The following requirements must be met for the Federal Professional Examination HR Specialist:

• Federal Diploma of Vocational Education and Training (VET Diploma), Baccalaureate, Specialized Baccalaureate, Secondary School Certificate or equivalent qualification
• successfully passed the personnel assistant or HR assistant certificate examination and ID card

Additionally for the specialization in Operational Human Resource Management:

• 4 years of professional experience after completing the Federal VET Diploma or Matura, of which at least 2 years in HR

Additionally for the specialization in public personnel placement and consulting:

• 4 years of professional experience after completing the Federal VET Diploma or high school diploma, of which at least 2 years in the field of unemployment insurance and insolvency compensation

Additionally for the specialist area of private recruitment and placement:

• 4 years of professional experience after completing the Federal VET Diploma or Matura, of which at least 2 years in HR, including at least 1 year in private recruitment and staff leasing

Agile HR is important in an agile company, as processes such as onboarding, recruitment and development can be made more efficient and innovative. Agile HR methods are based on the strong involvement and personal responsibility of employees and teams and a shared focus on the business objective.

Agile HR management is an important topic for HR professionals who want to establish a dynamic and agile structure in the HR department in an agile organization. Several years of experience in the field of human resources is recommended to ensure a comprehensive understanding.

HR specialists in personnel administration assess how many and which employees a company should hire. They draw up pay scales, create job advertisements, conduct job interviews, select applicants and draft and sign employment contracts. If necessary, they hire and fire staff. In addition, they manage and monitor working hours, organize employees' continuing education, further training and supervise apprentices. They also ensure communication between management and employees.

The following three specializations are available for continuing education, further training for HR specialists:

• Operational Human Resource Management: specialized in HR management Specialized in personnel management - as a competent contact and sought-after expert in various HR processes. Your field of activity includes all the functions of a modern HR manager: job evaluation, creation of requirement profiles, personnel recruitment, personnel assessment and development, payroll accounting, compliance with labor and social security regulations, etc.
• Public recruitment and consultancy: You tend to work in the field of public recruitment and consultancy and have a broad range of expertise in all areas of human resources: both in recruitment consultancy and in recruitment or in the RAV (Regional Employment Centers). In your day-to-day work, you will be guided by the requirements of federal law (AVIG). You will take on responsible tasks, coordinate your work with other institutions and have a wide range of responsibilities.
• Private recruitment and placement: In private recruitment, you support clients (companies looking for staff and jobseekers) throughout the entire job search process. The core tasks also include the support and placement of temporary staff. You will build up a stable customer network and coordinate the various requirements of your customers.

After continuing education, further training for HR specialists at the Federal Professional Examination, the following parts of the examination are tested:

• General knowledge about human resources with different question types
• Case study with a subject-specific topic (written) and presentation of an initial situation and a proposed solution (oral)
• Professional behavior in everyday working life in various situations including suitable measures (oral) as well as assessment of a conversation situation presented by video including measures for improvement (oral)

After your HR specialist training, you have the following further training options:

• Courses and other offerings from technical and vocational schools and professional associations, for example in personnel management, career planning or communication techniques
• Advanced Federal Diploma of Higher Education (AFPE), for example Head of Human Resources or Head of Training with a federal diploma (HF!)
• College of Higher Education for courses in related fields, e.g. business administration diploma
• University of Applied Sciences for degree programs in related fields, for example Bachelor of Science in Business Administration or in Applied Psychology. Different admission requirements apply depending on the University of Applied Sciences
• Postgraduate level for courses offered by Universities of Applied Sciences and universities in various fields, e.g. MAS in Human Capital Management or Human Resources Leadership HWZ

You should have the following personal requirements for Human Resources Management:

• Leadership and social skills
• High sense of responsibility
• Oral and written communication skills
• Strong contact and communication skills

HR specialists with a Federal Diploma of Higher Education perform the following tasks in the field of personnel consulting and recruitment:

• advise companies on the recruitment of permanent or temporary employees
• are looking for employees who meet the company's requirements profiles
• monitor the labor market
• put jobseekers in touch with suitable employers
• Writing and publishing job advertisements
• calculate and invoice the fee depending on the order
• Reintegrate jobseekers who are supported by the regional employment centers (RAV) into the labor market
• Forwarding application dossiers
• Updating the list of vacancies

The first step towards agile HR is to shift the focus from HR itself to the business itself. The inclusion of employees, the transfer of competencies such as recruiting and training to teams and employees under the supervision of HR as well as ongoing adjustments in line with the current business environment and objectives. The CAS Leading HR (flex) FH offers a good opportunity for HR professionals to learn this, for example.

In order to acquire comprehensive skills for agile HR, it is worth taking a further training course such as the CAS Leading HR (flex). In this approximately 10-day course, participants learn...
...to work out current trends and issues in HR and find ways to solve them.
...a comprehensive understanding of agility in the organization.
...get to know flexible and dynamic models.
...to understand psychological decision-making processes.