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Career Details :: Human Resources Managers

Description

Plan, direct, and coordinate human resource management activities of an organization to maximize the strategic use of human resources and maintain functions such as employee compensation, recruitment, personnel policies, and regulatory compliance.

Experience

A minimum of two to four years of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.

Education

Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.

Training

Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.

Tasks

• Formulates policies and procedures for recruitment, testing, placement, classification, orientation, benefits, and labor and industrial relations.
• Plans, directs, supervises, and coordinates work activities of subordinates and staff relating to employment, compensation, labor relations, and employee relations.
• Directs preparation and distribution of written and verbal information to inform employees of benefits, compensation, and personnel policies.
• Evaluates and modifies benefits policies to establish competitive programs and to ensure compliance with legal requirements.
• Analyzes compensation policies, government regulations, and prevailing wage rates to develop competitive compensation plan.
• Develops methods to improve employment policies, processes, and practices and recommends changes to management.
• Prepares personnel forecast to project employment needs.
• Prepares budget for personnel operations.
• Prepares and delivers presentations and reports to corporate officers or other management regarding human resource management policies and practices and recommendations for change.
• Negotiates bargaining agreements and resolves labor disputes.
• Meets with shop stewards and supervisors to resolve grievances.
• Conducts exit interviews to identify reasons for employee termination and writes separation notices.
• Plans and conducts new employee orientation to foster positive attitude toward organizational objectives.
• Writes directives advising department managers of organization policy in personnel matters such as equal employment opportunity, sexual harassment, and discrimination.
• Studies legislation, arbitration decisions, and collective bargaining contracts to assess industry trends.
• Maintains records and compiles statistical reports concerning personnel-related data such as hires, transfers, performance appraisals, and absenteeism rates.
• Analyzes statistical data and reports to identify and determine causes of personnel problems and develop recommendations for improvement of organization's personnel policies and practices.
• Represents organization at personnel-related hearings and investigations.
• Contracts with vendors to provide employee services, such as canteen, transportation, or relocation service.
• Investigates industrial accidents and prepares reports for insurance carrier.

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Important Abilities

• Written Comprehension
• Oral Expression
• Written Expression
• Oral Comprehension
• Deductive Reasoning

General Work Activities

• Performing Administrative Activities
• Communicating With Other Workers
• Staffing Organizational Units
• Getting Information Needed to Do the Job
• Judging Qualities of Things, Service, People

Important Skills

• Management of Personnel Resources
  
• Speaking
  
• Problem Identification
  
• Identification of Key Causes
  
• Writing
  

Frequent Work Context

• Job-Required Social Interaction
• Consequence of Error
• Coordinate or Lead Others
• Importance of Being Sure All Is Done
• Importance of Being Exact or Accurate

Related Majors

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Business Administration/Human Resources Management	[ add ]
Business/Human Resources	[ add ]
Career Development/Community Counseling	[ add ]
College Student Personnel Administration	[ add ]
Human Factors	[ add ]
Human Resource Development	[ add ]
Human Resource Management	[ add ]
Human Resource Management/Development	[ add ]
Human Resources	[ add ]
Human Resources Administration	[ add ]
Human Resources Development	[ add ]
Human Resources Management	[ add ]
Human Resources/Training	[ add ]
Human Services Management	[ add ]
Human Services/Labor Studies	[ add ]
Industrial Labor Relations	[ add ]
Industrial Relations	[ add ]
Industrial Relations/Human Resources	[ add ]
Industrial Relations/Human Resources Management	[ add ]
Industrial Relations/Organizational Behavior	[ add ]
Industrial/Employee Relations	[ add ]
Industrial/Labor Relations	[ add ]
Labor Studies	[ add ]
Labor/Industrial Relations	[ add ]
Labor/Personnel Relations/Studies	[ add ]
Labor/Policy Studies	[ add ]
Management of Human Resources	[ add ]
Management/Human Resources	[ add ]
Management/Industrial Relations	[ add ]
Organizational/Human Resource Development	[ add ]
Personnel Management	[ add ]
Personnel/Labor Relations	[ add ]
Professional Development	[ add ]
Professional Studies	[ add ]
Psychology/Personnel/Human Resources Management	[ add ]
Resource Management/Labor Relations	[ add ]
Technology/Training	[ add ]

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