Career Research Report: Identifying Employability for HRM Graduates

This career research report explores the field of Human Resource Management (HRM). The report begins with an introduction to the importance of choosing the right career and the author's interest in HRM. It then details primary research, including a questionnaire to assess career suitability, followed by an analysis of secondary research, focusing on general employment trends, industry-specific trends, and required knowledge and experience. The report presents the results of the questionnaire, providing a frequency analysis of responses related to interests, values, personality traits, skills, talents, education needs, job availability, salary expectations, desired location, and advancement opportunities. The findings reveal insights into the author's suitability for an HRM career, highlighting the alignment of their skills and values with the profession. The report concludes that choosing a career in HRM is a suitable decision based on the research conducted, emphasizing the importance of training and development within the field. The report uses both primary and secondary research methods to evaluate the career prospects within HRM.

Career Research Report

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN FINDINGS:..........................................................................................................................1
.........................................................................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................15
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................17

TITLE: To identify employability for graduates in relation to their own career
INTRODUCTION
Choosing a right career for ourselves is a very important yet difficult task because if
wrong career is chosen by a person then it can spoil whole career of that person. If the person is
happy and satisfied with the profession that he has chosen for himself then it will help him in
performing work nicely and generating good results thereof (Beaulieu, 2012). The profession in
which I want to make my career is Human resource management. In this report, a detailed
discussion about career in human resource management will be covered. The major section
which is involved in HRM are training and development. This report will clearly identify the
roles played by them in human resource profession. Both primary and secondary research will be
conducted to evaluate this profession.
MAIN FINDINGS:
Human resource management basically means managing human resource in an
organisation. I have chosen HR as my profession because I have deep interest in knowing and
understanding people and their behaviour. The learnings that I will get in this profession are like
understanding organisational behaviour, Business ethics, corporate governance, compensations
and benefits, training and development, human resource planning etc. these concepts will help
me in understanding the organisation and its people very well.
Primary Research: It is a kind of research in which information is collected first handedly
by the individuals. It is considered highly relevant because it has been collected by ourselves.
This research is considered very expensive as data is collected , analysed and evaluated again. In
this research can include focus groups, surveys, interviews etc. primary research answers
questions that are directly relevant to the company. The results which comes from here is more
specific (Cameron, 2014).
Secondary research:- in this type of research , previous completed data is used by the
company and applied in their own situation. These data helps company in performing their
activities very fast and also saves time of company in collecting all the data once again. It gives a
foundation to company.
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For conducting primary research in have prepared a questionnaire through which it will be
known that which profession will be best for me. In this questionnaire, those types of questions
are included which will help in deciding the right career for me (Rosen, 2011).
Questionnaire
Q.1) What type of interest do you have?
a) playing with numbers
b) Reading books
c) Going to events and have fun
d) talking to people
Q.2) What do you value the most?
a) Career satisfaction
b) Financial success
c) Social justice
Q.3) What are your personality traits?
a) cooperative
b) competitive
Q.4) What skills do you have(Both hard skills and soft skills)?
a) Hard skills
b) Soft skills
c) both
Q.5)What are your talents and strengths?
a) good in numbers
b) good in knowledge
c) good in dealing with people
Q.6) What education do you need?
a) Training in personality development
b) Training in shares and securities
c) Training in marketing field
Q.7) Are there jobs available in that sector?
a) yes
b) no
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Q.8) What are your salary expectations?
a) above 20k
b) above 30k
Q.9) Where do you want to live?
a) UK
b) outside UK
Q.10) Are there more opportunities for advancements available?
a) Yes
b) No
So, after answering the above questions it will be very easy to decide which career will be good
for me (Goodfellow, 2013).
Now for conducting secondary research, the tools which can be used are:-
1. data collected from different schools to know which profession is chosen most by
students
2. Reports issued by research institutions which feels that people of which profession are
more successful.
3. Academic journals
4. Magazines and newspapers
5. universities, colleges and technical institutions
6. modules and guest lectures
The key informations in relation to employment factors among the employees are described
below as:
General employment trends in graduate market areas: According to research data
that has been collected from the secondary sources it is evaluated that large number of
employees are doing jobs in call centres because there is scarcity of jobs in the economy. All the
employees are following their family members of friend professions and they are not moving
towards a different field (Ferry, 2013). This results in hampering growth and development of
organisations as people are not willing to move to other professions.
Employment trends in industry sector: In the present time graduates are more focused
towards industry and management. They want to set up their own business become HR mangers
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in various multi nationals cooperation. As the population of economy is constantly growing and
there is job scarcity of jobs so people are moving towards these sectors as there are chances to
earn higher income.
Knowledge and experience required: In the modern world all people are educated as
they are worried about their future which they want to secure in order to lead a happy and
healthy life. In order to do jobs in reputed company employees should have minimum
qualifications which is required by firms so they they can easily achieve all the targets of
business (Carrier, Tugurian and Thomson, 2013).
Questionnaire
Q.1) What type of interest do you have? Frequency
a) playing with numbers 5
b) Reading books 8
c) Going to events and have fun 2
d) Taking to people 5
Q.2) What do you value the most? Frequency
a) Career satisfaction 8
b) Financial success 4
c) Social justice 8
Q.3) What are your personality traits? Frequency
a) cooperative 15
b) competitive 5
Q.4) What skills do you have(Both hard skills and soft skills)? Frequency
a) Hard skills 4
b) Soft skills 6
c) both 10
Q.5)What are your talents and strengths? Frequency
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a) good in numbers 5
b) good in knowledge 7
c) good in dealing with people 8
Q.6) What education do you need? Frequency
a) Training in personality development 8
b) Training in shares and securities 6
c) Training in marketing field 6
Q.7) Are there jobs available in that sector? Frequency
a) yes 14
b) no 6
Q.8) What are your salary expectations? Frequency
a) above 20k 7
b) above 30k 13
Q.9) Where do you want to live? Frequency
a) UK 12
b) outside UK 8
Q.10) Are there more opportunities for advancements
available?
Frequency
a) Yes 17
b) No 3
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Theme 1: There are some interest which are needs to have in an individual.
Q.1) What type of interest do you have? Frequency
a) playing with numbers 5
b) Reading books 8
c) Going to events and have fun 2
d) Taking to people 5
Interpretation:
As per the above graph it has been concluded that people are having different set of
interest 5 out of 20 people are having interest in playing with numbers this helps in improving
the concentration power of people, 8 are having interest in reading books that are published by
great writers. 2 are having interest in going events and remaining people are having interest in
talking with others.
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a) playing with numbers
b) Reading books
c) Going to events and have fun
d) talking to people
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Theme 2: People are value to different things.
Q.2) What do you value the most? Frequency
a) Career satisfaction 8
b) Financial success 4
c) Social justice 8
Interpretation:
As per the above report it has been evaluated that 8 people want career satisfaction, 4
people focused on financial success and 8 people go with social justice.
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a) Career satisfaction b) Financial success c) Social justice
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Theme 3: People are having different personality traits.
Q.3) What are your personality traits? Frequency
a) cooperative 15
b) competitive 5
Interpretation:
According to the above report it has been identified that people are having different
personality traits. 15 people out of 20 are having cooperative traits and remaining people are
having competitive traits.
8
a) cooperative b) competitive
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2
4
6
8
10
12
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Column B

Theme 4: People are having different type of skills as their own which are essential in any
business sector.
Q.4) What skills do you have(Both hard skills and soft skills)? Frequency
a) Hard skills 4
b) Soft skills 6
c) both 10
Interpretation:
As per the above report it has been evaluated that 4 people are having hard skills, 6
people are having soft skills and remaining people are having both the skills in them.
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a) Hard skills b) Soft skills c) both
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Theme 5: People are having different talent which can be considered as their strength.
Q.5)What are your talents and strengths? Frequency
a) good in numbers 5
b) good in knowledge 7
c) good in dealing with people 8
Interpretation:
As per the above graph it has been concluded that people are having various strength
such as 5 people good in numbers, 7 people are good in knowledge and 8 people are good in
dealing with people.
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a) good in numbers
b) good in knowledge
c) good in dealing with people
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Theme 6: There is a special need to gain knowledge in various sectors as per the need of
people.
Q.6) What education do you need? Frequency
a) Training in personality development 8
b) Training in shares and securities 6
c) Training in marketing field 6
Interpretation:
As per then above report it can be concluded that 8 out of 20 people are interested in
doing training in personality development and 6 out 20 people are interested in doing training in
shares and securities and in marketing field.
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a) Training in personality development
b) Training in shares and securities
c) Training in marketing field
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1
2
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5
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8
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6 6
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Theme 7: There are so many job vacancies are available for people.
Q.7) Are there jobs available in that sector? Frequency
a) yes 14
b) no 6
Interpretation:
From the above report it can be said that 14 out of 20 people believe that there are jobs
available in sectors which they will be choosing as their career.
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a) yes b) no
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6
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Theme 8: People expect different salary package as per their talent and skills.
Q.8) What are your salary expectations? Frequency
a) above 20k 7
b) above 30k 13
Interpretation:
From the above report it can be assumed that 13 out of 20 people wants that their salary
should be more than 30k in a month and only 7 out of 20 people want that their salary should be
above 20k.
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a) above 20k b) above 30k
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6
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7
13
Column B

Theme 9: People wants to live at various places as per their own comfort zone.
Q.9) Where do you want to live? Frequency
a) UK 12
b) outside UK 8
Interpretation:
From the above report it can be concluded that 12 out of 20 people wants to do job while
staying in UK itself but only 8 out of 20 people wants to move out of UK and do their jobs.
14
a) UK b) outside UK
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2
4
6
8
10
12
12
8
Column B

Theme 10: There are so many opportunities are available for advancement.
Q.10) Are there more opportunities for advancements
available?
Frequency
a) Yes 17
b) No 3
Interpretation:
From the above report it can be concluded that 17 out of 20 people believe that the career
which will be chosen by people are having opportunities for advancements in future.
CONCLUSION
As per the above report, it has been conclude that by choosing human resource
management as a career option is the right decision which I have taken for my career. By
conducting primary and secondary research , I have evaluated that all my skills and values are
matching for this career . In this report, a detailed discussion about career in human resource
management has been covered. The major section which is involved in HRM are training and
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a) Yes b) No
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
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18 17
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development. This report has clearly identified the roles played by them in human resource
profession. Both primary and secondary research has been conducted to evaluate this profession.
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