I am a HR generalist: What should I put on my CV?

We have included some general points which cover all of the broad ranging areas of a generalist HR practitioner at a junior or a senior level which should be included in a HR CV.

Every HR job description will place a stronger emphasis in one or two areas, it’s important to note this and to expand on this in your CV. 

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A HR generalist or HR manager's CV should include: 

Main duties & responsibilities 

Communication

• Liaise with business partners ensuring consistent roll out of HR policies and communications.
• Provide information for HR monthly reports: mention a number of reports you are involved in.

Finance

• Support HR business planning and headcount process.
• Manage and support payroll activity on behalf of HR Dept which includes bonus process and salary benchmarking for the site.
• Ensure departmental spend is within budget while maintaining superior service.

Employee relations

• Provide support and advice on employee relations matters.
• Provide support and advice on employment legislation.
• Manage monitoring and reporting of absence, lates, etc. 
• Advise people managers on performance improvement guidelines.

Recruitment

• Manage the recruitment and selection of direct and indirect employees within the company.
• Manage contract renewal process.

HSE (Health Safety and Environmental) 

• Play an active role in HSE within the company.

Learning and development

• Support management/employee development.
• Manage organisational talent review process.
• Manage succession planning and career development.
• Support company learnings and development initiatives.
• Management of performance review process.
• Support mentoring program.

Project management

• Lead and support business related projects, where requested, to drive HR and the business forward.

Other

• Continuous improvement focus.
• Support overall strategy and annual improvement plans.
• HR compliance focusing on audit preparation and documentation for the site.

Systems:
Always ensure you detail all systems experience clearly on your CV.

Education:
Note all academic qualification ensuring any in-house or external course in particular anything relating to employee relations.

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