Profession human resources officer

Personnel and careers professionals provide professional business services related to personnel policies such as employee recruitment or development, occupational analyses and vocational guidance.

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Personality Type

• Enterprising / Social

Related professions hrm

• HR advisor
• Industrial relations officer
• Salary or personnel administrator
• Training or staff development professional

Knowledge

• Job market offers

  Job opportunities available on the labour market, depending on the economic field concerned.

• Employment law

  The law which mediates the relationship between employees and employers. It concerns employees' rights at work which are binding by the work contract.

• Labour legislation

  Legislation, on a national or international level, that governs labour conditions in various fields between labour parties such as the government, employees, employers, and trade unions.

Skills

• Develop professional network

  Reach out to and meet up with people in a professional context. Find common ground and use your contacts for mutual benefit. Keep track of the people in your personal professional network and stay up to date on their activities.

• Write work-related reports

  Compose work-related reports that support effective relationship management and a high standard of documentation and record keeping. Write and present results and conclusions in a clear and intelligible way so they are comprehensible to a non-expert audience.

• Use communication techniques

  Apply techniques of communication which allow interlocutors to better understand each other and communicate accurately in the transmission of messages.

• Document interviews

  Record, write, and capture answers and information collected during interviews for processing and analysis using shorthand or technical equipment.

• Apply company policies

  Apply the principles and rules that govern the activities and processes of an organisation.

• Identify with the company's goals

  Act for the benefit of the company and for the achievement of its targets.

• Fix meetings

  Fix and schedule professional appointments or meetings for clients or superiors.

• Listen actively

  Give attention to what other people say, patiently understand points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times; able to listen carefully the needs of customers, clients, passengers, service users or others, and provide solutions accordingly.

• Manage payroll

  Manage and be responsible for employees receiving their wages, review salaries and benefit plans and advise management on payroll and other employment conditions.

• Profile people

  Create a profile of someone, by outlining this person's characteristics, personality, skills and motives, often by the use of information obtained from an interview or questionnaire.

• Observe confidentiality

  Observe the set of rules establishing the nondisclosure of information except to another authorised person.

• Negotiate employment agreements

  Find agreements between employers and potential employees on salary, working conditions and non-statutory benefits.

• Assess character

  Assess how a certain person will react, verbally or physically, in a specific situation or to a specific happening.

• Interview people

  Interview people in a range of different circumstances.

• Recruit employees

  Hire new employees by scoping the job role, advertising, performing interviews and selecting staff in line with company policy and legislation.

Optional knowledge and skills

Source: Sisyphus ODB