How To Become An Employee's Representative: What It Is and Career Path

What is an employee's representative and how to become one

Updated January 8, 2025

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Quoted expert

Dr. Martha Martinez- Firestone Ph.D.

There is more than meets the eye when it comes to being an employee's representative. For example, did you know that they make an average of $26.38 an hour? That's $54,860 a year! Between 2018 and 2028, the career is expected to grow 0% and produce -5,200 job opportunities across the U.S.

What general advice would you give to an employee's representative?

Dr. Martha Martinez- Firestone Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Program, DePaul University

You will hear lots of doomsday scenarios about how you will never recover and how your professional life is ruined. Take it as a challenge. While the effect of recessions is real, that only gives you an idea of the average experience. In all cohorts there are people who do better and people who do worst. Work to be part of the former. All crises bring opportunities; make sure to identify them and see if those jobs and industries are a possibility for you. And remember that life is more than your job.

ScoreEmployee's RepresentativeUS Average

Salary

4.3

Avg. Salary $54,860

Avg. Salary $59,228

Diversity

8.3

Race

American Indian and Alaska Native 1.00%

Asian 10.75%

Black or African American 10.31%

Hispanic or Latino 15.97%

Unknown 5.16%

White 56.81%

Gender

female 70.61%

male 29.39%

Age - 42

Race

American Indian and Alaska Native 3.00%

Asian 7.00%

Black or African American 14.00%

Hispanic or Latino 19.00%

White 57.00%

Gender

female 47.00%

male 53.00%

Age - 42

Stress level

5.8

Stress level is manageable

7.1 - high

Complexity level

5.9

Complexity level is intermediate

7 - challenging

Work life balance

7.0

Work life balance is good

6.4 - fair

Key steps to become an employee's representative

Explore employee's representative education requirements

Most common employee's representative degrees

Bachelor's

56.8 %

Associate

19.5 %

High School Diploma

10.5 %

Start to develop specific employee's representative skills

Skills	Percentages
Employee Engagement	22.92%
HRIS	12.36%
Inbound Calls	12.15%
Customer Inquiries	10.34%
Customer Issues	7.62%

Complete relevant employee's representative training and internships

Accountants spend an average of 1-3 months on post-employment, on-the-job training. New employee's representatives learn the skills and techniques required for their job and employer during this time. The chart below shows how long it takes to gain competency as an employee's representative based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data and data from real employee's representative resumes.

Research employee's representative duties and responsibilities

Integrate efforts on actions and programs where joint OPM functional effort are necessary to accomplish recruitment and enhance organizational effectiveness.
Counsele managers and employees on benefits and employment law issues, including FMLA, ADA and EEOC.
Facilitate one-on-one training pertaining to LOA and FMLA procedures.
Process new hires, terminations and employee changes in PeopleSoft.

Get employee's representative experience

Generally, it takes 1-2 years to become an employee's representative. The most common roles before becoming an employee's representative include customer service representative, internship team lead and sales associate.

Apply for employee's representative jobs

Now it's time to start searching for an employee's representative job. Consider the tips below for a successful job search:

Browse job boards for relevant postings
Consult your professional network
Reach out to companies you're interested in working for directly
Watch out for job scams