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

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Personnel Skills List in Human Resources

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Personnel role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Personnel job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 59% of Personnel job descriptions contained hr as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

hr
59%
human resources
52%
employee relations
42%
personnel
21%
cipd
18%
employee engagement
18%
learning and development
14%
administration
14%
uk employment law
14%
hr advisor
14%
people management
14%
organisational design
14%
data analysis
14%
organisational skills
14%
business management
11%
payroll
11%
cipd qualified
11%
admin
11%
attention to detail
11%
performance management
11%
psychology
11%
communications skills
11%
retail hr
7%
staff training
7%
onboarding
7%
er
7%
generalist
7%
human resources advisor
7%
confidentiality
7%
administrative
7%
passionate
7%
administrator
7%
assistant
7%
coordinator
7%
lancaster
7%
lancashire
7%
hr policies
7%
absence management
7%
recruitment
7%
training
4%
coaching
4%
interviews
4%
communication skills
4%
senior management
4%
administrative duties
4%
recruitment process
4%
personnel records
4%
stakeholder management
4%
not for profit
4%
er issues
4%
charity
4%
powerpoint
4%
microsoft word
4%
recruitment consultant
4%
communication
4%
disciplinaries
4%
grievances
4%
management
4%
policies and procedures
4%
barnsley
4%
doncaster
4%
halifax
4%
harrogate
4%
home working
4%
huddersfield
4%
leeds
4%
recruitment business partner
4%
nebosh
4%
recruitment manager
4%
recruitment resourcer
4%
recruitment team leader
4%
sheffield
4%
talent acquisition
4%
wakefield
4%
york
4%
hr administration
4%
people
4%
audit
4%
health and safety
4%
iosh
4%

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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