AI Career Radar

Human Resources Specialists

Recruit, screen, interview, or place individuals within an organization. May perform other activities in multiple human resources areas.

AI exposure45 / 100Moderate exposure

Based on O*NET work context for this occupation. This score does not predict individual job losses.

What drives the score

Automation and repetition raise exposure; freedom to set tasks lowers it. Each measure uses a 0–100 scale.

Degree of automation49
Freedom to set tasks87
Repeating the same tasks72
$75,940Median annual wage, U.S.BLS OEWS
+6.4%Jobs, 2025 to 2035 (faster than average)BLS Employment Projections
53Skill durability (fragile)Transferability, out of 100

How well your skills transfer

Each skill is scored on how well it transfers into occupations that are growing and less exposed. The ones high on both importance and transfer are worth deepening.

Highest transferability first

Both scores out of 100

Skills ranked by transferability. Both scores use a 0–100 scale.
SkillTransferabilityImportance in current role
Speaking
63
78
Active Listening
63
75
Critical Thinking
63
72
Judgment and Decision Making
63
56
Monitoring
63
50
Active Learning
62
56
Complex Problem Solving
62
53
Coordination
62
50
Reading Comprehension
61
75
Time Management
61
50
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Skills ranked by transferability. Both scores use a 0–100 scale.
SkillTransferabilityImportance in current role
Writing
60
72
Social Perceptiveness
60
60
Instructing
58
53
Learning Strategies
58
50
Systems Analysis
57
47
Service Orientation
56
60
Systems Evaluation
56
35
Persuasion
54
47
Mathematics
53
25
Negotiation
52
50
Science
52
3
Management of Personnel Resources
50
47
Operations Analysis
49
6
Installation
48
0
Management of Financial Resources
47
22
Management of Material Resources
47
22
Technology Design
47
19
Quality Control Analysis
47
19
Equipment Selection
47
0
Equipment Maintenance
47
0
Troubleshooting
47
0
Operations Monitoring
46
13
Repairing
46
0
Programming
45
16
Operation and Control
43
3

Compare how well you can use each skill in growing, low-exposure occupations with its importance in your current role. How we score skills.

Jobs you could move to

Compare related occupations by skill overlap, retraining effort, pay and projected growth. Choose a priority to adjust the ranking. Licensing requirements may limit some routes.

80/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$129,180
10-yr growth
+21%
Skill gap
22%
Retraining
Moderate

Skills to build: Operations Monitoring, Quality Control Analysis, Complex Problem Solving, Systems Evaluation

80/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$135,880
10-yr growth
+21.1%
Skill gap
22%
Retraining
Moderate

Skills to build: Operations Monitoring, Monitoring, Active Learning, Judgment and Decision Making

78/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$123,860
10-yr growth
+24.2%
Skill gap
30%
Retraining
Moderate

Skills to build: Operations Analysis, Systems Evaluation, Management of Financial Resources, Management of Material Resources

78/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$116,580
10-yr growth
+5.1%
Skill gap
11%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Systems Evaluation, Systems Analysis, Monitoring, Complex Problem Solving

77/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$141,900
10-yr growth
+4.9%
Skill gap
14%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Monitoring, Coordination, Persuasion, Systems Evaluation

A second source of income, before you need it

This page can tell you where Human Resources Specialists could go and what the move costs. The other route is not a move at all: something small of your own, running alongside the job, started while there is no pressure on it.

Where to learn the missing half: Google Career Certificates for systems analysis · active learning, LinkedIn Learning for writing · speaking, edX for mathematics · reading and PlanetNoCode for complex problem solving. Some of those are affiliate links. It never changes what we list.

Snapshot: O*NET 31.0, BLS OEWS May 2025, BLS Employment Projections 2025-2035. Scoring v2.1.0-onet-31.0. Method on the how it works page.