employment agent
Employment agents work for employment services and agencies. They match job seekers with advertised job vacancies and provide advice on job search activities.
employment agent employment agents work for employment services and agencies. They match job seekers with advertised job vacancies and provide advice on job search activities. The role shows moderate AI exposure (0.50 on a 0-1 scale) — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. The most in-demand skills for the role include labour legislation, job market offers, employment law, promote gender equality in business contexts, recruit employees.
Pay in the UK
UK: median £32,418 a year for Careers advisers and vocational guidance specialists (ONS ASHE 2025, full-time)
UK jobs are grouped differently; this is the closest UK occupation group (ONS SOC 2020 3572). ONS rates this estimate reasonably precise. 2025 provisional figures; ONS revises them a year later. Source: ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (Open Government Licence)
Pay in India (occupation group)
Average monthly earnings of salaried employees in the occupation group “Technicians and associate professionals” in India, from the Government of India's Periodic Labour Force Survey (January–December 2025). It covers everyone in this group, not only employment agent, and it is not US pay converted to rupees.
Source: MoSPI (Government of India), Periodic Labour Force Survey Annual Report 2025, Table 51 — average wage/salary earnings of regular wage/salaried employees, NCO-2015 division 3. Official India data gives one average per occupation group: there are no official India figures for single careers, experience levels or cities. Read the report
Top skills
Knowledge you'll build
- Personnel and Human Resources
- English Language
- Customer and Personal Service
- Mathematics
- Administration and Management
- Economics and Accounting
- Administrative
- Computers and Electronics
What you'd actually do
- Administer employee insurance, pension, and savings plans, working with insurance brokers and plan carriers.
- Ensure company compliance with federal and state laws, including reporting requirements.
- Research employee benefit and health and safety practices, and recommend changes or modifications to existing policies.
- Advise managers and employees on state and federal employment regulations, collective agreements, benefit and compensation policies, personnel procedures, and classification programs.
- Plan and develop curricula and materials for training programs and conduct training.
- Assist in preparing and maintaining personnel records and handbooks.
Tools & technology you'd use
Frequently asked questions
What does employment agent do?
Employment agents work for employment services and agencies. They match job seekers with advertised job vacancies and provide advice on job search activities.
What skills does employment agent need?
The most in-demand skills for this role include labour legislation, job market offers, employment law, promote gender equality in business contexts, recruit employees, hire human resources. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.
Will AI replace employment agent?
Our AI-durability model gives employment agent a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.