#4 Developing Skills Needed to Excel at your HR Job

“A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.” - Larry Bird

Regardless of what job you choose to excel in, there are many fundamental skills to develop as a benefit in increasing the success of your Human Resources career.

It’s not just about reading case studies and mastering your knowledge on recruiting, providing compensation benefits or even health and safety in the workplace. It’s about developing and mastering skills that you can use on a day to day basis, in whatever sector of human resources, to achieve the desired outcome in whatever task you are trying to accomplish.

Which is why, I have provided basic examples of skills in which you can dedicate time into building for the purpose of developing your HR career.

1. Decisive thinker: able to analyse information quickly and use it to 
make strong decisions.

2. Collaborative: able to work well with a wide range of people.

3. Courage: has the courage and confidence to speak up and challenge others even when met with resistance or unfamiliar 
circumstances.

4. Communication: ability to 
communicate to variety of people at different levels, through both written and 
oral communication.

5. Organization: ability to organize files, strong time management skills, and 
personal efficiency- key to HR effectiveness.

6. Discrete and Ethical: always handle confidential information appropriately, and never disclose to just anyone.

7. Change Management: be able to cope with the constant changes.

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Test Question: Which of the following is a written statement of the skills, knowledge, abilities, and other characteristics needed to perform a job effectively?

                                                              a. job design.
                                                              b. job specification.
                                                              c. job analysis.
                                                              d. job description.

Answer is B

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 Question of the Day: Are you confident in YOUR SKILLS to be successful in your career? 

Please leave your comments and answer to this question below!!

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References: For more information visit the following links
http://hrdailyadvisor.blr.com/2006/07/18/the-9-essential-skills-of-human-resources-management-how-many-do-you-have-2/#sthash.CmS6aVrx.dpuf
https://targetjobs.co.uk/career-sectors/hr-and-recruitment/324027-what-skills-and-competencies-do-you-need-for-a-career-in-hr