Human Resources Specialists Career, Salary and Skills

Occupation description

Recruit, screen, interview, or place individuals within an organization. May perform other activities in multiple human resources areas.

National salary and employment

Top skills

Typical tasks

• Hire employees and process hiring-related paperwork.
• Maintain current knowledge of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and affirmative action guidelines and laws, such as the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
• Prepare or maintain employment records related to events, such as hiring, termination, leaves, transfers, or promotions, using human resources management system software.
• Address employee relations issues, such as harassment allegations, work complaints, or other employee concerns.
• Review employment applications and job orders to match applicants with job requirements.
• Inform job applicants of details such as duties and responsibilities, compensation, benefits, schedules, working conditions, or promotion opportunities.
• Select qualified job applicants or refer them to managers, making hiring recommendations when appropriate.
• Interpret and explain human resources policies, procedures, laws, standards, or regulations.

Technology

• Adobe Acrobat
• Adobe Creative Cloud software
• Adobe Dreamweaver
• Adobe Human Capital Application Solution Accelerator
• Adobe Illustrator
• Adobe InDesign
• Adobe LifeCycle Enterprise Suite
• Adobe Photoshop
• ADP Workforce Now
• Advanced business application programming ABAP
• Airtable
• Apple Final Cut Pro
• Apple macOS
• Applicant tracking software

Human Resources Specialists salary by location

Areas with the highest reported employment for this occupation.

• Human Resources Specialists Salary in CA
  Median $83,500 · Employment 104,000
• Human Resources Specialists Salary in TX
  Median $68,920 · Employment 84,930
• Human Resources Specialists Salary in FL
  Median $66,410 · Employment 62,730
• Human Resources Specialists Salary in NY
  Median $84,380 · Employment 54,610
• Human Resources Specialists Salary in New York, NY
  Median $89,780 · Employment 52,370
• Human Resources Specialists Salary in PA
  Median $70,450 · Employment 36,960
• Human Resources Specialists Salary in Los Angeles, CA
  Median $80,220 · Employment 36,850
• Human Resources Specialists Salary in IL
  Median $76,820 · Employment 35,430
• Human Resources Specialists Salary in OH
  Median $70,180 · Employment 33,500
• Human Resources Specialists Salary in GA
  Median $70,570 · Employment 32,110
• Human Resources Specialists Salary in NC
  Median $73,070 · Employment 31,140
• Human Resources Specialists Salary in Dallas, TX
  Median $70,700 · Employment 29,190

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