Employability Skills in Human Resource Management

This paper reflects on the skills of employees in the human resource management department. It identifies personal strengths with reference to Clifton Gallup strengths and situation analysis with reference to Johari's window model. It relates the findings to the analysis of two companies in the sector of human resource and explains the objectives of business networking in the human resource department.

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Executive summary
This paper reflects on the skills of employees. Being very specific to the department of human
resource management. It relates to my personal skills in line with the career developments in the
field of business. The paper identifies my personal strength with reference to the Clifton Gallup
strengths and the situation analysis with reference to the Johari's window model. It goes further
in relating the finding to the analysis of two companies in the sector of human resource. This
paper then explains the objectives of business networking in the human resource department.
Finally, this paper relates the relevance of the networking in business to the human resource
department with relevance to my personal experience and performance in my previous
networking events

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Table of Contents
Executive summary.....................................................................................................................................2
Introduction.................................................................................................................................................4
Strength analysis through models................................................................................................................4
Company analysis........................................................................................................................................7
Conclusion, learning outcomes....................................................................................................................9
Bibliography...............................................................................................................................................11

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Introduction
When making a dream come true, it’s always at an easy pace, no pressure. The only secret is to
believe in my dreams; in my potential that I can certainly be the best. For a scholar in the human
resource management department, all it takes is an exploration of in the business world (Deck,
2017). I often consider the best imitations of an individual’s philosophy to be what he does over
what he says. This leaves me anticipating to be the most proficient human resource manager in
the near future. I am an industrious proactive team player who can work under minimal
supervision.
Strength analysis through models
For a human resource manager, I am a responsible individual who is accountable for all the
actions. The human resource department is a critical department in every organization that holds
the management team together and has the responsibility to change the managerial department.
As required I have the discerning skills in the field to ensure a smooth environment in the
organization (Dubreuil, 2016)
Restoration is a word that can be used to express my own skills as a leader. I am practically
capable of restoring the working environment within an organization. Sometimes in an
organization, things do fall apart, and it is the responsibility of the human resource manager to
restore everything back to normal at the managerial level in order to enhance an effective
workforce. This is basically what I am capable of (Northouse, 2017).
Adaptability is a word that should reflect a competent human resource manager. The
technological involvement in the world of business has changed very many things, and there are

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different trends day in day out. As a human resource manager, I am highly adaptive to this
environment, and the changes never surprise me. I just learn how to adjust to the modified
working environment (Lopez, 2018).
Deliberative is a strength that keeps the workforce together in an organization. I often indent for
consideration of the opinions of the other staff in the organization in order to enhance a powerful
workforce and unity in the organization which is useful in the establishment of sustainable
development (Rigoni, 2017).
Consistency is a strength that helps keep together the management team in an organization. In
most case, especially when it comes to some technical changes in an organization, the results are
never short run but a long run. This requires the human resource manager to be consistent in the
actions being put in place for the relevant changes, and this is my best strength (Harms, 2017).
Relating the above strengths to the Johari's window model, we can only make changes if we are
aware of the implications alongside the changes in the human resource department and the
people being affected by the change are aware of the same. The same can be applied if either one
of us is aware but in the case where none of us is aware, then it becomes a problem to make any
changes whatsoever. This technique helps to understand the relationship between people (Luft,
2009).

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Company analysis
Looking at two different companies in the department of human resource management I would
consider the Accenture Company and the Aon Hewitt Company. The Accenture Company is a
global management and professional consulting services company which has been incorporated
Dublin, Ireland. The company was established in the year 2009. The company is dedicated to
client value creation, enhancing a sole global network, respect to all individuals, stewardship,
and integrity. Through this values and ethics, the Accenture Company has enabled clients to
become high performers in their business activities. The company has also facilitated leveraging
the collaboration power, value diversity and unique contributions in the working environment.
The company has also been able to establish a stronger foundation for the future of the company
by improving the community status and the global environment (Gregory, 2015).
In the human resource department, performance is enhanced by incorporating different values
and ethics. Human resource is a department that takes pride in the performance of the
organization based on its objectives through diversity and corporate citizenship. The department
requires high transparency in order to enhance the confidence of the employees and their
performance in the organization. Commitment is also another element in this field that is very
effective for human resource managers. The human resource department requires making
decisions not only for the betterment of the organization based on today but also for future days.
This requires the stewardship, respect to all individuals, integrity, client value creation, and as for
the diversity for the workforce, enhancing one global network (Bratton, 2017).
Aon Hewitt was formerly known as Hewitt associates. This company provides capital and
management consulting services in the united states. The company was established in the year
1940. The company later merged with AON to become a brand group “Aon Hewitt.” The

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company is responsible for providing strategic human resource services to different companies in
order to optimize their performance in the industry (Sievert, 2017). The company so far is the
global leader in the human resource consulting service. The company has been established its
brand by mitigating the risks in a workforce of different organizations and help the managers to
realize the untapped potential in the organization. In this company, integrity and professionalism
remain to be the main pillars of its operations. The company is committed to providing high
standards consulting services and innovation which gives their clients the confidence they
require to trust in their consulting services. The company is also based on an open learning
culture (Taneja, 2015).
Human resource management deals with advancement related exercises in an organization.
Seemingly it is that part of management where morals extremely matter since it concerns human
issues particularly those of pay, advancement, mechanical relations, and wellbeing and security
issues (Hewitt, 2016). Drawing my models from AON Hewitt, building differentiated
capabilities to the clients and adding distinct value to the clients is as well something that
requires integrity of the highest degree. In order to be the leading global company in terms of
consultancy, there need to be differentiated techniques used in advisory services (Hewitt, 2016)
According to the theories of human resource, behavioral and motivational, different values and
ethics are applicable in order to enhance management in the human resource department in an
organization. Being competent in the management level is one very basic requirement in the
human resource department. Adaptability in this department becomes vital dues to the various
changes that are experienced on a daily basis of operations and need to be worked out without
disrupting the normal operations of the company (Gatewood, 2015).

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Conclusion, learning outcomes
Networking in the field of business refers to the activity of different business people coming
together to socialize, recognize and act upon business opportunities. In the field of human
resource management, networking can be referred to as the activity of different human resource
managers coming together to share information and seek potential ventures in the department
(Wakhlu, 2014)
Networking involves the interaction between different professionals, in this case, the human
resource managers. Different sectors may have different activities running through, and the
activities may vary in the same sectors but in different locations. Networking will enhance and
create awareness of all the activities of the human resource department after meeting different
professionals in the same sector who have faced different market situations in the industry. It
involves sharing of ideas between different personnel in the same field of business. Every
individual in this networking circle have their main objective, their different field of view,
different analysis over different case scenarios, in the process of sharing the information that an
individual has to the other individuals in the business circle, I will be exposed to highly
synthesized information that may be helpful in decision making in the human resource
department (Chiesi, 2014).
Having been involved in different business networking events, I have learned that in order to
gain the specific required information during the event, one needs to lay down a personal
strategy and make use of some specific tools in the process. In some cases, teamwork may be
effective when the invent involves more than one representative from the same organization. The
representatives may focus on different ideas and strategies but collaboration, in order to acquire
high profile information, would be useful. This has worked previously for me. Networking

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events are very resourceful to organizations in the same sector. They show the loopholes in the
market and for the managers who are best in making analysis; they can acquire information that
would help them realize the uncontested market spaces in the industry (Hall, 2015). At the end of
the event, every individual in the event, having participated will have gained knowledge in the
respective industry. In the human resource department, the technology is taken over, and the
emerging trends are tirelessly challenging the organizations. This calls for the analysis of
different situations in the sector through business networking.
Time and again the most useful skill in the business networking event is the problem-solving.
These skills involve managers in a way that attempts to find a solution for a certain issue in the
industry which in turn requires a contribution from the rest of the team thus creating awareness
of the commercial situation within the sector. Delegation and planning are also useful skills
when it comes to networking. The skills allow different managers to be in charge of analyzing
the different market situation and providing solutions relevant to the case (Chiesi, 2014).

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