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Human Resources personnel study are intimately involved in recruiting, interviewing and hiring new employees,settling interoffice disputes, and doling out benefits. They also handle clerical duties and serve as intermediaries between top-level executives and the workforce in large corporations.  And new responsibilities are emerging all the time.  

Human Resources is very important to a corporation; if human resources do their jobs, and the workforce is happy, higher productivity is the end result.  So if human resources do their jobs well, a higher salary is the end result.  

The median annual salary for recruitment and placement specialists (a standard entry-level human resources job) is $42,000.  With experience or a higher degree, that amount can more than double.

To do the job well, Human Resources major need to develop many tangible and intangible skills.  They need excellent writing, math, and computer skills and have a functioning knowledge of business principles.  They need to be persuasive and personable.  They must also engage in a delicate balancing act keeping morale high while still being fair to everyone; compassionate at times, cruel at another. 

An MBA in Human resources is widely preferred, but your abilities will speak louder than your degree in this profession, so decide whether you want to earn your Master's or enter the work force after graduation and accrue valuable experience, because in either case you will probably start out as an intern.