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  • What is the HRTec Assessment System (HAS)?

    • The HRTec Assessment System (HAS) is a flexible platform designed to assess your organization’s climate. It offers tools like online surveys, comment analysis, focus groups, and interviews to gather actionable insights.
    • Customized to your needs, HAS makes the assessment process simple, secure, and effective, helping you uncover opportunities for improvement.
  • What can the HAS provide?

    The HRTec Assessment System (HAS) offers flexible tools to enhance your organization’s climate, from quick pulse surveys to comprehensive assessments. Whether you need targeted insights or a full organizational review, our experienced team is here to guide you through the process and deliver actionable results.

  • What types of assessment products does HAS offer?

    The HRTec Assessment System (HAS) provides a range of surveys to gather the insights you need. Options include workforce climate surveys, tailored/customized surveys, and rapid-response tools like pulse or exit surveys, all designed to support your organization’s goals.

  • What kind of assistance does HAS provide?

    • The HRTec Assessment System (HAS) offers expert support throughout the entire assessment process. Our team of experienced data scientists and industrial organizational psychologists helps you identify what to evaluate, interpret results, and plan actionable next steps.
    • We also assist with focus groups, personal interviews, data analytics, comment analysis, and detailed result briefings to provide meaningful insights and guide your organization toward its goals.
  • What factors or topics can the HAS address?

    • The HRTec Assessment System (HAS) offers flexibility to meet your organization’s needs. Choose from ready-made surveys that cover common workplace topics like engagement, job satisfaction, group cohesion, leadership behaviors, retention, discrimination, and harassment, or let us create custom surveys tailored to your unique goals.
    • Our surveys can include both scale-based questions for measurable insights and open-ended questions to gather deeper, qualitative feedback from employees.
  • How many factors or topics can an organization select?

    • There’s no limit—your organization can choose as many or as few factors as needed. For a quick pulse survey, you might focus on one or two key topics, while a comprehensive assessment can include multiple factors for deeper insights.
    • HAS also offers factors that align with follow-ups to established surveys like the Defense Equal Opportunity Climate Survey (DEOCS) or the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey (FEVs), ensuring you get the data most relevant to your goals.
  • Is the HAS customizable?

    • Yes, the HRTec Assessment System (HAS) is highly customizable. Organizations can select established factors and adjust the length of their surveys. You can also add locally developed questions, including short-answer or open-ended formats, to address specific areas of concern.
    • HAS offers a question bank with pre-written options to help organizational leaders, or you can create your own questions with guidance and review from our experienced assessment analysts.
  • Are our surveys and data secure?

    Yes, the HRTec Assessment System (HAS) ensures top-tier data security. Our platform is endorsed by DoD, DHS, and GSA and is FedRAMP High Baseline approved. This provides our customers with a highly secure environment that meets the highest standards for confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

  • How flexible is the HAS platform?

    • The HRTec Assessment System (HAS) is designed to adapt to your organization’s needs. Whether you’re conducting a large-scale organizational climate survey or gathering quick insights through mini or micro-surveys, HAS offers a flexible solution.
      • Tailored Content: Items can be customized to your specific needs, with the ability to validate new questions as needed.
      • Easy Accessibility: Surveys can be completed on any device—desktop, tablet, or smartphone—using any browser, without requiring downloads or installations.
      • Scalable Analysis: Conduct surveys at an organizational level or break down results by subgroups or departments to gain deeper insights.
    • HAS ensures a seamless and versatile experience for both administrators and employees.
  • What additional support does HAS offer?

    HRTec professionals provide comprehensive support tailored to your organization’s needs. Services include:

    • Focus Groups and Interviews: Conducted face-to-face, telephonically, or virtually to gather in-depth feedback.
    • Comment Analysis: We analyze small or large volumes of survey comments to identify key themes and insights.
    • Action Planning: Assistance with developing actionable strategies based on survey results.
    • Result Briefings: Clear, concise summaries and briefings to help your organization act on the findings.

    With HAS, you gain expert guidance at every step of your assessment journey.

  • Does HAS offer data analytics support?

    • Yes, our data analytics team provides expert support to help organizations make the most of their assessments. We assist in interpreting results, understanding key insights, and determining next steps.
    • For deeper analysis, we can compare breakout subgroups, such as departments or job types, to identify actionable trends and patterns. Additionally, we offer driver analysis, heartbeat analysis, and time 1 vs. time 2 comparisons to provide even greater insights into your organization’s dynamics.
  • What types of post-analysis reporting does HAS offer?

    The HRTec Assessment System (HAS) provides a variety of reporting options to meet your organization’s needs, including:

    • Formal Reports and Summaries: Executive summaries and detailed reports.
    • Visualizations: Infographics and PowerPoint presentations to clearly communicate findings.
    • Rollup and Breakout Reports: Organization-wide reports or detailed breakdowns by department or subgroup.
    • Data Analysis: Quantitative (data) analysis and qualitative (comment) analysis.
    • Specialized Analysis: Time 1 vs. Time 2 comparisons, tier-level analysis, and driver analysis.
    • Collaborative Action Planning and Briefings: Action plans are developed jointly with your organization to ensure alignment with goals, supported by report reviews and out-briefing sessions.

    With HAS, you’ll receive customized reporting to ensure insights are actionable and accessible.

  • Are consultation services available?

    Yes, consultation services are available upon request. Our consultants bring over two decades of experience assisting military and federal agency leaders, human relations practitioners, and survey administrators. They provide expert guidance throughout all phases of the assessment process to ensure your organization achieves meaningful results.

  • What type of response options can be used in surveys?

    Our surveys offer a range of response options to suit your organization’s needs, including Likert scales, yes/no questions, multiple-choice, and “select all that apply” formats. We also provide advanced features like survey branching, which tailors questions based on previous responses or demographics for more personalized insights.

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