Human Resources Manager
Business
Plan, direct, or coordinate human resources activities and staff of an organization.
What you'd do all day
The tasks that matter most in this job, most important first.
- 1Serve as a link between management and employees by handling questions, interpreting and administering contracts and helping resolve work-related problems.
- 2Plan, direct, supervise, and coordinate work activities of subordinates and staff relating to employment, compensation, labor relations, and employee relations.
- 3Perform difficult staffing duties, including dealing with understaffing, refereeing disputes, firing employees, and administering disciplinary procedures.
- 4Represent organization at personnel-related hearings and investigations.
- 5Negotiate bargaining agreements and help interpret labor contracts.
- 6Advise managers on organizational policy matters, such as equal employment opportunity and sexual harassment, and recommend needed changes.
- 7Plan and conduct new employee orientation to foster positive attitude toward organizational objectives.
- 8Identify staff vacancies and recruit, interview, and select applicants.
- 9Analyze and modify compensation and benefits policies to establish competitive programs and ensure compliance with legal requirements.
- 10Analyze statistical data and reports to identify and determine causes of personnel problems and develop recommendations for improvement of organization's personnel policies and practices.
- 11Investigate and report on industrial accidents for insurance carriers.
- 12Administer compensation, benefits, and performance management systems, and safety and recreation programs.
- 13Prepare and follow budgets for personnel operations.
- 14Maintain records and compile statistical reports concerning personnel-related data such as hires, transfers, performance appraisals, and absenteeism rates.
- 15Provide current and prospective employees with information about policies, job duties, working conditions, wages, opportunities for promotion, and employee benefits.
- 16Plan, organize, direct, control, or coordinate the personnel, training, or labor relations activities of an organization.
- 17Conduct exit interviews to identify reasons for employee termination.
- 18Oversee the evaluation, classification, and rating of occupations and job positions.
- 19Analyze training needs to design employee development, language training, and health and safety programs.
- 20Allocate human resources, ensuring appropriate matches between personnel.
- 21Prepare personnel forecast to project employment needs.
- 22Study legislation, arbitration decisions, and collective bargaining contracts to assess industry trends.
- 23Develop or administer special projects in areas such as pay equity, savings bond programs, day care, and employee awards.
- 24Develop, administer, and evaluate applicant tests.
- 25Contract with vendors to provide employee services, such as food service, transportation, or relocation service.
- 26Provide terminated employees with outplacement or relocation assistance.
Also known as
What this job is called on JobStreet, LinkedIn and in job ads. Search these too.
- HR VP
- HR Manager
- HR Director
- HR Supervisor
- HR Coordinator
- HR Ops Manager
- Staffing Manager
- Diversity Manager
- HR Admin Director
- Personnel Manager
How far is this from you?
Roughly how much preparation this job usually takes. In Malaysia your UPU route and the programme's syarat still decide entry, so treat this as a guide, not a gate.
1
Entry straight after SPM
2
SPM + sijil / short TVET course
3
Diploma / TVET (sijil–diploma)
Typical entry
Degree (ijazah sarjana muda)
5
Postgrad (sarjana / PhD) or professional route
Subjects that matter here
The SPM subjects worth your effort for this career, with the reason for each.
What you'd need to know
The subject areas this job leans on most, and the SPM subjects that build them.
- Personnel and Human Resources98%
Business
- English Language86%
English
- Administration and Management84%
BusinessEconomics
- Customer and Personal Service78%
- Education and Training77%
- Law and Government72%
History (Sejarah)
Tools you'd use
Software and equipment that show up in this job, worth learning early.
What the work feels like
Day-to-day working conditions, so you can tell whether the job suits how you like to work.
- Face-to-face discussionsEvery day
- Contact with other peopleConstant contact
- Dealing with customers or the publicHigh
- Leading or coordinating othersHigh
- Handling conflict situationsOften
- Indoors, air-conditionedEvery day
- Outdoors, in all weatherAlmost never
- Noisy environmentAlmost never
AI and demand for this job
A few real, dated data points — not a single score. AI making some tasks faster usually means a job changes, not that it disappears.
Share of everyday tasks today's AI can already help with (2023)
This estimate is from 2023 — already out of date, since AI moves fast. Treat it as a rough, aging starting point, not the current picture.
US Bureau of Labor Statistics data, not Malaysian. Shown because it's the only forward-looking demand estimate we have for this job.
TalentCorp and ILMIA's Critical Occupations List — evidence of a real hiring shortage in Malaysia right now.
Human Resource Managers · Shortage indicators met: 3/12
Pay in Malaysia
We don't have a sourced Malaysian salary range for this job yet, and we'd rather show nothing than a number we can't stand behind.
Where to check:
- JobStreet and Hiredly job ads for this title
- DOSM Salaries & Wages Survey
- SSPA scheme tables, if you're aiming for a government post
Check what you may qualify for
Enter your SPM grades and see which routes and programmes you may qualify for. An estimate to plan with, not an offer.
How to get here
Post-SPM pathways with programmes in this career's fields. Tap one to see real programmes and entry requirements.
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About this information
This describes what the job involves. Pay, demand and entry routes differ in Malaysia, so check the Pathways and Programmes pages for local requirements.
O*NET occupation: Human Resources Managers
Job responsibilities, knowledge areas and work context from O*NET 30.3, US Department of Labor, used under CC BY 4.0. onetcenter.org
Programmes that lead here
Programmes from the official UPU (KPT) and MQA catalogues whose field of study typically leads to this career. Matched by field, not a job guarantee.