In an increasingly competitive human resource market globally, a HR specialist that can survive the cut-throat environment is one that has tabs on organizational trends when it comes to staffing.
To become an effective human resource specialist, there are some skills that you need to have and exhibit them to increase your chances of being hired in a top organization.
Some of these skills are explained below.
An effective HR specialist needs to have basic skills in developing job descriptions. This helps in giving potential employees a glimpse into what is required of them when they submit their applications.
Closely tied to this is the knowledge on how to go about advertising the job openings.
The specialist should be conversant with different advertising means especially in times as these when new media is gradually becoming a force to reckon with when it comes to advertising.
The HR specialist ought to have a clear understanding of the organization’s needs which they should consider when choosing how to advertise for any available positions.
There should be a well laid out hiring criteria to help sieve through numerous applications and finally be able to get the exact minds that the organization needs. Hiring will involve going through resumes to determine who qualifies for a formal interview.
The interviews part is very important and you as the human specialist should have in mind or in written form the type of questions to ask, as you engage the potential employees on their resumes and experience to determine their eligibility to be inducted into the organization’s workforce.
If need be, you should able to determine if an applicant needs a test to check their skills.
You should also be able to deal with the qualified applicants. If its company policy to have drug tests before being inducted, let them know how to go about that.
Have in mind orientation sessions to help the new member(s) fit better and boost their confidence in the new environment.
Depending on the evaluation of the new employees, the HR specialist should be able to advise the organization on the best salary scales and job classifications.
The HR specialist is the custodian of the company’s interests in term of ensuring the workforce is at all times productive and in line with company code of conduct and behavior.
You should come up with mechanisms to give existing and new employees refresher training to keep their performance optimum all through. Come up with ways to monitor performance from all levels of employees under your jurisdiction.
