Human Resources

Attracting the most qualified employees and matching them to the jobs for which they are best suited is significant for the success of any organisation. However, many enterprises are too large to permit close contact between top management and employees.

Human resources, training, and labor relations managers and specialists provide this connection. In the past, these workers have been associated with performing the administrative function of an organisation, such as handling employee benefits questions or recruiting, interviewing, and hiring new staff in accordance with policies and requirements that have been established in conjunction with top management. Today’s human resources workers manage these tasks and, increasingly, consult top executives regarding strategic planning. They have moved from behind-the-scenes staff work to leading the company in suggesting and changing policies. Senior management is recognising the significance of the human resources department to their financial success. The following titles are common globally in identifying HRM Specialists:

• Director of HR, Training Director, and Director of Human Resources
• Equal Employment Opportunity Officers, Representatives, or Affirmative Action Coordinators
• Employee Assistance Plan Managers, also called Employee Welfare Managers,
• Training and Development Managers
• Director of Industrial Relations
• Labor Relations Managers
• International Human Resources Managers,
• Human Resources Information System Specialists,

All HR Occupations are closely related. In the end, HR professionals get jobs in other related fields where expertise in interpersonal relations is required including becoming counselors, education administrators, public relations specialists, psychologists, social and human service assistants and social workers.