HR Manager

Plan, direct, or coordinate human resources activities and staff of an organization.

O*NET reports this occupation under titles such as: Employee Relations Manager; HR Admin Director (Human Resources Administration Director); HR Director (Human Resources Director); HR Manager (Human Resources Manager); HR Ops Manager (Human Resources Operations Manager); HR VP (Human Resources Vice President); Recruitment Director

Tasks

• Serve as a link between management and employees by handling questions, interpreting and administering contracts and helping resolve work-related problems.
• Plan, direct, supervise, and coordinate work activities of subordinates and staff relating to employment, compensation, labor relations, and employee relations.
• Perform difficult staffing duties, including dealing with understaffing, refereeing disputes, firing employees, and administering disciplinary procedures.
• Represent organization at personnel-related hearings and investigations.
• Negotiate bargaining agreements and help interpret labor contracts.
• Advise managers on organizational policy matters, such as equal employment opportunity and sexual harassment, and recommend needed changes.
• Plan and conduct new employee orientation to foster positive attitude toward organizational objectives.
• Analyze and modify compensation and benefits policies to establish competitive programs and ensure compliance with legal requirements.
• Identify staff vacancies and recruit, interview, and select applicants.
• Investigate and report on industrial accidents for insurance carriers.
• Analyze statistical data and reports to identify and determine causes of personnel problems and develop recommendations for improvement of organization's personnel policies and practices.
• Administer compensation, benefits, and performance management systems, and safety and recreation programs.
• Prepare and follow budgets for personnel operations.
• Maintain records and compile statistical reports concerning personnel-related data such as hires, transfers, performance appraisals, and absenteeism rates.
• Provide current and prospective employees with information about policies, job duties, working conditions, wages, opportunities for promotion, and employee benefits.

Knowledge

• Personnel and Human Resources
• English Language
• Administration and Management
• Customer and Personal Service
• Education and Training
• Law and Government
• Psychology
• Public Safety and Security
• Computers and Electronics
• Mathematics
• Communications and Media

Skills

• Active Listening
• Reading Comprehension
• Speaking
• Writing
• Critical Thinking
• Active Learning
• Monitoring
• Learning Strategies
• Mathematics

Abilities

• Oral Expression
• Oral Comprehension
• Written Comprehension
• Written Expression
• Speech Clarity
• Deductive Reasoning
• Inductive Reasoning
• Near Vision
• Speech Recognition
• Problem Sensitivity
• Fluency of Ideas
• Originality
• Information Ordering
• Selective Attention
• Category Flexibility
• Speed of Closure
• Mathematical Reasoning
• Number Facility
• Memorization