An HR Manager, or Human Resources Manager, is responsible for overseeing personnel and daily operations of the human resources department. Their duties include hiring HR personnel, managing the hiring and onboarding procedures for other company employees and coordinating with members of their department to provide support to company employees regarding personal and professional incidents.
A HR Manager should be able to fulfill various duties and responsibilities. The following are some duties and responsibilities a HR Manager should be able to execute:
- Ensuring employees follow all policies and procedures
- Assessing reports provided by the HR team, team leaders and operations managers to determine employee performance and training needs
- Suggesting changes in policies and procedures based on employee and company needs
- Researching compensation standards set by industry and governing bodies in order to create salary structures and administer employee benefits
- Creating recruitment plans, interview schedules and evaluation standards in accordance with HR methodologies and labor laws
- Supervising all HR activities, communications, reports, requests and documents created and received by the team
A competitive HR Manager will have certain skills and qualifications, including:
- Strong computer skills and experience with office management and communication software
- Ability to understand statistical data and mathematical concepts and how to apply them to HR processes
- Excellent leadership, training and developmental skills
- Strong decision-making skills
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
- Expert in labor laws set by governing authorities and organizations
