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Matthew Burr

Founder , Burr Consulting, LLC. ,

Matthew Burr has over 16-years of experience working in the human resources field, starting his career as an Industrial Relations Intern at Kennedy Valve Manufacturing to most recently founding and managing a human resource consulting company; Burr Consulting, LLC, Talentscape, LLC and Co-Owner of Labor Love, a Labor, and Employment Law poster printing company. Prior to founding the consulting firm, the majority of his career was heavy industry manufacturing and healthcare.

He specializes in compliance auditing, training labor and employment law, conflict resolution, performance management, labor, and employment relations. Matthew has a generalist background in HR and operations, while providing strategic HR and operational solutions to his clients, focusing on small and medium sized organizations. He works as an Adjunct at Alfred State University, Tompkins Cortland Community College, and The College of St. Rose.

He successfully designed an HR Concentration in the business management major that aligned with both SHRM and HRCI certifications, providing opportunities for students to sit for both the SHRM-CP and aPHR certifications upon completion of the degree, concentration, and internship hours as an Assistant Professor of Management at Elmira College (Retired January 2022). Matthew is also the SHRM Certification Exam Instructor, with a current pass rate of 92% on the SHRM-SCP and 83% pass rate on the SHRM-CP and a combined 88% on both exams over a 7-year period of instructing the course (Elmira College, Collin College & The College of St. Rose).

Matthew works as a trainer Tompkins Cortland Community College, Corning Community College, Broome Community College, and HR Instructor for Certification Preparation for the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI). He also acts as an On-Call Mediator and Factfinder through the Public Employment Relations Board in New York State, working with public sector employers and labor unions.

PUBLICATIONS: Matthew has publications at the American Bar Association (ABA) Experience Magazine, Cornell HR Review, Business Insider, New York State Bar Association (NYSBA), PayScale, Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM), and Expert 360 (in Australia). In early 2017, he published his first book, “$74,000 in 24 Months: How I killed my student loans (and you can too!),” proceeded by his second book, which was published in January 2021, “Slay the Student Loan Dragon: Tips and Tricks on How to Conquer the Student Loan Game”

VOLUNTEER WORK: Matthew is currently the New York State Society of Human Resource Management (NYSSHRM) District-Director Elect.

EDUCATION & TRAINING:

Additional Training & Development:

SHRM Workplace Coaching and Mentoring Recertification Program, 2020
SHRM Foundation Employing Abilities @Work Certificate, 2020
SHRM Foundation Veterans at Work Certificate Program, 2018
Delta County Chamber of Commerce: Delta Force Leadership Program, 2013

FEATURED IN & ON:
Matthew was featured on CNN Money, Fast Company, Fits Small Business, Fox News, Magnify Money, Monster.com, My Twin Tiers, Namely, Student Loan Hero, Smart Sheet and CEO Blog Nation, Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI), Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM).



  •  Wednesday, April 3, 2024
  • 08:00 AM PDT | 11:00 AM EDT,
  • 60 Minutes
  • ¤110.00
2024 Latest Updates - COVID-19 Vaccination Policies & Guidance

The training is designed to ensure your organization is fully compliant with laws and regulations surrounding the family's first coronavirus act, EEOC, ADA, and OSHA in 2024, and additional areas to consider related to local and state regulations.

  •  Wednesday, April 10, 2024
  • 08:00 AM PDT | 11:00 AM EDT,
  • 60 Minutes
  • ¤110.00
Successfully Dealing with Difficult People: The 5 Most Difficult Types of People and How to Effectively Approach Them

The training is designed to ensure your organization if fully compliant with laws and regulations, compliance, training and additional areas to consider when dealing with difficult employees.

  •  Wednesday, April 17, 2024
  • 08:00 AM PDT | 11:00 AM EDT,
  • 60 Minutes
  • ¤110.00
HR Compliance Audits

Compliance with federal and state employment laws and regulations requires an annual review and audit of your employment practices and policies including hiring, firing, wage and hour issues, avoiding discrimination in the workplace, leave of absence issues including FMLA and ADA, and avoiding negating employment-at-will of your employees, etc.

  •  Wednesday, April 24, 2024
  • 08:00 AM PDT | 11:00 AM EDT,
  • 60 Minutes
  • ¤110.00
Performance of Dashboard using KPIs (Key performance Indicator) and Designing

Organizations unclear on what a performance dashboard or KPI is should attend this training, we will cover the dashboard and KPI in detail and how metrics can strategically affect your organization.





  • Recorded
  • View Anytime
  • 60 Minutes
  • ¤150.00
Conducting Effective Workplace Investigations

When the time comes to handle a touchy employee issue how do you handle it?

  • Recorded
  • View Anytime
  • 60 Minutes
  • ¤150.00
Employment Law: What Every Manager Needs to Know

This training will be an introduction and overview for current HR law's that impact all organizations.

  • Recorded
  • View Anytime
  • 60 Minutes
  • ¤150.00
Employers Playbook for the Families First Coronavirus Act 2020

The training is designed to ensure your organization if fully compliant with laws and regulations surrounding the families first coronavirus act in 2020 and additional areas to consider related to local and state regulation.

  • Recorded
  • View Anytime
  • 60 Minutes
  • ¤150.00