Live virtual HR training

HR Training in Bend, OR

Live, instructor-led HR and compliance training for Bend teams. Every course runs online, so anyone in Oregon can attend. In-person seats are available in Charlotte and Raleigh, and private on-site delivery is available.

1,500+Learners trained / yr
HRCI & SHRMApproved provider
NationwideLive virtual, all 50 states

Why it matters here

HR training challenges facing Bend teams

Hiring and keeping people is the daily fight for Bend employers. Across Oregon, workers quit at an average monthly rate of 2.0 percent in 2025 (BLS JOLTS state estimates, retrieved 2026-07-27), and every departure lands on the managers left behind. With 83,275 private-sector jobs in Deschutes County, trained supervisors are the cheapest retention lever an employer here has.

1958

Founded in Charlotte in 1958. Now serving Oregon employers with live online HR training.

97%

of establishments in Deschutes County have fewer than 50 employees (Census County Business Patterns, 2023, retrieved 2026-07-27). Small teams, real exposure.

HRCI & SHRM

Most courses approved for recertification credit, with completion records.

How Bend teams attend

Three ways to train your Bend team

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Live virtual

Attend from anywhere in Bend

Instructor-led online sessions, open to your whole team. No travel.

In-person HR training workshop with attendees
In person

Charlotte & Raleigh

In-person seats at our Carolinas training centers when you prefer a classroom.

Private on-site HR training for a team
Private on-site

We come to your team

Private delivery for your organization, live online or on-site.

Oregon employment context

HR compliance for Oregon employers

Oregon does not require private employers to run harassment prevention training, but the Oregon Workplace Fairness Act (SB 726, 2019) requires every employer to adopt and distribute a written anti-discrimination and anti-harassment policy. Employment practice rules sit in ORS chapter 659A, enforced by the Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI) alongside federal law, and charges may also be filed with BOLI’s Civil Rights Division. Oregon employers saw 405 EEOC charge receipts in fiscal year 2025 (EEOC Table E1b, FY 2025, retrieved 2026-07-27). Training your Bend managers on the policy the law already requires is the natural next step. Catapult’s live online sessions give Bend teams documented, instructor-led training with completion records for your files.

Employment law guidance reviewed by Karol Dixon, Senior HR Advisor, and Cindy Satter, Senior HR Advisor, SHRM-SCP, PHR. See Catapult HR Advisors.

Sources: BOLI Civil Rights Division · ORS chapter 659A · EEOC charge statistics, FY 2025

Provided for general information, not legal advice. Requirements change; confirm current obligations with the agency or qualified counsel.

Local industries

Training for Bend’s key industries

Deschutes County’s private employment runs on Health Care (16,384 jobs), Hospitality and Food Service (11,847), Retail (11,636) and Construction (7,600) (BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2025 annual averages, retrieved 2026-07-27). Each brings its own HR pressure points, and our courses are built around them.

Health Care

Average pay $83,340 in Deschutes County (BLS QCEW, 2025). Credential tracking, mandatory reporters and burnout make supervision a skilled job here.

Hospitality & Food Service

Average pay $35,462 in Deschutes County (BLS QCEW, 2025). Guest-facing stress plus late shifts is exactly where harassment complaints start.

Retail

Average pay $44,446 in Deschutes County (BLS QCEW, 2025). First-job workforces need managers who coach rather than churn.

Construction

Average pay $78,140 in Deschutes County (BLS QCEW, 2025). Every new project brings new crews, new leads and new chances to get supervision wrong.

Local roots

Serving Bend & Deschutes County

From single seats to full cohorts, Catapult trains teams across Bend and Deschutes County through live online sessions and private delivery, and has trained employers since 1958.

  • Live online sessions open to every employer in Deschutes County
  • Bend is on Pacific Time, 3 hours behind Eastern: a noon Eastern start is a 9:00 AM seat locally
  • Same live course catalog and session dates available in every state

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HR professionals meeting in Bend

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HR training in other Oregon cities

Live-virtual sessions are open statewide. Explore training for another Oregon city, or see every Oregon option.

Good to know

Bend HR training questions

Does Oregon require sexual harassment training for managers?

No statute requires it. Oregon’s Workplace Fairness Act requires a written policy instead. But an untrained manager is usually the weakest link in a harassment claim, so Bend employers, many of them small hospitality and health care operations, commonly train supervisors on a fixed 2-year cycle.

Yes. Every public session is delivered live online, so a Bend team joins the same class as attendees anywhere in the country. Sessions are posted in Eastern Time, and a noon Eastern start is a 9:00 AM seat locally. The only physical classrooms are in Charlotte and Raleigh, North Carolina.

Leadership and management, harassment prevention and compliance, professional development, technology skills and HR certification prep, delivered live online or privately on-site. The compliance and frontline-management courses map directly to the people issues health care employers around Bend handle daily.

Yes. Most Catapult courses carry HRCI and SHRM recertification credit, and both bodies run 3-year, 60-credit recertification cycles, so regular attendance keeps HR professionals current without a scramble. Every attendee receives a completion record for their files.

Yes. Catapult delivers private training for Bend organizations two ways: facilitators travel to your site, or run a live online session reserved for your team, scheduled around your calendar and your time zone.

Train your Bend team with confidence

Live online sessions open to Oregon, or private delivery built around your organization.