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In Brief... Personnel Manager

 Brief Description:

Plans, directs, and coordinates the human resource management activities of an organisation. May be in charge of functions such as employee compensation, recruitment, personnel policies, and regulatory compliance.


Typical tasks undertaken in this profession: 26

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Serve as a link between management and employees by handling questions, interpreting and administering contracts and helping resolve work-related problems. 

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Analyze and modify compensation and benefits policies to establish competitive programs and ensure compliance with legal requirements. 

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Advise managers on organizational policy matters such as equal employment opportunity and sexual harassment, and recommend needed changes. 

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Perform difficult staffing duties, including dealing with understaffing, refereeing disputes, firing employees, and administering disciplinary procedures. 

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Plan and conduct new employee orientation to foster positive attitude toward organizational objectives. 

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Identify staff vacancies and recruit, interview and select applicants. 

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Plan, direct, supervise, and coordinate work activities of subordinates and staff relating to employment, compensation, labor relations, and employee relations. 

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Plan, organize, direct, control or coordinate the personnel, training, or labor relations activities of an organization. 

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Represent organization at personnel-related hearings and investigations. 

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Administer compensation, benefits and performance management systems, and safety and recreation programs. 

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Qualifications required?

Degree plus additional professional human resource qualification.

Typical entry routes:

Employees in the occupation usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training and/or vocational training.

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Business Organisation & Business Management


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1 LABOUR MARKET INFORMATION


The following information is based on the National Skills Bulletin 2012 and displays some useful information about selected occupations, or occupation groups.

Each occupation is examined in terms of its employment profile (based on the data from the Quarterly National Household Survey by the Central Statistics Office (CSO)), recent employment trends and other available indicators on the demand and supply of skills.

Identified shortages are defined in terms of their characteristics, i.e. skill shortage or labour shortage. For more information see the Labour Market Information section of this site.

 
Labour / Skills shortage indicator

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Growth Rate 2007 - 2011

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+10%
 
Scale
 
 
-0%
 
     
Part-time workers

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Total employed in this occupation: 4100
%
Part-time
5%
 
Scale
 
 
95%
Full-time
 
 
Older workers

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%
Over 55
9%
 
Scale
 
 
91%
Under 55
 
     
Ratio of Male / Female workers

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%
Male
20%
 
Scale
 
 
80%
Female
 
 
Non-Irish National workers

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%
Non-Irish
2%
 
Scale
 
 
98%
Irish
 

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