Human Resources Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Human Resources

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Human Resources Skills List in Human Resources

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Human Resources role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Human Resources job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 78% of Human Resources job descriptions contained human resources as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

human resources
78%
employee relations
39%
hr advisor
34%
payroll
28%
hr
28%
employment law
23%
hr officer
23%
cipd qualified
17%
hr policies
17%
hr generalist
17%
human resources advisor
17%
recruitment
12%
advisory
12%
admin
12%
apprenticeship
12%
hr reports
12%
hr assistant
12%
hr apprenticeship
6%
senior hr assistant
6%
highly detailed
6%
people advisor
6%
human resource analyst
6%
microsoft office
6%
line management
6%
generalist duties
6%
problem solving
6%
strategic hr
6%
cipd
6%
sap
6%
absence management
6%
cipd level 3
6%
statistics
6%
compliance
6%
l&d
6%
disciplinaries
6%
learning and development
6%
hr admin
6%
word
6%
assistant hr manager
6%
human resources administrator
6%
graduate jobs
6%
hr adviser
6%
human resources assistant
6%
hr graduate
6%
hr analyst
6%
human resources executive
6%
hr policy
6%
hr coordinator
6%
nhs jobs
6%
london jobs
6%
hr data analyst
6%
administrative
6%
onboarding
6%
human resource advisor
6%
communication skills
6%
apprentice
6%
hr apprentice
6%
senior hr advisor
6%
flexible approach
6%
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While these keywords are a good start, remember that every job is different. Instead of including all these keywords on your CV, identify the keywords most relevant to the job you're applying to and include those. For the best chance of success use our CV keyword scanner tool to help with this.

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