Description
Recruit, screen, interview, or place individuals within an organization. May perform other activities in multiple human resources areas.
- • Address employee relations issues, such as harassment allegations, work complaints, or other employee concerns.
- • Analyze employment-related data and prepare required reports.
- • Conduct exit interviews and ensure that necessary employment termination paperwork is completed.
- • Conduct reference or background checks on job applicants.
- • Confer with management to develop or implement personnel policies or procedures.
- • Contact job applicants to inform them of the status of their applications.
- • Develop or implement recruiting strategies to meet current or anticipated staffing needs.
- • Hire employees and process hiring-related paperwork.
- • Inform job applicants of details such as duties and responsibilities, compensation, benefits, schedules, working conditions, or promotion opportunities.
- • Interpret and explain human resources policies, procedures, laws, standards, or regulations.
- • Interview job applicants to obtain information on work history, training, education, or job skills.
- • Maintain and update human resources documents, such as organizational charts, employee handbooks or directories, or performance evaluation forms.
- • Maintain current knowledge of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and affirmative action guidelines and laws, such as the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
- • Perform searches for qualified job candidates, using sources such as computer databases, networking, Internet recruiting resources, media advertisements, job fairs, recruiting firms, or employee referrals.
- • Prepare or maintain employment records related to events, such as hiring, termination, leaves, transfers, or promotions, using human resources management system software.
- • Provide management with information or training related to interviewing, performance appraisals, counseling techniques, or documentation of performance issues.
- • Review employment applications and job orders to match applicants with job requirements.
- • Schedule or administer skill, intelligence, psychological, or drug tests for current or prospective employees.
- • Schedule or conduct new employee orientations.
- • Select qualified job applicants or refer them to managers, making hiring recommendations when appropriate.
- • Advise management on organizing, preparing, or implementing recruiting or retention programs.
- • Coordinate with outside staffing agencies to secure temporary employees, based on departmental needs.
- • Evaluate recruitment or selection criteria to ensure conformance to professional, statistical, or testing standards, recommending revisions, as needed.
- • Evaluate selection or testing techniques by conducting research or follow-up activities and conferring with management or supervisory personnel.
- • Review and evaluate applicant qualifications or eligibility for specified licensing, according to established guidelines and designated licensing codes.
- • Administer employee benefit plans.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
