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HUMAN RESOURCES CAREERS : Are you the type of person who likes to resolve disputes and conflicts? If you are a natural leader and enjoy coaching people, then working in human resources might be for you.

Career FAQs Human Resources advises you on the possibilities available for a human resource professional to develop and implement processes and strategies that aim to create a motivated and productive workforce. Find out what it’s like to be an HR officer, occupational health and safety consultant, national HR manager, organisational health consultant, HR graduate, compliance and improvement manager, manager HR systems, learning and development manager, recruitment consultant, training adviser, HR group director or freelance HR writer.

Process activities are the day-to-day functions of the HR department, such as administering pay and holiday leave, training managers, recruiting staff and maintaining employee records.

Of course, getting the best out of people benefits not only employees but employers too. Even during the unpleasant job of staff retrenchments, HR people can find ways to help people. How? By helping them through the process, and providing retraining options or redundancy packages.