| Human Resources is defined as a part of an | | | | additional qualifications of the employees such as their |
| organization that focuses on the employee's benefits, | | | | professional rewards, managerial levels, involvement in |
| personnel services, and administrative services. They | | | | the community, etc. |
| also provide employee resources, training, employee | | | | In most colleges and universities, they have human |
| counseling, health administrative services, payroll, and | | | | resources, personnel, or labor relations degrees to be |
| other services. The goal is to provide services that | | | | used in the field. Several type of degrees colleges |
| they employees need so they will be able to find the | | | | offer business administration, education, organizational |
| work effectively and efficiently for the organization. | | | | development, human services, communication, public |
| HR also focuses on recruiting, pensions, bonuses, | | | | administration, instructional technology, or other related |
| confidential records, record keeping, employee | | | | departments. The college courses that Human |
| evaluations, career advancement, interviewing, hiring, | | | | Resources major would take are psychology, |
| promotions, orientation, and background checks. To | | | | sociology, economics, statistics, principles in |
| work in this type of career requires a college training in | | | | management, political science, labor laws, labor history, |
| this specialty through four years of post secondary | | | | industrial psychology, ethics, finance, and more |
| schooling to obtain a bachelor's degree and some | | | | depending the specialty the student has chosen to go |
| levels of the human resources requires a graduate | | | | with. |
| degree which can take approximately two years or | | | | HR professionals can choose to be recognized in the |
| more to complete. Although a degree may not be | | | | field by applying for certification which is administered |
| required for every human resources job position, but in | | | | by the HR Certification Institute, and other qualified |
| this day and age, a degree is almost required for a | | | | institutions. The first level of human resources |
| majority of the job positions. | | | | certification is the PHR, which stands for the |
| Within the recruitment development of human | | | | Professional in Human Resources, and the second |
| resources, they view several factors, which are | | | | level is the SPHR, which stands for the Senior |
| population or the overall demographics, which includes | | | | Professional in HR. There are more advanced |
| gender, age, and societal class. This is looked at in | | | | certifications available for professionals who desire |
| depth for pension, health insurance, and insurance | | | | more to advance further in their careers. Job |
| offering. Another factor is the diversity within the | | | | applicants with the human resources credentials are |
| workplace such as the age of the employees, including | | | | found to be more preferable than others to be hired |
| gender, race, etc. Finally, the view of the skills and other | | | | than those without the added certification. |