Resume and Skills for Labour Relations Specialist

Labour relations specialists are human resources experts who create, administer, and evaluate human resources and labour relations policies, programs, and processes and provide human resources advice to organizations and workers. They work in both the private and public sectors and may be self-employed, and are known for their analytical skills and negotiation abilities. 

Skills required for a Labour Relations Specialist role

  • Process Improvement
  • Relationship Management
  • Process Optimization
  • Analytical skills
  • Emotional Intelligence
  • Report Writing
  • Critical Thinking
  • Negotiation Skills
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Reporting & Documentation

What recruiters look for in a Labour Relations Specialist's resume

  • Well-versed with international and national labor laws and company’s labour agreements.
  • Interpretation skills of human resource policies, wage and benefit plans, and collective bargaining abilities for companies and employees.
  • Negotiation skills for collective bargaining agreements on behalf of employers or employees.
  • Mediation capabilities regarding labour disputes and complaints.

What can make your Labour Relations Specialist resume stand out:

A strong summary that demonstrates your skills, experience, and background in human resource management

  • Proactive Labour Relations Specialist with a management degree in Human Resource Management.  Acquainted with labor laws and adept in bargaining procedures and economic data. Demonstrated practical influencing skills to provide resolution of complex and highly sensitive Labor relations issues.

Targeted job description 

  • Mediate discussions between employer and employee representatives in an attempt to reconcile differences.
  • Oversee investigations into discrimination, sexual harassment, and other workplace claims.
  • Reduce grievances and arbitration needs by educating frontline managers on techniques for enhancing interactions between labour and leadership.
  • Negotiate collective bargaining agreements

Related academic background 

  • Certificate Course in Labour Laws from Institute of Legal and Management Studies| 2018
  • Master of Business Administration in Human Resource Management from Apex University, Jaipur| 2017
  • BBA in Human Resource Management  from GIBS Business School, Bangalore | 2014

Sample Resume of Labour Relations Specialist in Text Format

JAGRITI MUKHERJEE

Labour Relations Specialist

8896559251 |jagritimukherjee@gmail.com | LinkedIn 

SUMMARY

Proactive Labour Relations Specialist with a management degree in Human Resource Management.  Acquainted with labor laws and adept in bargaining procedures and economic data. Demonstrated effective influencing skills to provide resolution of complex and highly sensitive Labor relations issues.

EXPERIENCE/INTERNSHIP

Labor Relations Specialist at Ernst and Young,  New Delhi | 2020 - Present 

  • Work with business units to translate labour relations objectives into well-defined requirements with clearly defined business cases in order to support change and innovation within Ernst and Young.
  • Mediate discussions between employer and employee representatives in an attempt to reconcile differences.
  • Oversee investigations into discrimination, sexual harassment, and other workplace claims.
  • Reduce grievances and arbitration needs by educating frontline managers on techniques for enhancing interactions between labour and leadership.
  • Negotiate collective bargaining agreements.

Assistant Labour Relations Specialist at Mankind Pharma, Noida |Aug 2019 - Jul 2021

  • Reviewed and analyzed extremely complex Labour Relations problems of diverse scope and reviewed the enterprise policy.
  • Exercised judgment within broadly defined policies and practices and recommended appropriate actions to correct problems.
  • Represented the enterprise at various employment hearings (i.e. mediation, wage or hour, equal employment, etc.)
  • Coordinated and consulted with Employee Relations peers, colleagues, managers, and human resource professionals.

Labor Relations Intern at Habitat for Humanity International, New Delhi | Jan 2017 - Jun 2017

  • Assessed the impact of union proposals on company or government operations.
  • Devoted special emphasis to punctuality and worked to maintain outstanding attendance record, consistently arriving to work ready to start immediately.

COURSES

Certificate Course in Labour Laws from Institute of Legal and Management Studies| 2018

EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Gender Sensitization Representative at Apex University 2015 - 2016 | Jaipur

EDUCATION

Master of Business Administration in Human Resource Management from Apex University, Jaipur | 2017

BBA in Human Resource Management  from GIBS Business School, Bangalore | 2014

SKILLS (TECHNOLOGY/FUNCTIONAL)

Conflict Resolution | Process Improvement | Relationship Management | Process Optimization | Analytical skills | Emotional Intelligence | Report Writing | Critical Thinking | Negotiation Skills

LANGUAGES

Hindi

English