Profession Personnel clerk

Personnel clerk
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Personnel clerks perform administrative tasks related with human resources in employment processes.

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Personality Type

Tasks personnel clerk

  • Process, verify and maintain documentation relating to personnel matters and procedures, such as recruitment procedures, training programs, performance evaluation procedures, etc.
  • Record individual employee data, including such information as addresses, weekly earnings, absences, supervisory reports on performance, etc.
  • Process and review employment applications, e.g. to evaluate qualifications or eligibility of applicants
  • Request information from law enforcement officials, previous employers, and other references to determine applicants' employment acceptability.
  • Make recommendations on staff appointments.
  • Answer questions and explain HR policies and procedures to employees or job applicants.
  • Provide information on personnel matters (e.g., new appointments) to authorized persons and organizations.
  • Prepare management reports on HR issues.
  • Perform a variety of clerical duties, e.g. answering telephone calls, sending out announcements of job openings etc.

Related professions clerk

  • Administrative services department manager
  • Bills clerk
  • Bookkeeping clerk
  • Brokerage clerk
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  • Credit clerk
  • Filing clerk
  • First line supervisor of office clerks
  • Form filling assistance clerk
  • Freight clerk
  • Insurance clerk
  • Invoice clerk
  • Marketing clerk
  • Materials scheduling clerk
  • Mortgage clerk
  • New accounts clerk
  • Office clerk
  • Order clerk
  • Order scheduling clerk
  • Payroll clerk
  • Procurement clerk
  • Production planning clerk
  • Sales support clerk
  • Secretary clerk
  • Statistical clerk
  • Stock clerk, warehouse clerk
  • Weighing clerk

Source: Sisyphus ODB