Skills Placement Officer - Human Resources near Edmonton (AB)

Find out what skills you typically need to work as a placement officer - human resources in Canada. These skills are applicable to all Human resources and recruitment officers (NOC 12101).

Tasks

  • Identify current and prospective staffing requirements
  • Prepare and post notices and advertisements
  • Collect and screen applicants
  • Advise job applicants on employment requirements and terms and conditions of employment
  • Review candidate inventories
  • Contact potential applicants to arrange interviews
  • Recruit graduates of colleges, universities and other educational institutions
  • Co-ordinate and participate in selection and examination boards to evaluate candidates
  • Notify applicants of results of selection process and prepare job offers
  • Advise managers and employees on staffing policies and procedures
  • Organize and administer staff consultation and grievance procedures
  • Negotiate settlements of appeals and disputes and co-ordinate termination of employment process
  • Determine eligibility to entitlements and arrange staff training
  • Provide information or services such as employee assistance, counselling and recognition programs
  • Supervise personnel clerks performing filing, typing and record-keeping duties

Skills and Knowledge Checklist

The following skills and knowledge are usually required in this occupation.

Skills

Handling Goods and Materials

Working with goods and materials manually or with machines.

Building

Working with materials to construct, renovate and maintain structures.

Operating and Repairing Equipment, Machinery and Vehicles

Working with and/or repairing vehicles, machinery or stationary equipment.

Working with Technological Equipment and Machinery

Working with technical equipment, instruments, machinery and other systems.

Service and Care

Taking care of the needs of people and animals.

Communication Help - Communication
  • Interviewing
  • Advising and Consulting
  • Professional Communicating
  • Liaising and Networking
  • Negotiating and Adjudicating

Communication

Using communication skills to share information, advise and influence.

Interviewing
Conducting enquiries in a formal way to collect information or to determine opinions.
Advising and Consulting
Providing guidance and advice to enable decision-making about tasks, situations, and processes.
Professional Communicating
Preparing and delivering written, oral or visual material for the workplace that presents information.
Liaising and Networking
Developing alliances, contacts or partnerships, and exchanging information with others.
Negotiating and Adjudicating
Exchanging ideas while analyzing issues and interests at stake, and enabling opposing sides to resolve disputes and reach agreement.

Creative Expression

Using various materials and formats to create work that is intended to be artistically satisfying, entertaining, instructive or functional.

Information Handling Help - Information Handling
  • Processing Information

Information Handling

Creating and using systems for the storage and retrieval of knowledge and data.

Processing Information
Inputting, recording, transcribing and updating data using electronic or manual information systems.
Analysis Help - Analysis
  • Analyzing Information
  • Projecting Outcomes

Analysis

Examining and evaluating information.

Analyzing Information
Examining data or facts to determine appropriate actions or recommendations.
Projecting Outcomes
Estimating the results of an action or a series of actions.
Management Help - Management
  • Supervising
  • Recruiting and Hiring
  • Co-ordinating and Organizing

Management

Taking charge of the direction and resources of an organization.

Supervising
Directing and monitoring the performance of others.
Recruiting and Hiring
Acquiring the right talent to achieve the organization's mission.
Co-ordinating and Organizing
Organizing and co-ordinating the activities of groups and individuals to align their activities with organizational objectives.

Knowledge

Manufacturing and Production

Knowledge related to the delivery of a series of operations in large-scale production or processing of goods or crops, according to safety and quality standards.

Communications and Transportation

Knowledge related to the provision and transmission of systems of communication and entertainment and the delivery of consumer goods or services.

Law and Public Safety

Knowledge related to the provision and enforcement of laws and regulations that safeguard the effective functioning of a democratic society.

Social Sciences and Arts Help - Social Sciences and Arts
  • Psychology

Social Sciences and Arts

Knowledge related to culture, origins and patterns of human activity, and the development and expression of thought.

Psychology
Knowledge of principles, methods and practices for studying mental processes and behaviour and their underlying physiology and neurology, and for assessment and treatment of psychological disorders.

Education and Training

Knowledge related to the theory and practice of teaching, and the methods used in the design, delivery and evaluation of the provision of knowledge or information.

Health Services

Knowledge related to the provision of medical science and technology for the physical and mental well-being of others.

Mathematics and Science

Knowledge related to specialized areas of research such as measurement, living organisms, physical substances, and properties and relationships of quantity, space, and matter.

Engineering and Technology

Knowledge related to the design, building, use or repair of machinery, equipment, systems, and structures.

Business, Finance and Management Help - Business, Finance and Management
  • Personnel and Human Resources
  • Business Administration

Business, Finance and Management

Knowledge related to organization and control of business activities.

Personnel and Human Resources
Knowledge of the principles and practices of human resources management.
Business Administration
Knowledge of the principles and practices of managing businesses.
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