Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping
Coordinating personnel transactions, routing supporting documents within timeliness standards, and explaining policy changes transfer directly to personnel documentation and employee policy support.
How to prepare: Practice processing a sample employee personnel change in a spreadsheet, checking supporting documentation and drafting an employee-facing explanation of the applicable policy.
What the civilian work involves
- Process, verify, and maintain personnel related documentation, including staffing, recruitment, training, grievances, performance evaluations, classifications, and employee leaves of absence.
- 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.
- Explain company personnel policies, benefits, and procedures to employees or job applicants.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Outlook