Career Research Report: Skills, Trends and Analysis in HR Management

This report, prepared for the MG410 Career Viewpoint module, explores career opportunities within Human Resource Management, specifically focusing on the retail industry. It begins with an introduction highlighting the importance of career planning for students and then delves into the analysis and application of career development stages, including self-assessment and market study. The report examines the necessary skills and knowledge for an HR role, such as networking and communication, and discusses general trends impacting the profession, like technological advancements in employee management and new payroll systems. It presents the findings of evaluation questions, interpreting responses to understand interest in HR roles and the types of individuals pursuing HR positions. The report concludes by emphasizing the role of HR in managing the workforce and adopting new technologies. References include books and journals that support the research and analysis of the chosen career path. The report aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the HR field and its potential for recent graduates.

Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Analysis and application..................................................................................................................3
Skills / Knowledge necessary..........................................................................................................5
General trends which will impact the chosen profession................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6

Introduction
Students have a lot of career options and it is very necessary for them to plan a proper scenario in
order to have good academic as well as professional Career. In the following report, job
opportunity chosen is human resource manager in retail company. There are several challengers
which for human resource manager has to face while conducting operations and tasks. This will
inform about how a student must plan In order to manage the growth and development.
There are several on which exam analyse what is the best part for a student to choose his or her
career and growth. Different Opportunities are provided to students in order to manage different
roles and responsibilities within human resource sector.
Analysis and application
There are several steps involved in the managing a student’s career plan and Growth. These are
mentioned below
Phase one: self assessment
This is one of the best way to know what is the best profession that a student must choose. This
involves understanding own skills and abilities and managing how to overcome the challengers
and develop a good career growth (Anders, 2018). There is need to manage own values,
satisfaction and intent for managing the growth and development. There is need to analyse on
strength, weakness, interest and honestly managing the different factors for improving the
personal as well as professional growth.
Stage 2: market study
There's always a chance for planning job and profession according to present scenario of market.
It is seen that students analyse day need of profession in current scenario or business
environment and this will help to manage what can be done in order to have an effective career
and growth (Boylan, 2018). This is associated with managing a real job and establishing work
life balance.
Stage 3: building a toolkit for job search
This is a step which consists of challenging several executives and supervisors in order to
manage aspects of jobs. When the research process is completed then there is chance to manage

the role and responsibility of job scenario (Cheon, and et. al., 2018) There are several categories
consisting of job search and these are described below :
 Personal characteristics- these provide information about how an individual lives his or
her life. It also explains what are character traits, features and belief of a person. It
provides information about requirement of managing own skills and capabilities for the
selected job role.
 Professional expertise - this provides information about practical jobs which are involved
in managing several scenarios like sale restaurant of software, medical devices,
technological systems, etcetera. In present scenario, main focus is upon human resource
management and it is of utmost priority that all the aspects and concepts of human
resource development are considered properly.
 Transferable abilities- these are known as capabilities which are involved in managing
different work and activities which are related to one another. There is need to understand
structure and plan all the spending required for having a good job role.
Jobs related to human resource management are basically focusing upon skills and capabilities of
an individual in managing another person. It is seen that there are several human resource
activities and tasks prepared for managing workforce ((Choy, and Chua, 2019). An attractive
job proposal is prepared by student in order to get reputed jobs in HR field. In this call students
put up all information and data related to on skills and capabilities. It is very important to analyse
present scenario of retail sector and to get a respectful job. There are several steps for
maintaining a good job role and searching for opportunities. Some of these are explained below -
 Undertaking multiple appointments with details (covered in the previous step)
 Attempting to maintain contact with college / academic colleagues
 Attending and presenting at workshops
 Participate in case study competitions and other academic competitions
 Using social media networks and groups
 Maintaining meaningful relationships with colleagues at the current job and staying in
touch with individuals as they leave
 Leading friends and family in our network and connecting them to specialists in tourism
and hospitality

There is Need to manage building of reputation within industry so that easy to enhance nurturing
of network and establish effective skill sets (DiPaola. and Wagner, 2018) . It is very important to
manage the business scenario and increase the movement of successful career development.
There are several factors which have to be evaluated in order to Increase the knowledge
regarding retail industry.
Skills / Knowledge necessary
As an aspiring retail specialist, it's important to develop your professional network. Much
like you need to continue to strengthen and improve your skill sets, they can create and nurture
your network; it's an investment in your future. Any ways in which this can be done include:
• Conducting multiple detailed interviews
• Maintaining contact with faculty / academic classmates
• Attending and speaking at conferences
• Taking part in case study competitions and other academic competitions
• Employ social media networks and groups
• Maintaining good relationships with friends at the current job and staying in touch
with individuals as they leave
• Asking family and friends in their network to introduce you to experts in tourism and
hospitality
General trends which will impact the chosen profession
Technological advancement in employee management- it is seen that within retail industry,
there's huge problem of dissatisfaction among employees ((Evers, and et. al., 2019)). It is very
important to manage the brand reputation by controlling and monitoring different activities .
Human resource managers have to focus upon solving the issue of human management within
workforce ((Fedotova, and et. al., 2018)).
New payroll system – there are new technological ways for managing payroll of employees. It is
maintained for developing career growth and opportunities of employees. It is ensured that all
employees are managing the work in an effective manner so that goals are attained. For a
student, it is very important to manage the new technologies of payroll. It enhances the
preparation of employee growth.

Employee performance – It is an effective way for controlling skills and abilities of an employee
in completing the organisational goals. This will help to manage and use the employee
evaluation in providing them posts and job roles as per their capabilities. As there is new
advancement in employees performance technology, there is need to enhance these skills for
better performance.
Evaluation
Questions
Q1) do you have interest in human resource jobs ?
a) Yes
b) No
Q2) According to you, what are the different types of individuals looking for a HR job
role?
a) Scholars
b) People understanding human resource
Questions
Q1) do you have interest in human resource jobs ? Frequency
c) Yes 10
d) No 10
Q2) According to you, what are the different types of individuals looking
for a HR job role?
Frequency
c) Scholars 11
d) People understanding human resource 8
Results
Q1) do you have interest in human resource jobs ? Frequency
a) Yes 10

b) No 10
Interpretation – This pie chart can be used for knowing the number of people looking for HR
people. There is need to manage and develop effective HR skills and capabilities that will help
to manage and monitor HR activities (Gabrys-Barker, 2018). It is essential to develop an
effective plan to build career opportunities.
Q2) According to you, what are the different types of individuals looking
for a HR job role?
Frequency
a) Scholars 11
b) People understanding human resource 8

Interpretation – it is concluded from the above pie chart that human resource management is
interest of few students. They are seen to have more effective knowledge regarding employee
welfare and development (Morales, 2018). This is seen that they are working for managing the
career development and opportunities.
CONCLUSION
It is concluded from the above discussion that HR is a job role which is associated with
managing of workforce of the organisation. It is ensured that all new technologies are adopted
by HR professionals in order to have good management. These help to control and monitor work
effectively.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Anders, A.D., 2018. Networked learning with professionals boosts students' self-efficacy for
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Boylan, M., 2018. Enabling adaptive system leadership: Teachers leading professional
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Cheon, S.H. and et. al., 2018. Why autonomy-supportive interventions work: Explaining the
professional development of teachers’ motivating style. Teaching and Teacher
Education, 69, pp.43-51.
Choy, W.K. and Chua, P.M., 2019. Professional development. In School Leadership and
Educational Change in Singapore (pp. 69-86). Springer, Cham.
DiPaola, M. and Wagner, C.A., 2018. Improving instruction through supervision, evaluation,
and professional development. IAP.
Evers, O. and et. al., 2019. How do personal and professional characteristics influence the
development of psychotherapists in training: Results from a longitudinal study. Research
in Psychotherapy: Psychopathology, Process and Outcome, 22(3).
Fedotova, O.S. and et. al., 2018. Empathy as a part of professional culture of the specialist. In
The European Proceedings of Social & Behavioural Sciences (pp. 32-40).
Gabrys-Barker, D., 2018. On teacher beliefs, self-identity and the stages of professional
development. Linguarum Arena: Revista de Estudos em Didática de Línguas da
Universidade do Porto, 1, pp.25-42.
Morales, A.R., 2018. Within and beyond a grow-your-own-teacher program: Documenting the
contextualized preparation and professional development experiences of critically
conscious Latina teachers. Teaching Education, 29(4), pp.357-369.