Human Resource Management
Human Resources Managers
11-3121.00
Median wages
$77,990
Plan, direct, or coordinate human resources activities and staff of an organization.
- Serve as a link between management and employees by handling questions, interpreting and administering contracts and helping resolve work-related problems.
- Analyze and modify compensation and benefits policies to establish competitive programs and ensure compliance with legal requirements.
- Advise managers on organizational policy matters such as equal employment opportunity and sexual harassment, and recommend needed changes.
- Perform difficult staffing duties, including dealing with understaffing, refereeing disputes, firing employees, and administering disciplinary procedures.
- Plan and conduct new employee orientation to foster positive attitude toward organizational objectives.
- Identify staff vacancies and recruit, interview and select applicants.
- Plan, direct, supervise, and coordinate work activities of subordinates and staff relating to employment, compensation, labor relations, and employee relations.
- Plan, organize, direct, control or coordinate the personnel, training, or labor relations activities of an organization.
- Represent organization at personnel-related hearings and investigations.
- Administer compensation, benefits and performance management systems, and safety and recreation programs.
- Provide current and prospective employees with information about policies, job duties, working conditions, wages, opportunities for promotion and employee benefits.
- 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.
- 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.
- Analyze training needs to design employee development, language training and health and safety programs.
- Conduct exit interviews to identify reasons for employee termination.
- Oversee the evaluation, classification and rating of occupations and job positions.
- Prepare personnel forecast to project employment needs.
- Study legislation, arbitration decisions, and collective bargaining contracts to assess industry trends.
- Allocate human resources, ensuring appropriate matches between personnel.
- Develop or administer special projects in areas such as pay equity, savings bond programs, day-care, and employee awards.
- Negotiate bargaining agreements and help interpret labor contracts.
- Investigate and report on industrial accidents for insurance carriers.
- Accounting software — AccountantsWorld Payroll Relief; Intuit QuickBooks
; New World Systems Logos.NET; Sage 50 Accounting - Business intelligence and data analysis software — Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition
- Charting software — AASoftTech Web Organization Chart
- Compliance software — Stratitec TimeIPS
- Computer based training software — Training software
- Data base reporting software — SAP BusinessObjects Crystal Reports
- Data base user interface and query software — Automation Centre Personnel Tracker; Microsoft Access
- Desktop publishing software — Microsoft Publisher
- Document management software — Atlas Business Solutions Staff Files; Microsoft Office SharePoint Server MOSS; PDF readers; WinOcular
- Electronic mail software — IBM Notes ; Microsoft Outlook
- Enterprise resource planning ERP software — Deltek Vision; Oracle PeopleSoft ; SAP ; Tyler Technologies MUNIS
- Graphics or photo imaging software — Microsoft Visio
- Human resources software — ADP Workforce Now ; Human resource management software HRMS ; UniFocus Watson Human Resources Manager; WhizLabs
- Internet browser software — Web browser software
- Office suite software — Corel WordPerfect; Microsoft Office
- Presentation software — Microsoft PowerPoint
- Spreadsheet software — IBM Lotus 1-2-3; Microsoft Excel
- Time accounting software — ADP Pay eXpert; Kronos Workforce Timekeeper; Soft Trac Microix Timesheet; Stromberg Enterprise
- Web page creation and editing software — LinkedIn
- Word processing software — Microsoft Word; Nuvosoft Rwiz
- Active Listening — Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Management of Personnel Resources — Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
- Social Perceptiveness — Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
- Speaking — Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Coordination — Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
- Critical Thinking — Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
- Reading Comprehension — Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
- Judgment and Decision Making — Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
- Negotiation — Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
- Complex Problem Solving — Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
- Monitoring — Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Persuasion — Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
- Systems Analysis — Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
- Systems Evaluation — Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
- Time Management — Managing one's own time and the time of others.
- Active Learning — Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
- Writing — Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
- Instructing — Teaching others how to do something.
- Service Orientation — Actively looking for ways to help people.
- Learning Strategies — Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
