{"id":741,"date":"2016-11-30T06:37:44","date_gmt":"2016-11-30T06:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.getsmarter.com\/blog\/?p=741"},"modified":"2018-09-21T12:45:09","modified_gmt":"2018-09-21T12:45:09","slug":"hr-skills-employers-looking-junior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getsmarter.com\/blog\/hr-skills-employers-looking-junior\/","title":{"rendered":"What HR Skills Are HR Employers Looking For In A Junior Position? | FAQs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Are you aspiring to step into a career in the HR industry but want to make sure you\u2019re equipped for those interviews? What HR skills are HR employers looking for in a junior position?<\/p>\n<p>According to John Wilter,\u00a0Head Tutor for the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.getsmarter.com\/courses\/za\/uct-human-resource-management-short-course\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">University of Cape Town Human Resource Management online short course<\/a><\/strong>, employers want\u00a0to find somebody who understands and can be responsible for\u00a0some of the administrative burden that Human Resource Management oversees, and that demonstrates potential in the HR skills set.<\/p>\n<div class=\"related-programme-block\">\n<div class=\"related-programme\" onclick=\"window.open('https:\/\/www.getsmarter.com\/courses\/za\/uct-human-resource-management-short-course', '_blank')\">\n    <div class=\"row\">\n        <div class=\"col-12 col-md-11\">\n            <div class=\"related-programme__school-logo-container\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.getsmarter.com\/universities\/university-of-cape-town\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"related-programme__school-logo-link\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.getsmarter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/UCT_logo.png\" alt=\"School Logo\" class=\"related-programme__school-logo\">\n            <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"related-programme__copy\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.getsmarter.com\/universities\/university-of-cape-town\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"related-programme__school-name\">\n                University of Cape Town (UCT)            <\/a><br>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.getsmarter.com\/courses\/za\/uct-human-resource-management-short-course\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"related-programme__programme-name\">\n                Human Resource (HR) Management online short course            <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"col-md-1 related-programme__chevron-column\">\n            <div class=\"related-programme__icon-container\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-btn\" src=\"https:\/\/www.getsmarter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/themes\/blog\/assets\/icn_arrow-circle_right.svg\" alt=\"Read More Icon\">\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Find out more about some of the key skills employers are looking for when hiring someone to fill a junior role in this short video.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_mCZW6NPSRE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Transcription<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Regarding an HR junior position, what employees are looking for: somebody who understands our labour laws intimately, and can comply with all the legislation in terms of reports and submissions that need to be done monthly, quarterly, annually. So, we\u2019re looking at somebody who understands and can take away all of the administrative burden that Human Resource Management has, and that is a competence well worth developing.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hear from John Wilter, Head Tutor for the UCT Human Resource Management online course.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":17236,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[123],"article-format":[],"class_list":["post-741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-career-advice","tag-talent-management"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.4 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What HR Skills Are HR Employers Looking For In A Junior Position? | FAQs - GetSmarter Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Want to know what HR skills you&#039;ll need as a HR junior? 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