Career Research Report on HR Profession and Trends

Career Research
Report

Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
ANALYSIS AND APPLICATION.................................................................................................3
General trends which will impact HR profession (Secondary research)................................3
General trends which impacts HR profession (Primary research).........................................5
The skills, knowledge and experience required.....................................................................5
EVALUATION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8
APPENDIX 1: PRIMARY RESEARCH EVIDENCE...................................................................9
APPENDIX 2: JOB ADVERTISEMENT.....................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
In the current research I am going to provide information in respect of the profession and its
scope which is related with HR. I am willing to pursue career in HR field on the position of HR
associate. As according to my experience there is great scope for HR associate in terms of
learning and opportunities. Within an organisation HR associate is having role to manage people
and their skills in such a way that optimal benefits can be provided to the organisation and
employees in personal manner (Lanier, 2017). In the current time this has been analysed that
huge number of youngsters are pursuing their career in the field of HR as this field helps in
connecting with people and understand their needs. This investigation is intended to recognise
different skills and qualities which are developed in me and could be helpful in making my
career as a successful HR associate. On the other hand the report is also going to highlight
different trends which are accepted by HR department of an organisation so that to stay align the
market developments. There are different sources which are being used under the current
research such as primary and secondary. In context of primary research using interview
information is collected and open ended questions are asked from the respondents whereas for
secondary information books and general in different articles are used.
ANALYSIS AND APPLICATION
General trends which will impact HR profession (Secondary research)
There are number of different factors that have vital importance in the HR Profession.
People are asset for every organization and their management is done by and responsibility of
human resource management (Angrave and et. al., 2016). It is necessary for an organization to be
successful to make sure that skillset of its resources is enhanced in timely manner and is in
alignment with latest trends of industry. With the fast advancement in technologies, the human
resource departments of organization are changing eventually over the years.
Technology: Technology is the key changing trend in today’s world, and which keeps on
changing with improved technologies and customers’ expectations from industry. It’s key trend
for the human resource department of organization as its way for them to make their life easy
and convenient (Boon, Den Hartog and Lepak, 2019). They use various software to track their
recruitment processes for application tracking and cloud computing of recruitment process for
the vacant job positions. These advanced tools are way of eliminating any form of biasness by

making sure merit-based selection process. Apart from these, human resource management also
uses various tools of technology to assist them in processes such as boarding, orientation,
trainings, and payroll upload. These tools are important to make sure that they overcome hectic
workload and able to do their activities in simpler way. These improved processes enhance the
strength of relationship between the employee and HR. All the persons having aspiration of
making future out of HR profession should ensure that he possesses the adequate knowledge of
these trending technologies associated with HR activities and various software are used by HR
since organisations are now looking towards combination of advanced technologies and artificial
intelligence skillset.
Globalization: Globalization is a way of expanding the boundaries of business and its
activities to the global level. Today, every organization recruit employee from all over the world
from different countries. This trend of modern world has provided business with option to
expand their business and brand over the world. It has great impact over HR professionals who
are working across various HR posts across the world as they get experience of managing the
employees globally (Al Ariss and Sidani, 2016). It is the responsibility of HR management to
form various strategies to recruit and attract resource talent from all over the world to fill in the
vacant job positions and provide their services to the organization. They should recruit
employees who had effective communication and interaction skills to effectively manage
international clients that would lead business to grow and expand. The skills possessed by
graduates should be dynamic that can be applied across globe. Therefore, companies need
employees who respect the culture of different countries and helps business to grow.
Diversity and Inclusion: The culture of every organization shows the way that organization
operates. It plays a pivotal role in offering positive experience to its workforce. HR personnel are
responsible for rooting the seeds of affiliation and inclusion out of which employees build
confidence for expressing their idea and equity (Pattanayak, 2020). To simplify, HR
professionals establish cohesive work culture which can help to boost employee performance and
decrease employee turnover. This is the trend that has an equal impact and importance for new
graduates as well since they must be capable of recruiting candidates with diverse background
and make them to work under one common roof. This is only possible if the person provided
with responsibility of recruiting have equal respect for all the cultures, religions, diversities,
caste, gender etc. to make sure there is no discrimination. Due to this importance companies are