STEP 1
Build the Ideal Candidate Profile
To find the best person for the role, you need to understand what the role involves. You can complete this with the hiring manager to define the role, its contribution, and the skills needed.
Personnel Manager
Human Resources (HR)Complete with job descriptions, skill profiles, and interview templates. Use this Personnel Manager hiring guide to help you make the right decisions, fast.
HOW TO HIRE A PERSONNEL MANAGER
What does a Personnel Manager do?
Personnel Managers are administrative professionals who oversee the hiring process and professional development of employees within an organization. Many companies include Personnel Managers as part of a larger human resources team, but smaller organizations may have an individual personnel manager performing all the administrative duties.
Day to day tasks of a Personnel Manager
- Performance appraisals
- Recruiting
- Determining wages and salaries
- Administering employee benefits
- Providing employee incentives
- New employee orientation
- Training and development
PERSONNEL MANAGER DEFINITION
Personnel Managers are people that manage, recruit, select, interview and train an applicant for a vacant job. They screen applicants to make sure that employees are fitted for the job. Personnel managers are also called human resources managers, benefits managers, training and development managers, and human resources generalists.
HIRING PROCESS
Personnel Manager Hiring Process
STEP 2
Write A Job Description Based On Skills
Once you understand the requirements for the role, you’ll need to understand the skills for success. You can then write an effective job description to promote your role.
STEP 3
Selecting The Ideal Candidate
See which applicants have the right skills for the role. Send all your applicants a Vervoe skills assessment from the expert library, or customize one for your organization.
STEP 4
Interview Top Performers
Your skills assessment results will identify top performers. Focus your time on interviewing those that have met or exceeded your requirements. Assessment results will also help guide which skill areas to focus on in the interview.
STEP 5
Making An Offer
Once you assess your candidates against these skills, you’re ready to offer the top performer(s). You should base your offer on the value that the candidate would bring to your team and your business as a whole. It is also important to ensure your compensation and benefits packages are competitive in the industry and help you attract and retain the top talent.
BUILD THE IDEAL CANDIDATE PROFILE
Skills needed for a Personnel Manager
A Personnel Manager must always keep the organization’s strategy in mind while being able to lead a HR team with confidence. As this role is people-centric, a Personnel Manager must also have top tier interpersonal skills.
- Leadership
- Interpersonal Skills
- Strategy
WRITE A JOB DESCRIPTION BASED ON SKILLS
How to write a Personnel Manager job description
Once you’ve determined the skills required for the role, you can write the job description to advertise for your position. Here’s what to include in your Personnel Manager job description:
- Job Title
- What position are you hiring for?
- Summary
- What makes your company unique? What would it be like to work for you?
- Responsibilities
- An overview of the role’s day-to-day activities, and how the position contributes to the organization
- Requirements
- Skills a candidate must have to perform the job successfully
- Benefits
- Details of compensation, benefits, and any perks on offer
SELECTING THE IDEAL CANDIDATE
Sample skill tests for a Personnel Manager
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Question 1
StrategyQuestion Type: Document
Imagine you have just started a new role in a business that has very few onboarding processes in place which seems to be demotivating new hires and potentially attributing to the high attrition rates.In the document below, outline the on-boarding process you would create for the business. Feel free to use our company or another business as an example and choose any role that you feel comfortable with.
Question 2
Interpersonal SkillsQuestion Type: Audio
You will be responsible for employee incentives. Imagine that the company has changed its policy from unlimited time off to normal vacation leave allocation and you need to communicate this to employees.Please record yourself delivering this message to the company staff.
Question 3
LeadershipQuestion Type: Video
Finally, please record a video telling us the strategies that you use to motivate and coach your employees.
INTERVIEW TOP PERFORMERS
How to interview a Personnel Manager
Once your Vervoe skills assessment has surfaced the most qualified people for your open role, you can focus on interviewing these candidates. The interview should focus on any skills that require development that were highlighted from the skills assessment.
Now you know that candidates can do the job, the interview becomes more of a relationship building exercise where you can get to know the candidate on a more personal level, understand their motivations, and how they would fit in with the team.
MAKING AN OFFER
How much does it cost to hire a Personnel Manager?
The US average for a Personnel Manager is $108,190, according to Salary.com, while the reported average salary on Payscale.com amounts to $65,000. Ninety percent of talent acquisition managers earn up to $132,773, with 75 percent receiving less than $121,000. The lowest paid ten percent is paid up to $85,169.
United States
Personnel Manager salaries in the United States range from $85,169 - $132,773 (USD). Personnel Manager salaries in the U.S vary a lot depending on the industry and the education background of the employee.
Source: Source: Salary.com
United Kingdom
Personnel Manager salaries in the United Kingdom range from £26,000 - £68,000 (GBP). Personnel Manager salaries in the UK vary largely based on location and the amount of career experience.
Source: Source: Glassdoor
Australia
Personnel Manager salaries in Australia range from $110,000 - $149,300 (AUD) (according to Human Resources Manager salary data, the equivalent role in Australia). Personnel Manager salaries usually depend on the industry and the educational background.
Source: Source: Talent Australia