them at set intervals and manually submit them to HR.

Managers are supposed to do them on a regular basis, but HR doesn't have visibility.

I'm not sure.

Please select an option.

7. How do you verify employees have received the company handbook?

We have a record of employees receiving the handbook in our HRIS software.

We send a digital copy of the handbook to every new employee, but we don't have a record of receipt.

We distribute paper handbooks to every new employee.

We don't have an employee handbook.

Please select an option.

8. Does your company conduct anti-harassment or anti-bullying training?

Yes

No

Please select an option.

9. How do you verify that employees have completed anti-harassment or anti-bullying training?

Training is conducted through and recorded in our HRIS software.

Training is conducted online, but we have to keep track of it in a separate system.

We know who we sent training to, but we can't verify completion.

Training is conducted in a group or classroom setting.

Not applicable

Please select an option.

10. How does your organization facilitate team-building and employee engagement?

HR facilitates engagement activities across all departments, and managers can add on if they choose.

HR encourages managers to do team-building, but we don't facilitate it for them.

Some teams work with HR to coordinate engagement activities, but others don't.

Our organization does not conduct team-building activities.

Please select an option.

11. Which of the following best describes your organization's initiatives around diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI)?

DEI is a central component of our hiring practices and company policies.

We have made good progress on DEI initiatives but still have work to do.

We are starting to implement DEI initiatives but have a long way to go.

We would like to implement DEI initiatives but haven't started yet.

We do not have plans to implement DEI initiatives.

Please select an option.

12. Which of the following best describes your organization's employee coaching and mentoring initiatives?

Our organization has a robust coaching and mentoring program across all departments and levels.

Our organization has some coaching and mentoring initiatives in some departments and levels, but not all.

Our organization does not have coaching and mentoring initiatives.

Please select an option.

13. How often does your organization's leadership solicit input and feedback from HR?

All the time

Most of the time

Some of the time

Occasionally

Never

Please select an option.

14. How do you communicate the ROI of HR technology and efficiencies to company leadership?

We have a product that calculates the dollar amount of time our department has saved.

We pull reports from our HR software to calculate those savings.

We explain our HR strategy and describe the efficiencies we expect to gain but don't have hard numbers to put to that.

We haven't identified an effective way to do that.

Please select an option.

15. How satisfied are you with the HR and payroll tech needed to effectively do your job?

Very satisfied

Somewhat satisfied

Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied

Somewhat dissatisfied

Very dissatisfied

Please select an option.

16. What approach best describes HR's role as it relates to your HRIS system(s)?

We empower employees to interact with our HRIS system directly.

HR is the gatekeeper of all employee data.

Employees can do a few tasks in the software, but HR handles the bulk of HRIS transactions.

Please select an option.

17. How many hours per day, on average, do you spend using HR technology for administrative work?

0-1 hour

2-3 hours

4-5 hours

6-7 hours

8+ hours

Please select an option.

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