Profession human resources manager

Personnel department managers plan, direct and coordinate policies concerning the personnel, industrial relations and occupational health and safety activities of an enterprise or organization, or of enterprises that provide human resource services to other enterprises and organizations.

Personality Type

• Enterprising / Social

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Knowledge

• Human resources department processes

  The different processes, duties, jargon, role in an organisation, and other specificities of the human resources department within an organisation such as recruitment, pension systems, and personnel development programs.

• 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.

• 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.

• Outplacement

  The services provided to employees by organisations and institutions to help them find new employment.

• Human resource management

  The function in an organisation concerned with the recruitment of employees and the optimisation of employee performance.

Skills

• Identify necessary human resources

  Determine the number of employees needed for the realisation of a project and their allocation in the creation, production, communication or administration team.

• 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.

• Comply with legal regulations

  Ensure you are properly informed of the legal regulations that govern a specific activity and adhere to its rules, policies and laws.

• Identify with the company's goals

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

• Handle conflicts

  Mediate in conflicts and tense situations by acting between parties, such as service users, important others like families, and institutions, striving to effect an agreement, reconciliate, and resolve problems.

• Promote gender equality in business contexts

  Raise awareness and campaign for the equalisation between the sexes by the assessment of their participation in the position and the activities carried out by companies and businesses at large.

• Manage budgets

  Plan, monitor and report on the budget.

• Negotiate employment agreements

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

• Plan medium to long term objectives

  Schedule long term objectives and immediate to short term objectives through effective medium-term planning and reconciliation processes.

• Apply company policies

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

• Negotiate with employment agencies

  Establish arrangements with employment agencies to organise recruiting activities. Maintain communication with these agencies in order to ensure efficient and productive recruitment with high potential candidates as an outcome.

• Organise staff assessment

  Organising the overall assessment process of the staff.

• Coordinate operational activities

  Synchronise activities and responsibilities of the operational staff to ensure that the resources of an organisation are used most efficiently in pursuit of the specified objectives.

• Develop employee retention programs

  Plan, develop, and implement programs aimed at keeping the satisfaction of the employees in the best levels. Consequently, assuring the loyalty of employees.

• Monitor company policy

  Monitor the company's policy and propose improvements to the company.

• Develop training programmes

  Design programmes where employees or future employees are taught the necessary skills for the job or to improve and expand skills for new activities or tasks. Select or design activities aimed at introducing the work and systems or improving the performance of individuals and groups in organisational settings.

• Evaluate training

  Assess the realisation of the training's learning outcomes and goals, the quality of teaching, and give transparent feedback to the trainers and trainees.

• Track key performance indicators

  Identify the quantifiable measures that a company or industry uses to gauge or compare performance in terms of meeting their operational and strategic goals, using preset performance indicators.

Optional knowledge and skills

Source: Sisyphus ODB