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Human Resources

Specific interest area · O*NET

Human Resources is a specific interest area in the O*NET database, part of the Social Holland family. O*NET describes it as: "Work involves recruiting, selecting, and training job applicants, maintaining employee personnel records, administering compensation and employee-benefit programs, and conducting employee performance reviews." It is scored for 891 occupations, which average 1.68 out of 7 on the Occupational Interest scale.

How it's measured

O*NET scores each occupation on this interest on a 0–7 Occupational Interest (OI) scale, where higher means the work more strongly rewards this interest. The figures here are those occupation-level scores — a description of what kind of work each job involves, not a ranking of which job is better, harder, or higher-paid.

Economy-wide average 1.68 / 7 Mean across all 891 scored occupations
Range across occupations 1.00–6.89 Lowest to highest occupation score (spread 5.89)
Prevalence vs. other interests 52nd pct Where this interest's average ranks among all O*NET interest dimensions

Occupations that fit this interest best

The occupations that score this interest strongest on the 0–7 scale.

Occupation Score
Human Resources Managers 6.89
Human Resources Specialists 6.81
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists 6.73
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping 6.73
Compensation and Benefits Managers 6.66
Training and Development Managers 5.85
Training and Development Specialists 5.66
Industrial-Organizational Psychologists 5.51
Labor Relations Specialists 4.79
Education Administrators, Postsecondary 4.64
Medical and Health Services Managers 4.64
Social and Community Service Managers 4.57
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare 4.49
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers 4.46
Postmasters and Mail Superintendents 4.38
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers 4.34
Farm Labor Contractors 4.31
Spa Managers 4.27
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 4.20
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives 4.16
Lodging Managers 4.08
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services 3.97
First-Line Supervisors of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand 3.93
Food Service Managers 3.93
First-Line Supervisors of Passenger Attendants 3.90

Occupations that fit this interest least

The occupations that score this interest weakest — where the work rarely rewards it.

Occupation Score
Roustabouts, Oil and Gas 1.00
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood 1.00
Segmental Pavers 1.00
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 1.00
Sewing Machine Operators 1.00
Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers 1.00
Signal and Track Switch Repairers 1.00
Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators 1.00
Stonemasons 1.00
Structural Iron and Steel Workers 1.00
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters 1.00
Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loaders 1.00
Tapers 1.00
Terrazzo Workers and Finishers 1.00
Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders 1.00
Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 1.00
Tile and Stone Setters 1.00
Timing Device Assemblers and Adjusters 1.00
Tire Builders 1.00
Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners 1.00
Tool and Die Makers 1.00
Upholsterers 1.00
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers 1.00
Wellhead Pumpers 1.00
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing 1.00

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

  • O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

Cite this page
Plain

Singulariki. "Human Resources." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/interests/human-resources

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Human Resources. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/interests/human-resources

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-human-resources,
  title  = {Human Resources},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/interests/human-resources}
}

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