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Location: Chicago, IL
Experience: Mid-level
Highest Level of Education: Undergraduate Degree



Job Responsibilities
Director of Human Resources: Employee Relations - 50% of time Recruiting - 30% Training - 5% Performance Reviews-5% Benefits issues - 10% Managing my staff
Job Requirements
Bachelors degree, Professional in Human Resources certification
Uppers
Helping employees, watching morale rise, giving raises, solving work issues with managers, promotions
Downers
Too many administrative functions, too many complaints, not enough recognition of profession and hard work by management of companies.
Lifestyle
Great job - work hard, but normal business hours usually required, overtime only needed when doing extra hiring (or firing). Usually casual attire, except when interviewing candidates. Get to know everyone in the company!
Compensation
approxiamtely $75-125,000 average salary for this job, full health insurance, 401k, etc...
Advice to Jobseekers
If you like people, helping a company succeed and not always being the person onstage, this is for you. You get direct contact with management, ability to be involved with all levels of employees and make them happier and obtain better work/life balance! How can you beat that?

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