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

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Head People Skills List in Human Resources

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Head People role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Head People job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 56% of Head People job descriptions contained hr as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

hr
56%
human resources
45%
head of hr
45%
employee relations
34%
employment law
23%
change
23%
strategic hr
23%
hr business partnering
12%
hr project management
12%
leadership development
12%
learning management
12%
recruitment
12%
sales
12%
stakeholder management
12%
head of od
12%
commercially aware
12%
organisational development
12%
staff management
12%
l&d strategy
12%
line management
12%
management skills
12%
hr policies
12%
financial services
12%
smcr
12%
regulated industry
12%
people director
12%
hr director
12%
head of people
12%
director of human resources
12%
banking
12%
team management
12%
hrbp
12%
hr business partner
12%
transformation
12%
er
12%
cipd
12%
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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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