Human resource is now becoming more and more important than it used to be. Human resource management refers to the policies, practices, and systems that influence employees’ behavior, attitude, and performance. In a company, a HR department is solely responsible for outplacement, labor law compliance, record keeping, testing, unemployment compensation, and some aspects of benefits administration. These factors all play critical roles in companies’ success. But I suppose that the top 3 areas of HR should be recruitment, benefits and strategic planning.

Recruitment is the process of attracting, screening, and selecting a qualified person for a job. Employees are the most important component of a company. They are the greatest assets of a company. So HR department should be responsible to pick out those people who are most qualified and have competency to accept the job. Especially nowadays as globalization becomes more and more prevalent, many companies would like to hire people that have more skills. What’s more, in order to attract those qualified applicants, HR departments should establish regulations and awards. Also HR departments should have professional enrollments and orientation processes.

Benefits include life and disability insurance, retirement plan administration, accident, sickness and cancer insurance and so on. Employees need a good environment to ensure their works and lives. HR departments offer these benefits could boost employee morale and motivation. If a company treats its employees with no benefits, people may be not that effective.

A HR department should have a strategic planning if a company wants to be success. It should work with client to establish goals, help prevent unnecessary employee expenses, protect its valuable asset ----employees. Especially for those elites in a company, HR department should make proper strategic plan to