Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping
Compile and keep personnel records. Record data for each employee, such as address, weekly earnings, absences, amount of sales or production, supervisory reports, and date of and reason for termination. May prepare reports for employment records, file employment records, or search employee files and furnish information to authorized persons.
Most important skills
- Reading Comprehension
- Active Listening
- Speaking
- Writing
- Critical Thinking
- Monitoring
- Social Perceptiveness
- Time Management
Key knowledge
- Personnel and Human Resources
- Administrative
- Customer and Personal Service
- Administration and Management
- English Language
- Computers and Electronics
- Education and Training
- Mathematics
What the work involves
- Explain company personnel policies, benefits, and procedures to employees or job applicants.
- Record data for each employee, including such information as addresses, weekly earnings, absences, amount of sales or production, supervisory reports on performance, and dates of and reasons for terminations.
- Answer questions regarding examinations, eligibility, salaries, benefits, and other pertinent information.
- Examine employee files to answer inquiries and provide information for personnel actions.
- Gather personnel records from other departments or employees.
- Search employee files to obtain information for authorized persons and organizations, such as credit bureaus and finance companies.
- Compile and prepare reports and documents pertaining to personnel activities.
- Provide assistance in administering employee benefit programs and worker's compensation plans.
Strongest interest areas (O*NET): Conventional, Enterprising, Social.
Qualifications and licensing
- Most common education
- Bachelor's Degree (33.8% of respondents)
- Related experience
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years (34%)
- On-the-job training
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months (33.4%)
- Preparation level
- O*NET job zone 3: Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed
- Licensing
- Not yet verified. Check your state licensing board.
Check before planning
- Licensing for Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping is not yet verified for any state: check the state licensing board before planning.
Limits
- Distributions show what current workers or occupational experts report, not legal minimums.
- Requirements vary by employer and state; time to qualify is not estimated.
Source: O*NET 31.0 Database (USDOL/ETA, CC BY 4.0); BLS Employment Projections · dataset 2026.10.8 · method e3-qualification-1.0.0
Work environment
How the typical conditions of this occupation compare with 911 occupations in O*NET (very low = the lowest fifth).
Levels are relative. Most occupations involve a lot of contact with people, for example, so “very low” can still mean regular contact; the last column shows what workers actually reported.
| Condition | Level | Compared with other occupations | Most common answer (O*NET survey) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contact with others | Very high | Higher on contact with others than 93% of occupations compared | 91% of surveyed respondents chose “Constant contact with others” |
| Dealing with the public | High | Higher on dealing with the public than 73% of occupations compared | 50% of surveyed respondents chose “Extremely important” |
| Teamwork | Very high | Higher on teamwork than 83% of occupations compared | 69% of surveyed respondents chose “Extremely important” |
| Freedom to make decisions | Low | Lower on freedom to make decisions than 65% of occupations compared | 38% of surveyed respondents chose “A lot of freedom” |
| Time pressure | Very high | Higher on time pressure than 80% of occupations compared | 52% of surveyed respondents chose “Every day” |
| Conflict situations | Very high | Higher on conflict situations than 92% of occupations compared | 38% of surveyed respondents chose “Every day” |
| Dealing with unpleasant or angry people | Very high | Higher on dealing with unpleasant or angry people than 82% of occupations compared | 41% of surveyed respondents chose “Once a week or more but not every day” |
| Consequence of error | Very low | Lower on consequence of error than 83% of occupations compared | 40% of surveyed respondents chose “Not serious at all” |
Work-pressure profile
- Time pressure: very high
- Conflict situations: very high
- Dealing with unpleasant or angry people: very high
- Consequence of error: very low
Each part is shown on its own. There is no combined stress score, and conditions vary by employer and role.
Full answer distributions
Contact with others
- No contact with others: 0%
- Occasional contact with others: 0%
- Contact with others about half the time: 0.44%
- Contact with others most of the time: 8.39%
- Constant contact with others: 91.17%
n = 33, Incumbent 07/2017
Dealing with the public
- Not important at all: 7.88%
- Fairly important: 6.43%
- Important: 14.57%
- Very important: 21.23%
- Extremely important: 49.89%
n = 33, Incumbent 07/2017
Teamwork
- Not important at all: 0%
- Fairly important: 0.37%
- Important: 5.86%
- Very important: 24.4%
- Extremely important: 69.37%
n = 33, Incumbent 07/2017
Freedom to make decisions
- No freedom: 3.71%
- Very little freedom: 4.3%
- Limited freedom: 19.83%
- Some freedom: 34.24%
- A lot of freedom: 37.91%
n = 33, Incumbent 07/2017
Time pressure
- Never: 0%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 6.16%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 11.95%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 30.35%
- Every day: 51.53%
n = 33, Incumbent 07/2017
Conflict situations
- Never: 8.02%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 14.57%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 9.02%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 29.95%
- Every day: 38.44%
n = 33, Incumbent 07/2017
Dealing with unpleasant or angry people
- Never: 2.23%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 13.8%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 29.5%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 40.84%
- Every day: 13.64%
n = 33, Incumbent 07/2017
Consequence of error
- Not serious at all: 40.28%
- Fairly serious: 21.64%
- Serious: 23.65%
- Very serious: 0%
- Extremely serious: 14.43%
n = 32, Incumbent 07/2017
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