* Essential job responsibilities include: - Developing and administering human resources plans and procedures that relate to company personnel - Planning, organizing, and controlling the activities and actions of the HR department - Contributing to the development of HR department goals, objectives, and systems These responsibilities involve achieving the following tasks: - Implementing and revising a company’s compensation program - Creating and revising job descriptions - Conducting annual salary surveys - Developing, analyzing, and updating the company’s salary budget - Developing, analyzing and updating the company’s evaluation program - Developing, revising, and recommending personnel policies and procedures - Maintaining and revising the company’s handbook on policies and procedures - Performing benefits administration - Maintaining affirmative action programs - Overseeing recruitment efforts for all personnel, including writing and placing job ads - Conducting new employee orientations and employee relations counseling - Overseeing exit interviews - Maintaining department records and reports - Participating in administrative staff meetings - Maintaining company directory and other organizational charts - Recommending new policies, approaches, and procedures

- Human resource managers possess excellent decision-making, strategic thinking, leadership, interpersonal and ethical conduct skills. Beyond these traits, however, human resource managers must be well-educated in their field of expertise. - Bachelor’s degrees in human resources may be structured as: - Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Arts in Human Resource Management - Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Arts in Management with a concentration in HR - Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) with a concentration in one of the following: - Human resources - Organizational behavior - Management and leadership - Master of Arts/Master of Science in Human Resource Management - Master of Arts/Master of Science in Management with an HR concentration - Master of Business Administration (MBA) with a concentration in: - Human Resource Management/Organizational Leadership - Leadership Development - Human Capital Development - Organizational Behavior - Labor Relations - Industrial Relations - 2 years above HR experience in a professional setting