HR assistants are involved in a number of areas of human resources, including:

Recruitment/New Hire Process

Participating in recruitment efforts.
Posting job ads and organizing resumes and job applications.
Scheduling job interviews and assisting in interview process.
Collecting employment and tax information.
Ensuring background and reference checks are completed.
Preparing new employee files.
Overseeing the completion of compensation and benefit documentation.
Orienting new employees to the organization setting up a designated log-in, workstation, email address, etc.