| Human resources managers are responsible for finding | | | | carpooling, food service, child care, first aid, and elder |
| the most talented employees for corporate positions | | | | care, in addition to providing counseling to individuals |
| and matching them with jobs for which they will be | | | | who are experiencing financial problems or emotional |
| best suited. These professionals will question potential | | | | disorders. Welfare managers can also provide career |
| employees through interviews, trying to hire individuals | | | | counseling to employees within a company. |
| who will increase productivity and morale, in addition to | | | | The working environment of these human resources |
| decreasing job turnover. | | | | professionals will usually include a standard 40 hour |
| Directors of human resources are responsible for | | | | work week, although longer hours may be necessary |
| managing various departments which can include | | | | in the professions of labor arbitration in order to |
| employment and placement, benefits, training, and labor | | | | negotiate contracts with union employees. The |
| relations. Placement managers are responsible for | | | | educational requirements to become a human |
| hiring employees and screening applicants, while | | | | resources director will vary in depend on the |
| employee recruiters are responsible for traveling within | | | | responsibilities that they will have. Most employers |
| a community and attempting to screen and interview | | | | prefer individuals with a bachelor's degree in |
| the best applicants. | | | | management or a liberal arts education. |
| Employment interviewers are responsible for helping | | | | In 2006, human resources managers held over 850,000 |
| employers find qualified job applicants and employee | | | | jobs in America, with the lion's share of these positions |
| relations representatives are responsible for working | | | | being held by training and developmental specialists. |
| within governments in order to maintain positive | | | | Only about 17,000 human resources managers are |
| relationships between government management and | | | | self-employed, usually working as consultants in |
| employees. | | | | corporations. Job prospects overall for these |
| Benefits managers are responsible for supervising the | | | | professionals are expected to be good, growing much |
| companies benefits program, which can include health | | | | faster than the average rate of population growth. |
| insurance and retirement programs. These individuals | | | | In 2007, the Federal government found that human |
| will need to be familiar with various company policies | | | | resources managers started out at $76,500 when |
| on health coverage and reimbursement in emergency | | | | working for the government, and the National |
| situations or those that are caused by parental leave. | | | | Association of Colleges and Employers found that |
| Employee welfare managers are responsible for | | | | those starting out in the field made an average of |
| managing a number of programs which can include | | | | $41,680 annually. |