Human Resources Managers

Also called: Employee Relations Manager, HR Director (Human Resources Director), HR Manager (Human Resources Manager)

Career Cluster: Business Management & Administration
What they do:
Plan, direct, or coordinate human resources activities and staff of an organization.
On the job, you would:
  • 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.
Knowledge icon KNOWLEDGE

Safety and Government
  • law and government
Arts and Humanities
  • English language
Education and Training
  • teaching and course design
Business
  • human resources (HR)
  • management
Skills Image SKILLS

Social
  • changing what is done based on other people's actions
  • understanding people's reactions
Basic Skills
  • listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
  • reading work related information
Problem Solving
  • noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
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Attention
  • pay attention to something without being distracted
Math
  • add, subtract, multiply, or divide
Ideas and Logic
  • make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
  • use rules to solve problems
Verbal
  • communicate by speaking
  • listen and understand what people say
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People interested in this work like activities that include leading, making decisions, and business.

They do well at jobs that need:
  • Leadership Orientation
  • Empathy
  • Stress Tolerance
  • Self-Control
  • Social Orientation
  • Cooperation
Technology Image TECHNOLOGY

You might use software like this on the job:

Time accounting software
  • ADP ezLaborManager
  • Kronos Workforce Timekeeper
Presentation software
  • Mentimeter
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
Human resources software
  • Human resource management software HRMS
  • UniFocus Watson Human Resources Manager
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Bachelor's degree usually needed SEARCH ALL PROGRAMS & MAJORS SEARCH COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
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Salary:
High: $239,200.00
Median: $140,030.00
Low: $83,790.00
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