What Can I do With a Degree in Human Resources Management?
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Advising & Career Services' Resources
Advising & Career Services has a variety of resources to help students explore potential career fields. These resources include information about typical responsibilities, qualifications, career paths, job outlook, salary, and related careers.
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- Human Resources Administrator
- Executive Recruiter
- Physician Recruiter
- Resume Checker
- Human Resources Manager
- Manager of College Relations
- Job Placement Specialist
- WorldatWork - The Total Rewards Association
- American Society for Training and Development (ASTD)
- International Association for Human Resource Information Management (IHRIM); Pacific Northwest Chapter
- International Personnel Management Association
- Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
Internet Sites with Career-Related Information for Human Resource Management Majors
- Careers in Human Resources — From the Society for Human Resource Management.
- Human Resources Specialists and Managers — From the Occupational Outlook Handbook.
- Employment Interviewing — From the Occupational Outlook Handbook.
Internet Sites with Job Search Information for Human Resource Management Majors
- Human Resources Job Listings — From the Pacific Northwest Chapter of IHRIM.
Human Resource Management majors may find employment in a variety of areas depending on their skills and experience. Career-related internships or career-related part-time jobs may be a prerequisite to finding professional-level employment after graduation.
The following list of employers and job titles was derived from Advising & Career Services' jobs database where the employer specifically requested human resource management majors. This list does not reflect all potential places of employment or kinds of jobs for human resource management majors. This list does not reflect current openings.
- ADP Dealer Services — HR Client Support Specialist
- Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. — Human Resources Assistant
- Affinity Property Management, LLC — Human Resources Manager
- American Red Cross — Human Resources Director
- Banfield, The Pet Hospital — HRMS Data Coordinator Team Resources, College Recruiting Coordinator
- Beaverton School District — Human Resources Analyst I
- Benton County — Human Resources Analyst
- Cascadia Behavioral HealthCare — Human Resources Representative
- Central City Concern — Employment Specialist
- City of Beaverton — Human Resources Consultant
- City of Corvallis — Human Resources Technician
- City of Portland — Human Resources Site Team Manager
- City of Salem — Administrative Analyst III, Human Resources Analyst
- Clark College — Workforce Pathways Program Manager
- City of Vancouver — Employee Labor Relations Specialist, Human Resources Program Assistant, Employee Services Manager
- Columbia Sportswear — Human Resources Benefits Administrator
- Comcast Corporation — Manager Human Resources
- Consonus Healthcare Services — Human Resources
- Cowlitz County — Human Services Manager
- Education Service District 105 (ESD 105) — Human Resources Director
- Electro Scientific Industries (ESI) — HR Compensation and Benefits Analyst
- Evergreen State College — Senior Human Resources Generalist/Civil Rights Specialist
- Farmers Insurance Group — Employee Relations Specialist
- Full Sail Brewing Company — Human Resources Assistant
- Gary's Vacuflo, Inc. — Payroll/Human Resources Administrator
- Grays Harbor College — Chief Human Resources Officer
- Georgia-Pacific Corporation — Entry Level Human Resources Professional
- Heestand Company, The — Benefits Specialist
- Intel Corporation — Human Resources International Student Hire Program
- Kaiser Permanente — Payroll Specialist II
- Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. — Human Resources Representative
- Knowledge Learning Corporation — Human Resources Specialist
- Laika, Inc. — Jr. Human Resources Specialist
- Lattice Semiconductor Corporation — Compensation Analyst - Senior/Supervisor
- LAZERQUICK — Assistant to the Director of Training and Franchising
- Leupold & Stevens, Inc. — Training & Development Specialist
- Loaves & Fishes Center, Inc. — Center Manager
- Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. — Benefits Administrator, HRIS Analyst
- Mercy Corps — Entry Level Human Resources Assistant
- Metropolitan Public Defender (MPD) — Human Resources Assistant
- Milgard Manufacturing — Human Resources Representative
- Mt. Hood Community College (MHCC) — Human Resources Generalist
- NACCO Materials Handling Group, Inc. — Senior Human Resources Administrator
- Nautilus Group — Human Resources Compensation
- Netflix — HR Coordinator
- Nike, Inc. — Global HR Operations Specialist
- Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) — Human Resources Analyst 2, Human Resources Manager
- Oregon Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) — Human Resources Analyst 1
- Oregon State Bar — Human Resources Manager
- Oregon State University (OSU) — Employee Benefits Manager
- Oregon Steel Mills — Human Resources Representative
- Pacific Interpreters, Inc. — Staffing and Support
- Pendleton Woolen Mills — Human Resources Manager
- Pension Planners Northwest — Retirement Plan Administrator
- Portland Community College (PCC) — Career Placement Specialist-Steps to Success Teen Branch, Bilingual Career Specialist
- Portland Development Commission (PDC) — Human Resources Manager
- Portland Public Schools — Human Resources Administrator, Compensation & Benefits Manager
- Portland State University (PSU) — Academic Employment Coordinator
- Portland VA Medical Center — Human Resources Specialist
- SAIF Corporation — Human Resources Assistant, Employee Relations and Employment Manager
- Sherwin Williams/Purdy — Human Resources Trainee
- Tacoma Public Schools — Legislative and Labor Relations Director
- TriMet — Compensation & Benefits Analyst, Senior Human Resources Representative, Benefits Analyst
- Unisys — Recruitment Assistant
- US Bureau of Land Management — Human Resources Assistant
- US Department of Labor — Equal Opportunity Specialist
- Washington's Lottery — Human Resources Consultant 3
- Washington State University (WSU) — Labor and Employee Relations Specialist
- Human resources-related job specifications for the state of Oregon: Human Resources Analyst I, Human Resources Analyst 2, Human Resources Analyst 3.
- HR Internet Guide — "This web site contains links to other internet based resources for HR professionals and students."
School of Business: Human Resource Management - Portland State University
