Career Research Report on HR Profession

This report covers the latest trends impacting HR profession, necessary skills and knowledge required, and evaluation of the profession as a career option. Data is collected from primary and secondary sources.

Career Research
Report

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................................4
ANALYSIS AND APPLICATION...........................................................................................4
General trends which impact on HR profession (Secondary research)..................................4
General trends which impact on HR profession (Primary research)......................................6
The knowledge, skills and experience required.....................................................................6
EVALUATION..........................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES...........................................................................................................................8
APPENDIX 1: INTERVIEW.....................................................................................................9
APPENDIX 2: JOB ADVERTISEMENT...............................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
In the present research report I will be wrapping information about HR profession. In
recent time having career in Hr professional holds a very great importance within an
organisation. Human resources in a company focus on attracting and hiring best candidate so
that goals and objective of business can be attained. I am quite interested towards the Hr
profession as I feel like managing employee in a company is the toughest duty that needs to
play by hr manger. According to my opinion I believe that i posses the ability to mange
people in effective manner. I can easily communicate with employee which helps in resolving
any issue or grievance in softer manner (Kooij and Boon, 2018). I urge to develop my career
in the field of hr after completing my graduation. This report is also based on various trends
that help in defining Hr profession as superior career option than any other profession in
business. This report will also cover various skills and knowledge and experience necessary
to be posses by recent graduate who has wish to develop a career in Hr. In this report data is
collected from various primary and secondary sources so that detailed knowledge can be
acquired. For obtaining secondary information different sources is being used by me some of
them are books, articles, website etc. On the other hand, for ascertaining primary information
I conducted interview from the employee who is related to Hr domain. Thus, the current
investigation is quite significant for the fresh graduate as they can opt for Hr profession as
their career option (Simčić, 2018).
ANALYSIS AND APPLICATION
General trends which impact on HR profession (Secondary research)
There are different trends in each and every type of profession because it helps in
defining their career as superior to other. Various organisation and staff follow these trends in
order to improve their goodwill and also to attract talented employee towards their business.
Some of the latest trends within Hr are discussed below:
Globalisation: One of the vital and most crucial trends in the field of HR is
globalisation. Hr assistant and executive has hugely impacted by the trend because this helps
them to recruit candidate from the overseas market in order to diversified workforces and

gain competitive advantage (Pyaw, 2019). It has also allowed Hr manger to acquire staff from
various nation so that they can improve their organisational culture.
The trend in globalisation has also affected skills and knowledge acquired by the
graduate. Organisation hire those employee which has great knowledge regarding policies,
culture and language spoken in different nation so that they can put there hundred percent in
managing the business operation of international employee as well their customer.
Artificial Intelligence and machine learning: Another latest trend in the domain of
Hr profession is using of advance technology in business operation. Technology has large
impact on the way Hr works so that their work can be completed in timely manner. Various
technology involves in Hr field are artificial intelligence which helps the HR department to
track the performance of their employee and mange their working. It also assists in
controlling the recruitment process and the workflow of the company (Kryscynski and et. al,
2018). AI methods are one of the useful technologies of Hr profession as it aids them to
eliminate duplication of work and any biasness while attracting and hiring candidate. It also
includes chat bots and machine learning for systematic access of the significant data.
The trend of advanced technology affect the recent graduate who want to build there
profession as executive or manger because it helps organisation to have those staff which
have great skills related to technology. Organisation needs those workforces who can install
advanced technology in their working so that they can create smooth and flexible working
approach.
Promoting diversity: Next trend in the profession of Hr is promoting diversity.
Diversity is another important trend that hold significant role because this help the HR
mangers to involves various people in the organisation. Employees are being gathered from
various age, caste, religion, country and then cooperation is build (Azevedo and Shane,
2019). This also aids in building positive work environment and brand image in the market.
Promoting diversity helps the business to respect each and every caste, religion, values,
gender and many more.
This trend helps the fresh graduate who wants to build their profession because
organisation needs employees who can plant a tree with affiliated diverse people. This also
helps the existing employee to feel confident and also helps them to share their ideas and
thoughts in efficient manner.
Importance to mental health: one of the vital trend in the domain of Hr is giving
more importance to mental health. The field of HR is mainly focused in managing the welfare
of the staff so that physical and mental health can be good (Guarnaccia, and et. al, 2018).

They are giving priority to marinating a proper balance between personal and professional
life, boost motivation, encourage and interact employee in order to solve the problem related
to mental health such as anxiety, trauma depression and stress. They are also offering
lunches, counselling session, celebrating occasion and many more.
The trend of mental health also affects the recent graduates because organisation
wants to hire those professions who can apply best policies and strategies which can improve
the mental health of their employee. They also want those Hr professionalism who can create
healthy working environment.
General trends which impact on HR profession (Primary research)
For gathering information related to the trends in Hr profession, interview is being
conducted so that raw data can be acquired. Through Interview data is being obtained from
the HR manager and these people provide valuable information. For this primary research, is
being conducted on artificial intelligence and the priority of mental health are the major
trends in Hr field. From the data it is being analysed that artificial intelligence is playing quite
important role as it deliver various software’s and apps which creates smooth and convenient
working operation (Cascio, 2019). With the help of AI, angers can easily choose and on-
board staff within the company. On the other hand, another trend that is mental health is also
equally important because it aids company to create a positive and friendly working space so
that employee can feel satisfied while working in the organisation. Thus, from the collected
data it is significantly seeing that organisation need to follow trends in order to maintain their
reputation and good will (Stone, Cox and Gavin, 2020).
The knowledge, skills and experience required
There are various skill and knowledge that is being required in the profession of Hr
which is discussed below:
Key skills:
Communication skills: Communication is the key skill which assists in performing
the role of Hr in sound manner. It acts as a link between staff and the organisation. HR
mangers communication skills help the top managers to take right decision and right time
because they are responsible for conveying message (Harvey, Bolino and Kelemen, 2018).
Management skill: One of the other key skill that is needed to have in HR executive
is the ability to manage work and grievance. This help in forming a positive and flexible
working environment.

Teaching skill: It is that skill which holds special position in the domain of HR. In
this they act as a teacher where they provide training and coaching session to their staff in
order to build their knowledge. Hr executive must have enough knowledge about providing
coaching in effective manner (Armstrong and Taylor, 2020).
Proactivity skill: Another key skill in the field of HR manger is proactivity skills. The
manger must need to have the capability to solve potential challenges and issue ate early level
so that they can prevent major problem.
Key knowledge:
 Conceptual skill: This is that skill which is required by an HR manger because in this
skill various theories and models are there which assists them to manage and control
day to day operation and task in easy go without having any hurdle (Tuan, 2019).
 Technical skill: Another vital skill is technical skill which help Hr manger to
executive their operation using various latest software and devices and many more.
They should have enough knowledge about technology Bennett, and et. al, 2018).
EVALUATION
From the above accumulated data, it is being evaluated that the role of HR is quite
important and my interest also lies in the job. I believe that I possess skills and knowledge
that is required to execute duty and responsibilities of HR executive in greater way. This is
the profession which I consider to be the perfect for me to develop career in respect to the
other profession in business because it performs the role of managing employee in the
company. I also think that I have great knowledge and understanding about human behaviour
and I can easily identify their needs and wants. Therefore, I will opt HR field as my career
option so that i can achieve great success.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Armstrong, M. and Taylor, S., 2020. Armstrong's handbook of human resource management
practice. Kogan Page Publishers.
Azevedo, A. and Shane, M.J., 2019. A new training program in developing cultural
intelligence can also improve innovative work behavior and resilience: A
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Bennett, D., and et. al, 2018. What is required to develop career pathways for teaching
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Cascio, W.F., 2019. Training trends: Macro, micro, and policy issues. Human Resource
Management Revie. 29(2). pp.284-297.
Guarnaccia, C., and et. al, 2018. The role of occupational self-efficacy in mediating the effect
of job insecurity on work engagement, satisfaction and general health. Current
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Harvey, J., Bolino, M.C. and Kelemen, T.K., 2018. Organizational citizenship behavior in the
21st century: How might going the extra mile look different at the start of the new
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Kooij, D.T. and Boon, C., 2018. Perceptions of HR practices, person–organisation fit, and
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Kryscynski, D., and et. al, 2018. Analytical abilities and the performance of HR
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Pyaw, P., 2019. A STUDY ON PERSONALITY TYPES, JOB-FIT, AND CAREER SUCCESS
OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGERS IN YANGON (Doctoral dissertation,
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Simčić, M., 2018. Developing and managing of a career in Erste&Steiermarkische
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Stone, R.J., Cox, A. and Gavin, M., 2020. Human resource management. John Wiley &
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Tuan, L.T., 2019. HR flexibility and job crafting in public organizations: The roles of
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APPENDIX 1: INTERVIEW
Company H&M, United Kingdom
Job title Human resource manager
How did you contact
them?
Through LinkedIn
Questions asked &
summary of their answers
As per your opinion, what is the major trend within the field
of HR?
The participants have said that artificial intelligence and
mental health are the two major trend and giving more
priority in HR. AI helps in making work flexible and mental
health assist in satisfying employee towards their job.

APPENDIX 2: JOB ADVERTISEMENT