Recently, a vacancy such as the HR Director has begun to appear more and more often. And it is very popular among many firms. True, most potential employees have no idea what they will have to deal with. More precisely, which HR director should perform actions at his workplace. For this reason, some employees abandon this position. But we will help them learn about the true tasks that such an employee will have to accomplish. Plus, it’s worth knowing not only what job description of the HR Director will be followed, but also the requirements for the employee (his skills and abilities with personality traits). After all, it is clear that this vacancy is intended for leadership.
Staff recruitment
No matter how funny it may sound, such a position often involves the selection of personnel in the company. Especially if you have a small company. That is, you should immediately prepare for the fact that the HR Director often performs not only his own duties, but also employees who should be “by default” and only absent.
Fortunately, the selection of personnel is now far from the most difficult job. Many dream about this task in the workplace. You will have to use your computer to post job vacancies and then conduct interviews. On them, in turn, it is necessary to evaluate the potential employee and make a decision regarding employment.
In reality, this is not as difficult as it might seem at first glance. The tasks of the HR Director are diverse. And the search for new personnel is perhaps the simplest of all proposed. Yes, you will have to prepare for each interview, but it’s still better than unloading wagons at night or selling this or that product over the phone. Do not think that everything is so easy and simple. The HR Director still has a lot of different tasks and goals that he has to realize without any help.
Guide
A more pleasant moment is nothing more than personnel management. That is, if you asked yourself: "HR Director, what does he do at work?" - it is possible to answer shortly and clearly - directs. All that concerns the personnel of the company. And with all this, he is engaged, as already mentioned, in the search for new employees.
Leadership is a multilateral concept. But often it involves setting some tasks for people, as well as tracking the progress of the work. That is a certain control. And this is normal. True, you will have to manage very carefully: in case of non-compliance with the rules of conduct, as well as in case of abuse of your leadership position, you will quickly be "ousted" from office. After all, the competition here is huge. Indeed, the profession of "director of personnel" has recently become very popular. The duties of such an employee in the company are not particularly difficult, but they are diverse and require a decisive approach, as well as some special skills. We will talk about them a little later. After we understand the instructions at the workplace of such an employee.
Politics
Personnel policy is an important element in the relationship of all employees with each other and with management. All this is organized and implemented by the HR Director. The instructions and responsibilities of such an employee include maintaining and developing a personnel policy. Without it, one cannot imagine a normally developing company. Even the smallest.
Personnel policy is an important element. In order to properly develop and implement it, you will have to show flexibility, knowledge of psychology, as well as mathematics, sociology and economics. An incorrectly compiled set of rules can ruin even the best and most stable company. Therefore, the profession of HR Director is a very responsible position. The behavior of employees in the workplace, as well as their business relationships, will depend on you.
In general, it is often the responsibility of the HR director and HR manager to design personnel policies. These two employees are best versed in people and their behavior. And they, like no one else, know how to better formulate rules for compliance in the workplace. But if you have a small company, then you will replace the recruitment manager yourself. HR Director - the position is not only prestigious, but also very responsible. And all tasks will also have to be approached with attention. Especially to some of them.
Payouts
An extremely important point is the development of the level of employees' salaries, as well as the availability of benefits, incentives and allowances. The instruction of the Director of Human Resources implies that such an employee will necessarily develop payment systems, as well as their size.
Benefit and wage schemes are an important element. And it often depends on staff satisfaction with the workplace. You will have to take into account a lot of points in order to be able to properly build a cost system for employees. Otherwise, you risk getting a bad reputation. And then, if you get fired, you won’t be able to get a new position in exactly the same position. Nobody wants to trust the personnel policy and the payment system to a person who is not able to cope with his duties.
As a rule, in order for the HR director to be able to properly develop the concept of cash payments in the company, ready-made templates are used. But they are slightly processed and "adjusted" for each company. Of course, taking into account the budget of the company, as well as its popularity, income and wealth. So you can always get out. The main thing is to pay particular attention to this venture.
Reserves
But such an employee has another job. The HR Director is also a person who must not only develop concepts for compliance with the rules at the workplace, but also control the number of employees. That is, you will be responsible for how many employees should stay in the workplace. And, of course, to prepare a personnel reserve.
In truth, there is nothing difficult in this matter. After all, usually the HR director uses ready-made templates to help regulate the number of needed employees and their reserves. That is, you will independently determine how many people and what positions you need to take. And also how many potential employees can be given the hope that they will be able to work with your employer.
Thus, you should not be afraid of this task. Many managers hire HR directors with a ready-made plan for “back-up” and “main” workers. And it will be enough for you to simply select the suitable personnel, as well as conduct interviews with them. But in small firms you have to do everything yourself.
There is an even more difficult task that will have to be implemented in the workplace. Which one, exactly? We will meet her now.
Training and practice
Of course, any employee will have to undergo training and practice when hiring. Who is developing these tasks? Of course, the director of personnel. That is, he is not only responsible for the selection of personnel, their behavior and salary, but also is engaged in their training. Only not directly, but indirectly.
In other words, you will have to create employment rules that involve passing a probationary period, as well as training an employee. So to speak, create a "work program" for a new employee. And the knowledge acquired during the training period, suitable for performing work tasks, will fall on your shoulders. If at the end of the internship the company receives an unprofessional employee, then it will be your fault.
Developing a training plan based on company activities is not so difficult. Why? In open sources, you can find many different options, and then simply remake it for a specific corporation, and then offer for execution. At the end of the training, do not forget to test the employee for knowledge gained.
As you can see, the job description of the HR Director requires special skills and difficult tasks from such an employee. But even this is far from all his duties.
News and Holidays
The following tasks performed by the HR Director usually do not cause problems. But they are still a little non-standard. The fact is that different tasks and goals are performed by the HR Director. The job description of the director of such a plan in any place implies the organization and maintenance of a news portal, as well as the selection and holding of corporate holidays.
In other words, you will not only have to recruit and control staff, but also inform you about news and events, as well as entertain - that is, organize holidays and corporate parties. You will need to look for suitable places for these tasks, as well as communicate with hosts and event organizers.
Fortunately, now it is not so difficult. Here the HR director will just have to communicate via the Internet, and also agree on corporate parties virtually. Occasionally - go out in person. And, of course, pay with the organizers and restaurants. And the main difficulty in these tasks is to inform about the news. This lesson requires constant work. And only the HR Director does this. The job description of the director of this kind allows the use of information technology to carry out the task. That is, you can send news via the Internet or post them in a special news feed on the official website of your corporation. Not so difficult as it might seem at first glance.
Costs and Development
Another two tasks that must be performed by the HR director are: controlling the costs of employees, as well as developing the training center of the company. That is, it can be said that such an employee is in every sense responsible for the training and livelihoods of potential and real applicants.
Controlling expenses here involves not only social payments and wages. We are talking about training, compensation, as well as the actual costs that should be paid by the company per 1 person (electricity, electricity, water and so on).
But the development of the training center is already a more difficult task. From year to year new programs and technology come out. And this means that a modern employee must be able to handle all the innovations (of course, depending on the activities of the company). And therefore, to the already prepared curriculum all the time you have to add new components. And since the training centers should be modern at the companies, then the objects for their functioning (mainly equipment) will also have to be purchased in a timely manner. This means that if the bulk of competitors already knows how to use a 3D printer, for example, then your employees should be able to. And you must timely inform your supervisor that the training center needs such a technique. And at the same time provide a training plan for working on it. In principle, if you practice this activity for some time, then you can easily cope with it.
Skills
As you can see, this is a very interesting and good position - HR Director. The requirements for such an employee are very high, and not everyone will be able to meet them in every sense. A good director has many skills and knowledge, as well as character traits that help to constantly be on top and soberly assess the situation in the workplace. What should be the HR Director?
Let's start with the skills, of course. They are often checked at the interview. And without them it will not even turn out to be in the ranks of potentially suitable candidates for this position. The first thing that a future HR director should be able to do is manage. That is, such an employee is an ideal (or good, we are not all perfect) manager. It is advisable that you have an appropriate education. Here "Management" or "Economics" is suitable. Sometimes, as an exception - "Service".
In addition to management, the list of skills for the future HR director should be creative. That is non-standard thinking. Sometimes it is it that can help with leadership, as well as with the approach to staff training. And for an interview, the originally conducted testing process is usually extremely effective. In principle, you can do without non-standard thinking, but you will have to be extremely tight at the workplace. But you can get creative through practice. After all, the HR Director is a position that constantly requires the development of thinking.
Logic is another skill our today's manager should have. You can’t do without it either at work or in life. Unfortunately, logical thinking is now well developed only in some people. For this reason, the position of HR Director is often taken by “someone” who will simply follow the template instructions and implement them. Such an attitude will prevent the company from developing and functioning normally. So try to develop your logical skills in advance. They will not only be useful to you, but will also facilitate the process of completing tasks assigned to the workplace.
It would be nice to also have in the list of its advantages such as knowledge of economics. Without them, you cannot develop a payout and payroll policy. So the bulk of your responsibilities will not be realized. In principle, many employers are now ready for some time to “close their eyes” to the lack of skills in economic activity. After all, with practice they will certainly appear. And then you do not have to worry anymore for the bulk of your work. True, the probationary period in this situation can be increased several times. Yes, and training too.
Information technology skills are also required. Of course, they should be at a fairly high level. Indeed, otherwise you will not be able to cope with the simplest tasks that may be required of you. A human resources director who does not know how to handle modern technology is a huge shame for the company. It would also be nice to have some kind of certificate confirming your skills. For example, a diploma of a system administrator or a wizard for working with the "1C" program. This will be a huge plus for you.
Character and features
Each employee, depending on the position, should develop and appear some character traits. Without them, as a rule, it will not be possible to realize the idea of a successful career building. What character and behavioral features should a good HR director have?
To start with ambitiousness. Such an employee must necessarily be not only smart, but also promising. No one needs a person in a leading position who is only knowledgeable. One who does not try to prove himself is just a terrible leader.
Also, a good HR director must have good stress resistance. This profession is not so calm as it might seem at first glance. And the nerves constantly interfere with normal work and perform all the necessary tasks in the workplace. In principle, any employee should have good stress resistance. Especially office.
Since you have to communicate with people in this position, you need to be open and sociable. With know-it-alls and unfriendly personalities, dialogue, as a rule, does not develop. And this makes it difficult to hire experienced and good workers. It should not be like that. Keep in mind that sociophobes and misanthropes will never be hired as HR directors. An exception can be made only if you have a connection. Or if the corporation has a recruitment manager who will communicate with employees, and you will only perform calculations and other "office" tasks. But here it is important to be a very experienced and professional candidate.
Among other things, you should also have skills and knowledge in the field of human psychology. You can do without them, but then you will have to work many times more and work harder. After all, psychology helps the manager to implement the personnel management policy so that the behavior of employees gives the maximum return and at the same time does not injure employees psychologically. That is, the management policy should more or less suit the staff. Otherwise, strikes and discontent cannot be avoided.
Among other things, a good employee should not only be sociable, but friendly. And with etiquette skills. But the language of such an employee must necessarily be well suspended. . , .
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