In-depth Career Research Report: Skills & Trends in HR Profession

This career research report provides a detailed analysis of the Human Resources (HR) profession, focusing on current trends, essential skills, and required knowledge for recent graduates. It incorporates both secondary research, highlighting the impact of technology, employee wellness programs, diversity and inclusion, and globalization on the HR landscape, and primary research gathered through interviews, emphasizing the importance of diversity and artificial intelligence. The report identifies key skills such as recruitment and selection, conflict resolution, advising, communication, and teamwork, along with technical and conceptual knowledge necessary for success in HR. It concludes that the HR profession demands higher qualifications, skills, and knowledge, offering a challenging and interesting career path with a promising future, especially for those with strong interaction skills and an interest in working with diverse individuals. The report also includes an interview summary and a job advertisement example.

CAREER RESEARCH
REPORT

Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
ANALYSIS AND APPLICATION.................................................................................................3
General trends which will impact HR profession (Secondary research)................................3
General trends which will impact HR profession (Primary research)....................................5
The skills, knowledge and experience needed.......................................................................5
EVLUATION..................................................................................................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8
APPENDIX 1: INTERVIEW..........................................................................................................9
APPENDIX 2: JOB ADVERTISEMENT.....................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
In the present investigation I will collect detailed data about the job opportunities in the
profession of HR. This is the kind of profession that demands confidence, skills to convince and
communication. I look forward to make career in the field of human resource as it provides
greater opportunities to develop and experience success. There are great number of recent
graduates who desire to make career in HR because they are interested in connecting with human
employees and learn from them (Poba-Nzaou, Uwizeyemungu and Clarke, 2020). Human
resource is the profession which is directly linked with the management of people working in the
organisation. So, the current investigation highlights the latest trends in the profession of HR as
well as skills, knowledge and experience required to get in the HR profession. The current
investigation carries out latest trends which directly impacts recent graduates who desire or urge
to build career as an HR. Hence, this report covers primary as well as secondary information so
that in-depth information can be carried out. Primary data will be accumulated through strategy
called interview in which certain open ended questions are included. On the other hand,
secondary data will be assembled through secondary sources such as books, articles, journals,
newspapers etc. Hence, this research report includes all the necessary skills required in the
profession of HR along with recent trends.
ANALYSIS AND APPLICATION
General trends which will impact HR profession (Secondary research)
There are several trends that hold great importance in human resource profession. For a
business, employees are the precious asset because they conduct activities of the company so that
objectives could be attained. Hence, every company requires human resource assistant, executive
and managers so that they can form strategies to manage and retain talented employees. Some of
the latest trends in HR profession are discussed in the current research report.
Technology
One of the significant latest trends in the profession of HR is technology. Technology has
created its importance in every sector because it has made operation very easy and convenient.
Profession of HR also relies upon advanced technologies because HR executives and assistant’s
complete tasks within limited period of time (Federici, Boon and Den Hartog, 2021). HR
executives adopt candidate tracking software. cloud computing etc. for their successful

completion of task and activities Companies also use this software to know about exact vacant
positions in the organisation so that they can recruit right number of employees for the company.
In simpler words, with the adoption of advanced technology HR executives eliminate bias nature
and give equal opportunity to each candidate.
A company expects from recent graduates who want to make career in the profession of
HR that they should be aware about the advanced technologies. Graduates must be capable
enough to deal with the advance technologies so that they can complete their assigned operations
and work.
Programs for employee wellness
Employees are the people who work in hectic environment and stressful conditions so
HR professionals have started forming and introducing wellness programmes so that mental
health of employees could be kept healthy and stable. These programmes are introduced by HR
professionals as per the requirement of employees so that positive environment can be created in
the workplace (Gunesh and Maheshwari, 2018). Now, HR executives look for strategies that help
employees to balance their professional and personal lives. Hence, this also assist in creating
positive environment in the workplace.
Organisations expect from recent graduates that they should be aware about healthy
mental state so that employees could give their best efforts towards activities and objectives of
the organisation. Recent graduates should also be aware about the ways through which they can
identify challenges faced by employees while working in the organisation
Diversity and inclusion
Another important trend in the HR profession is diversity which means that professionals
of HR include every type of employee irrespective of their religion caste gender etc. HR
professionals’ focus on building strategies for increasing level of diverse employees in the
organisation (Ren, Chadee and Presbitero, 2020). Through this way HR professionals create
supportive environment in the workplace where each employee supports another one.
Therefore, an organisation expects from recent graduates that they should have
knowledge of importance of diverse workforces. Companies also want people who have broad
mind and respect each employee and give opportunities to them according to their talent.
Globalisation

It is the latest trend in the profession of HR because now every company has started
expanding its business in international market. So, it becomes the duty of HR professionals to
recruit and select employees from the international market with the motive of attaining goals and
objectives of the company (Sulbout and et. al., 2021). HR professionals recruit candidates who
have great knowledge of several cultures and different languages so that they can work from
anywhere.
An organisation expects from recent graduates that they must be capable enough in
communicating with different language so that they can recruit candidates from the international
market. As organisation also wants these graduates should also know about international policies
and strategies.
General trends which will impact HR profession (Primary research)
According to the information gathered through primary research it is identified that
diversity is one of the greatest trends in HR profession because every company wants HR
assistants and executives who are capable enough to include diverse employees in the workplace.
HR professionals focus on building diverse workforce team so that brand image can be enhanced
in the market (Shaito, 2019). HR professionals are very clearly aware with the fact that when
they recruit diverse employs then only they can get talented workforce for the attainment of
defined objectives of the company. On the other hand, the other significant trend is artificial
intelligence as per the primary research because HR professionals have become dependent upon
advance tools and software for performing their operation such as recruitment, selection,
identifying vacant job positions etc.
The skills, knowledge and experience needed
Key Skills:
For working as an HR professional there are certain skills knowledge and experience
required from a recent graduate which are clearly explained below:
Recruitment and selection skill:
This is one of the skills that is needed in the hr profession because their primary work is
to fill vacant job position with talented candidate so that company’s objectives would be
fulfilled. This involves ability of hiring employees through implementation of appropriate
policies of the organisation (Siddiqui and Ali, 2019).
Conflict resolution skills:

Another significant skill in the HR profession is ability to resolve issues among
employees, between a manager and an employee etc. This also facilitates in mitigating the
situation of harassment cases and safety and health issues (Arar and Öneren, 2018).
Advising skill:
Another important skill in the HR profession is advising skills because HR executives
and HR assistance are the people who guide employees in the starting stage as well as induction
of newly recruited employees (Kooij and Boon, 2018). HR professionals should clearly resolve
every type of doubt in the mind of employees related to the job roles and responsibilities.
Communication skill:
Another important skill in the HR profession is communication skill because impression
of the whole organisation is dependent upon HR because they are the people who firstly face
employees (Sheth, 2018). These professionals need to be transparent while communicating with
employees in the organisation.
Teamwork skills:
HR Professionals should have teamwork skill because they align employees with the
objective of the company. They are the people who showcase the importance of teamwork in the
organisation with the motive of fulfilment of defined objectives and target (Muratbekova-
Touron, and Galindo, 2018).
Key Knowledge:
Technical knowledge: HR profession requires knowledge of advanced technologies and
tools so that they can perform their duties with greater efficiency and effectiveness (Trost, 2020).
Conceptual skill: HR Professional always have knowledge of theories and models so that
they can apply them in the real time situations and carry out positive outcomes for the company
(Kooij and Boon, 2018).
EVLUATION
With the above information it is examined that HR profession needs higher qualification
skills and knowledge because they have great responsibility to perform. I believe that I can make
successful career in the HR profession as I have great interaction skills which is mainly required
in this profession along with I can influence people to join the organisation. I also think that I
have great interest in challenging work and I believe that HR profession is also a challenging job
because it is surrounded by diverse people. HR profession is the job which has brighter future

because an organisation always needs employees to meet their objectives and targets. In
comparison of other jobs, I think HR profession is more interesting and challenging.
CONCLUSION
From the above gather data, it is concluded that HR profession is challenging as well as
interesting because it needs great skills and knowledge. This report has also covered latest trends
in the HR profession with the expectations that an organisation keeps from recent graduates to
perform the job role and responsibility of HR.

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Books and Journals
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Federici, E., Boon, C. and Den Hartog, D.N., 2021. The moderating role of HR practices on the
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Gunesh, P. and Maheshwari, V., 2018. Role of organizational career websites for employer
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Kooij, D.T. and Boon, C., 2018. Perceptions of HR practices, person–organisation fit, and
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APPENDIX 1: INTERVIEW
Name of contact
Company Amazon
Job title Human resource manager
Date of contact 25-03-2022
How did you contact them? Through e-mail
Questions asked &
summary of their answers
According to your opinion, what is the beneficial trend in an
HR profession?
The HR manager has responded that artificial intelligence is
one of the trends in the profession of HR. This has made
operations of the HR professionals very simple and quick.

APPENDIX 2: JOB ADVERTISEMENT