HR Director Jobs

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• HR Management
• HR Manager
• Human Resources Director
• Human Resources Manager

Required or preferred licenses and certifications for HR Director positions.

The following top skills are often required or desired to land a HR Director position

• Applicant Tracking System
• Benefits Administration
• Career Development
• Coaching
• Collective Bargaining
• Communication Skills
• Compensation and Benefits
• Computer Skills
• Customer Service
• Development
• Employee Engagement
• Employee Relations
• Employment Law
• Exit Interviews
• Family And Medical Leave Act
• Filing
• Firing
• Generalist
• HR Policies & Procedures
• Human Resources
• Human Resources Information System
• Human Resources Management
• I-9 Forms
• Implementation
• Interviewing
• Labor Law
• Labor Relations
• Leadership
• Leading
• Learning Management System
• Leave of Absence
• Legal Compliance
• Management
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Office
• Microsoft Word
• New Employee Orientation
• New Hire Paperwork
• New Hire Training
• Onboarding
• Organization
• Organization Design
• Organizational Development
• Orientation
• Payroll
• Performance Evaluation
• Performance Management
• Planning
• Policy Administration
• Policy Development
• Problem Solving
• Regulations
• Regulatory Compliance
• Reporting
• Resolution
• Scheduling
• Staff Supervision
• Staffing
• Strategy Development
• Succession Planning
• Talent Acquisition
• Talent Management
• Tracking
• Training and Development
• Unemployment Claims
• Workers' Compensation
• Written Communication

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The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) recently announced that it would begin offering its own version of professional certifications beginning in 2015, thereby ending its more than 40-year relationship with the HR Certification Institute (HRCI), an organization SHRM created specifically to administer certification examinations.

With the recent economic downturn, many job seekers at least considered a position in HR and many took the leap and changed their career focus altogether. The reason for this is because HR is seen as one of the more recession-proof occupations. The conventional wisdom is simple: companies need to hire, so therefore they need an HR professional.