HR Assistant
Impact: Supportive
Provides administrative support to the human resources department, assisting with recruitment, onboarding, employee records, and general HR inquiries.
What the day looks like
- People interaction
- Extensive
- Team vs solo
- Team-oriented
- Client facing
- Sometimes
- Impact visibility
- Moderate
- Travel
- Low
- Schedule flexibility
- Rigid
- Remote work
- Hybrid
- Typical work hours
- 40
- Stress level
- Moderate
At a glance
- Median salary
- $45,000
- Entry-level
- $35,000
- Senior
- $60,000
- Growth by 2033
- 5%
- Demand
- Stable
- Freelance potential
- Low
- Salary growth potential
- Moderate
- Typical student debt
- $15,000 - $25,000
Skills you'll use
Hard skills
- HRIS Software
- Recruitment Support
- Onboarding Procedures
Soft skills
- Communication
- Organization
- Empathy
Technical complexity: Low
How to get there
- Minimum education
- Associate's Degree
- Licensing
- No
- Years to mid-career
- 3-5 years
- Years to senior
- 7-10 years
- Career switching
- Easy
Where this career leads
How people arrive here
Where you can go from here
Typical progression
- HR Specialist, HR Generalist, Recruiter
Future outlook
- Automation probability
- Moderate
- AI disruption risk
- Moderate
- Demand trend
- Stable
How people feel about it
- Overall satisfaction
- 4/10
- Meaning
- 4/10
- Work-life balance
- 4/10
- Prestige
- 4.5/10
- Social perception
- High