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How to become a personnel and careers professional

Official title: Personnel and careers professionals

Also called: Careers adviser, Human resource expert, Job analyst, Outplacement expert, Occupational analyst, Personnel specialist, Recruitment officer, Vocational guidance counsellor

Personnel and careers professionals provide professional business services related to personnel policies such as employee recruitment or development, occupational analysis and vocational guidance.

Main tasks

Advising on and performing personnel functions relating to employee recruitment, placement, training, promotion, compensation and employee-management relations or other areas of personnel policy
Studying and analysing jobs performed in an establishment by various means, including interviews with workers, supervisors and management, and writing detailed position, job or occupation descriptions from information obtained
Preparing occupational information or working on occupational classification systems
Advising and working on the foregoing and other aspects of job and occupational analysis in such fields as personnel administration, workforce research and planning, training or occupational information and vocational guidance
Studying and advising individuals on employment opportunities, career choices and further education or training that may be desirable

Ways in

University: Business & Commerce degrees, Offered by 33 universities in Hong Kong
Qualifications Framework: Vocational Qualifications Pathway: Human Resource Management. The Qualifications Framework publishes a Vocational Qualifications Pathway for the Human Resource Management industry (人力資源管理), showing QF-recognised qualifications by level: https://www.hkqf.gov.hk/hrm/en/vqp. Link between the industry and this job by Peernovo.

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

Median pay: HK$48,000 a month
About 1,542,900 people in 2025, and about 1,639,100 projected by 2028. (+6.2%)
Generative AI could change some tasks in this job, by the ILO's global estimate.

Questions people ask

How do I become a personnel and careers professional?

Ways in include: Business & Commerce degrees; Vocational Qualifications Pathway: Human Resource Management.

Do you need a degree to become a personnel and careers professional?

Usually. 92% of people in this job hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

Will AI change the work of a personnel and careers professional?

Generative AI could change some tasks in this job, 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