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11-3121.00 - Human Resources Managers


Plan, direct, or coordinate human resources activities and staff of an organization.


Key Facts
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Bright Outlook
Career Details
Green Job
Career Details
Current Employment
122,500
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Forecasted Employment
133,300
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Change in Employment
+10,800
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Change in Employment %
+8.8%
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Tasks
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Tasks
The tasks listed below can be performed to prepare you for a career in this field.
Core
  • Administer compensation, benefits, and performance management systems, and safety and recreation programs.
  • Identify staff vacancies and recruit, interview, and select applicants.
  • Allocate human resources, ensuring appropriate matches between personnel.
  • Provide current and prospective employees with information about policies, job duties, working conditions, wages, opportunities for promotion, and employee benefits.
  • Perform difficult staffing duties, including dealing with understaffing, refereeing disputes, firing employees, and administering disciplinary procedures.
  • Advise managers on organizational policy matters, such as equal employment opportunity and sexual harassment, and recommend needed changes.
  • Analyze and modify compensation and benefits policies to establish competitive programs and ensure compliance with legal requirements.
  • Plan and conduct new employee orientation to foster positive attitude toward organizational objectives.
  • Serve as a link between management and employees by handling questions, interpreting and administering contracts and helping resolve work-related problems.
  • Plan, direct, supervise, and coordinate work activities of subordinates and staff relating to employment, compensation, labor relations, and employee relations.
  • Analyze training needs to design employee development, language training, and health and safety programs.
  • Maintain records and compile statistical reports concerning personnel-related data such as hires, transfers, performance appraisals, and absenteeism rates.
  • Analyze statistical data and reports to identify and determine causes of personnel problems and develop recommendations for improvement of organization's personnel policies and practices.
  • Plan, organize, direct, control, or coordinate the personnel, training, or labor relations activities of an organization.
  • Conduct exit interviews to identify reasons for employee termination.
  • Investigate and report on industrial accidents for insurance carriers.
  • Represent organization at personnel-related hearings and investigations.
  • Negotiate bargaining agreements and help interpret labor contracts.
  • Prepare personnel forecast to project employment needs.
  • Prepare and follow budgets for personnel operations.
  • Develop, administer, and evaluate applicant tests.
  • Oversee the evaluation, classification, and rating of occupations and job positions.
  • Study legislation, arbitration decisions, and collective bargaining contracts to assess industry trends.
  • Develop or administer special projects in areas such as pay equity, savings bond programs, day care, and employee awards.
Supplemental
  • Provide terminated employees with outplacement or relocation assistance.
  • Contract with vendors to provide employee services, such as food service, transportation, or relocation service.
All data sourced from US Department of Labor, Employment & Training Administration O*Net Database.
Knowledge
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Knowledge

The items listed below are organized into sections that contain knowledge useful for pursuing a career in this field. Each section also contains a "Percentage of Importance" statistic that shows how relevant an item is to the occupation.
 Personnel and Human Resources
  • 98%
    Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.
 Administration and Management
  • 92%
    Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
 English Language
  • 84%
    Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
 Law and Government
  • 82%
    Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
 Education and Training
  • 79%
    Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
 Customer and Personal Service
  • 78%
    Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
 Psychology
  • 65%
    Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.
 Clerical
  • 59%
    Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.
 Mathematics
  • 59%
    Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
 Communications and Media
  • 57%
    Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.
 Sociology and Anthropology
  • 56%
    Knowledge of group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins.
 Computers and Electronics
  • 54%
    Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
 Therapy and Counseling
  • 53%
    Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counseling and guidance.
 Public Safety and Security
  • 52%
    Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
 Economics and Accounting
  • 52%
    Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking and the analysis and reporting of financial data.
All data sourced from US Department of Labor, Employment & Training Administration O*Net Database.
Tools
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Tools
The tools listed below include machines, equipment, tools, and software that is useful for individuals who are interested in this career.
 Computers
  • Notebook computers
  • Desktop computers
  • Personal computers
All data sourced from US Department of Labor, Employment & Training Administration O*Net Database.
Technology
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Technology
The technologies listed below include machines, equipment, tools, and software that is useful for individuals who are interested in this career.
 Business function specific software
  • ADP Enterprise HR
  • ADP HR/Benefits Solution
  • ADP HR/Profile
  • ADP Workforce NowHOT
  • AllNetic Working Time Tracker
  • Applicant tracking software
  • Arrow Electronics N/Compass
  • Authoria Adviser
  • Ceridian
  • Defense Travel System
  • Fidelity HR/Payroll
  • Halogen e360
  • Halogen ePraisal
  • Harpers Payroll Services HR la Carte
  • Human resource information system HRIS
  • Human resource management software HRMS
  • Inception Technologies InfiniTime
  • Infor SSA Human Capital Management
  • Lawson Human Resource Management
  • Lawson Human Resources Suite
  • Midrange Software XpertHire
  • Oracle HRIS
  • Oracle TaleoHOT
  • Paychex
  • Paycor payroll management
  • People-Trak software
  • Pereless Systems software
  • QuestionMark
  • Sage Abra HRMS
  • Savitr RecruitX
  • Standard Installation and Division Personnel Reporting System SIDPERS
  • Taleo Enterprise Talent Management Suite
  • Tesseract Benefits Manager
  • Tesseract Human Resources Manager
  • Total Officer Personnel Management Information System TOPMIS
  • UCN inContact Workforce Management Software WFM
  • Ultimate Software UltiPro Workplace
  • UniFocus Watson Human Resources Manager
  • Unicorn HRO Open4
  • WhizLabs
  • interactive Personnel Electronic Records Management System iPERMS
  • peoplefluent Performance
  • peoplefluent Recruiting
  • Microsoft ProjectHOT
  • Corel WordPerfect
  • Microsoft OfficeHOT
 Finance accounting and enterprise resource planning ERP software
  • AccountantsWorld Payroll Relief
  • Intuit QuickBooksHOT
  • New World Systems Logos.NET
  • Sage 50 Accounting
  • Deltek VisionHOT
  • Infor ERP SyteLineHOT
  • Kronos Enterprise Workforce ManagementHOT
  • Microsoft DynamicsHOT
  • Microsoft Dynamics GPHOT
  • Oracle Fusion ApplicationsHOT
  • Oracle PeopleSoftHOT
  • SAPHOT
  • Tyler Technologies MUNISHOT
  • Oracle E-Business Suite Financials
  • ADP Pay eXpert
  • ADP ezLaborManager
  • Data Management TimeClock Plus
  • Exact Software Macola ES Labor Performance
  • Infotronics Attendance Enterprise
  • Jantek Electronics Jupiter Time & Attendance
  • Kronos Workforce Timekeeper
  • Norchard Solutions Succession Wizard
  • Paylocity Web Pay
  • Qqest TimeForce
  • Soft Trac Microix Timesheet
  • Stromberg Enterprise
  • iSystems Evolution Payroll and Tax Management
 Content authoring and editing software
  • Microsoft VisioHOT
  • YouTubeHOT
  • Microsoft WordHOT
  • Nuvosoft Rwiz
  • AASoftTech Web Organization Chart
  • Mentimeter
  • Microsoft PowerPointHOT
  • FacebookHOT
  • LinkedInHOT
  • Social media sitesHOT
  • IBM Lotus 1-2-3
  • Microsoft ExcelHOT
  • Microsoft Publisher
 Content management software
  • Atlas Business Solutions Staff Files
  • Microsoft Office SharePoint Server MOSS
  • PDF readers
  • WinOcular
 Data management and query software
  • SAP BusinessObjects Crystal Reports
  • Automation Centre Personnel Tracker
  • Data entry softwareHOT
  • Microsoft AccessHOT
  • IBM Cognos ImpromptuHOT
  • Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise EditionHOT
 Educational or reference software
  • Training software
  • Nearpod
 Industry specific software
  • IBM SPSS StatisticsHOT
  • Stratitec TimeIPS
 Information exchange software
  • IBM NotesHOT
  • Microsoft OutlookHOT
All data sourced from US Department of Labor, Employment & Training Administration O*Net Database.
Certifications
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Certifications
The certifications listed below are useful to pursue if you are interested in a career in this field.
 Specialty
 Advanced
 Product/Equipment
  • SAP Certified Application Associate - Human Capital Management with SAP ERP 6.0 EHP5
    3999 West Chester Pike, Newtown Square, PA 19073888-227-1727

  • SAP Certified Application Associate - SAP HCM with ERP 6.0 EHP7
    3999 West Chester Pike, Newtown Square, PA 19073888-227-1727

  • SAP Certified Application Associate - Human Capital Management with SAP ERP 6.0 EhP6
    3999 West Chester Pike, Newtown Square, PA 19073888-227-1727

  • SAP Certified Application Associate - SAP HCM Cloud Employee Central
    3999 West Chester Pike, Newtown Square, PA 19073888-227-1727

  • IBM Certified Associate - Kenexa BrassRing on Cloud
    1133 Westchester Avenue White Plains, NY 10604404-238-1234 (outside U.S.)

  • Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) R12 Human Capital Management Essentials
    500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065800-833-3536

  • PeopleSoft Enterprise Certified Expert 9 Human Capital Management, Human Resources Consultant
    500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065800-833-3536

  • Oracle Fusion Global Human Resources 2014 Essentials
    500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065800-833-3536

  • Oracle Fusion HCM: Talent Management 2014 Certified Implementation Specialist
    500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065800-833-3536

  • Oracle Fusion Incentive Compensation 2014 Essentials
    500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065800-833-3536

  • PeopleSoft Human Resources 9 Fundamentals
    500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065800-833-3536

  • Oracle Taleo Recruiting Cloud Service 2013 Essentials
    500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065800-833-3536

  • Oracle Utilities Mobile Workforce Management 2 Implementation Essentials
    500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065800-833-3536

 Core
All data sourced from US Department of Labor, Employment & Training Administration O*Net Database.
Licensing
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Licensing
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All data sourced from US Department of Labor, Employment & Training Administration O*Net Database.
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