Human Resources Manager

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Work Tasks

• Find and interview new employees
• Suggest how to best use workers' skills and plan training to improve skills
• Keep records of who is hired, promoted, transferred, or fired, and keep insurance and pension plan records
• Help resolve worker complaints and make sure wages are fair
• Work for labor organizations, plants, finance and insurance firms, the government, and services industries such as business, health, social, management, and educational
• Work with job applications, employee records, interviews, survey results, work schedules, time sheets, clerical forms, Human Resource Information System (HRIS), company exams, and consultants

Salary, Size & Growth

• $91,500 average per year ($44.00 per hour)
• A medium occupation (67,700 workers in 2010)
• Expected to grow moderately (0.9% per year)

Education/Training

• Minimum for Entry: A 4-year degree in human resources or industrial relations
• Employers Prefer: A master's degree in human resources and related work experience
• Skills/Courses: College courses include compensation, recruitment, training and development, performance appraisal, labor law, collective bargaining, labor economics, labor history, management, industrial psychology, sociology, political science, economics, and statistics.
• Certification/Licensing: Certifications are available after related courses and tests.