Description should include
- posting opportunities for employment
- accepting applications for employment
- screening job applicants
- investigating references
- scheduling interviews
- conducting employee orientation, training, and safety training
- assessing employees, including engagement and retention
- administering health and wellness benefits [e.g., insurance coverage, employee assistance programs (EAPs)]
- investigating claims.
Process/Skill Questions:
Thinking
- How can the personnel director determine the staff's human resources needs?
- What laws influence the division's hiring and firing policies?
Communication
- What written communications are important to the personnel division?
- What types of communications are kept in an employee's personal record?
Leadership
- Why is the personnel director an important member of the leadership team?
- What laws and regulations must human resources personnel follow in hiring employees?
Management
- What role does management have in the personnel division?
- How can management help existing personnel train new employees?