HR officers need to know two things inside out – people and employment law. If you don’t ‘do’ people, you’ll struggle to succeed in HR. And how the law applies to those people is the major area of the job.

Confidentiality is key for officers as they’ll often be counselling employees who have work-related or personal problems (and sometimes both). Overseeing the company’s pay, benefits and health and safety policies is another responsibility, as is recruitment. Read More