Human resource managers are mainly engaged in employee recruitment and selection, performance appraisal, salary and welfare management, and labor relations coordination. Since 2003, the state has carried out the professional qualification certification of enterprise human resource managers nationwide, which has been listed as an occupation with employment access system by the state, and it is stipulated that employees must hold certificates.

Human resource manager refers to a manager who has obtained the national professional qualification certificate and is engaged in human resource planning, recruitment and allocation, training and development, performance management, salary and welfare management, labor relations management, human resource legal affairs and so on. Human resource managers are divided into four levels, namely, four-level enterprise human resource managers (intermediate national vocational qualifications), three-level enterprise human resource managers (senior national vocational qualifications), two-level enterprise human resource managers (national vocational qualification technicians) and first-level enterprise human resource managers (senior national vocational qualification technicians).