Plan, direct, or coordinate human resources activities and staff of an organization.
<ul><li>Serve as a link between management and employees by handling questions, interpreting and administering contracts and helping resolve work-related problems.</li><li>Advise managers on organizational policy matters, such as equal employment opportunity and sexual harassment, and recommend needed changes.</li><li>Analyze and modify compensation and benefits policies to establish competitive programs and ensure compliance with legal requirements.</li><li>Perform difficult staffing duties, including dealing with understaffing, refereeing disputes, firing employees, and administering disciplinary procedures.</li><li>Represent organization at personnel-related hearings and investigations.</li><li>Identify staff vacancies and recruit, interview, and select applicants.</li><li>Negotiate bargaining agreements and help interpret labor contracts.</li><li>Plan, direct, supervise, and coordinate work activities of subordinates and staff relating to employment, compensation, labor relations, and employee relations.</li><li>Provide current and prospective employees with information about policies, job duties, working conditions, wages, opportunities for promotion, and employee benefits.</li><li>Prepare personnel forecast to project employment needs.</li><li>Investigate and report on industrial accidents for insurance carriers.</li><li>Administer compensation, benefits, and performance management systems, and safety and recreation programs.</li><li>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.</li><li>Plan, organize, direct, control, or coordinate the personnel, training, or labor relations activities of an organization.</li><li>Allocate human resources, ensuring appropriate matches between personnel.</li><li>Plan and conduct new employee orientation to foster positive attitude toward organizational objectives.</li><li>Oversee the evaluation, classification, and rating of occupations and job positions.</li><li>Analyze training needs to design employee development, language training, and health and safety programs.</li><li>Study legislation, arbitration decisions, and collective bargaining contracts to assess industry trends.</li><li>Maintain records and compile statistical reports concerning personnel-related data such as hires, transfers, performance appraisals, and absenteeism rates.</li><li>Prepare and follow budgets for personnel operations.</li><li>Conduct exit interviews to identify reasons for employee termination.</li><li>Develop, administer, and evaluate applicant tests.</li><li>Develop or administer special projects in areas such as pay equity, savings bond programs, day care, and employee awards.</li></ul>