Business services and administration managers

How to become a human resource manager

Official title: Human resource managers

Also called: Industrial relations manager, Personnel manager, Recruitment manager

Human resource managers plan, direct and coordinate policies concerning the personnel, industrial relations and occupational health and safety activities of an enterprise or organization, or of enterprises that provide human resource services to other enterprises and organizations.

Main tasks

Planning, directing and coordinating the personnel and industrial relations activities, policies and practices of an enterprise or organization
Planning and organizing procedures for recruitment, training, promotion, transfer and dismissal of staff
Planning and organizing negotiations and procedures for determination of wage structures and level and for consultation with workers on conditions of employment
Overseeing safety, health and related programmes and activities
Establishing and managing budgets, controlling expenditure and ensuring the efficient use of resources
Establishing and directing operational and administrative procedures
Overseeing the development and implementation of management information systems
Ensuring compliance with standards and legislation relating to employees’ rights, health and safety, equal opportunity and related concerns
Overseeing the selection, training and performance of staff for the entire enterprise or organization
Consulting with senior management and with managers of other departments

Ways in

University: Business & Commerce degrees, Offered by 33 universities in Hong Kong

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

Median pay: HK$50,000 a month
About 1,542,900 people in 2025, and about 1,639,100 projected by 2028. (+6.2%)
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Questions people ask

How do I become a human resource manager?

Ways in include: Business & Commerce degrees.

Do you need a degree to become a human resource manager?

Usually. 66% of people in this job hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

Will AI change the work of a human resource manager?

Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

Census and Statistics Department (2021 Population Census): 2021 Population Census, Interactive Data Dissemination Service: working population by occupation (38 groups) and sex, age, education, income; median income and field of education (9 groups) (2021 Population Census), retrieved 4 October 2026
Census and Statistics Department (General Household Survey): Median monthly employment earnings by occupation (9 groups), excluding foreign domestic helpers (Table 210-06317A); employed persons by occupation, age and sex (210-06307A) and by industry (210-06308A) (2025 annual (series to 2026-07)), retrieved 4 October 2026
Labour and Welfare Bureau; tables published by C&SD: Mid-term Update of Manpower Projection to 2028: supplementary statistical tables (5 occupation groups, 17 selected industries) (2025 to 2028 (published 2026-09)), retrieved 4 October 2026
International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

Updated 4 October 2026