Human Resource (HR) is one of the most important assets of an organization. And, Human Resource Professionals are the set of individuals who are responsible for managing these human resources and also protecting their interests and benefits. It’s the department that carries out the task like recruiting the right candidate for the right job & effectively managing the existing workforce. The HR professionals can play a very important role in uplifting the company through proper employee management.
Since they are such vital part of an organization, they must possess certain skills. Following are some of the skills that are vital for the effective and efficient performance of the HR activities;
Recruitment Skills
Recruitment refers to the process of hiring and selecting the right candidate for the right job. Hiring a new employee can be a very challenging task in today’s competitive environment. So, it is very essential for HR professionals to have better recruitment skills for analyzing job requirements, the process of attracting candidates, screening from pool of candidates and evaluating them on their academic qualifications and work experiences. Selecting a wrong person for the position can result in great loss to the company.
Communication Skills
Good communication skill reflects the ability to listen, transfer the information effectively and also understanding nonverbal cues. Good communication skills allow HR professionals to express their ideas, thoughts, information in an effective manner. They act as a communication medium in order to communicate to the top management then to the lower one, with the other managers then to the candidates and the rest.
HR tasks also require much writing such as day-to-day email, changes in the HR policies, etc. So along with speaking and listening skills, they also require proper writing skills. Therefore, the skill of communication is very much required in a good HR personality to grow quickly in the field.
Multi- Task Management Skills
Multitasking is the ability to perform more than one work at a time or simultaneously. The person having the ability to do multi task job is likely to complete any work before its deadline. Multi-tasking ability helps one to learn how to cope up with distraction and interruption. Therefore, as HR professionals have to carry out many tasks including external recruitment and internal HR management, having multi-tasking skills will surely be an added advantage.
Flexibility
Along with good communication skills and multi-task management skills, an HR professional should also be flexible and less resistant to change. Flexibility allows you to adjust easily to every environment. And, also helps you to remain calm in case of any problem or difficult situation. Being flexible helps ones to be easy with any other old or new staff in the workplace as well. They need to meet different people and deal with people with different personalities. All people will surely not have the same level of understanding so being calm and being flexible by getting adapted to the required situation is very much important.
Broad-minded
Broad minded people are the ones who are always open to new ideas and information. The best part of being a broad minded is, you can experience new things every day in your life. It also builds more curiosity in person which helps to be more creative and produce new ideas to deal with any difficulties. Being broad minded is very much important to HR personnel of every company. The flow of information in their mind will help them to create new ideas which will be very much beneficial for an organization. HR professionals are the personalities who create new rules and regulation in the company and hire new employees. So, this is the next important skill to be covered by HR professionals.
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