Career Research Report: Skills, Knowledge, and Experience

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the Human Resource (HR) profession, focusing on graduate employability and the skills, knowledge, and experience required for success. The report begins with an introduction defining career and its various aspects, followed by an in-depth examination of graduate employability in the HR field. It discusses the roles and responsibilities of HR professionals, the importance of HR within organizations, and the factors influencing career choices. The report identifies key trends impacting the HR profession, such as digital HR and the use of big data, and emphasizes the importance of developing relevant skills. It then outlines the essential skills, knowledge, and experience needed for HR professionals, including labor laws, HR software, communication, problem-solving, and time management. The report includes a job advertisement for an HR assistant, providing a practical application of the discussed concepts. The conclusion summarizes the key findings and highlights the importance of aligning career choices with personal interests and industry demands. References from books and journals are also provided.

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INTRODUCTION...............................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY.......................................................................................................................................3
Analysis and Application...................................................................................................................3
Evaluation..........................................................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION....................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES....................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Career is an individual metaphorical journey by learning, work as well as several
other aspects of life. In addition to this, there are numerous ways which use for defining
career as well as respective term can be used in variety of manner. Each and every individual
want better career opportunities as an professional along with this there is requirement of
learning several personal as well as professional skills and knowledge so that better career
opportunities will determine. This report will going to discuss area of graduate employees as
well as for doing job skills, knowledge and experience required for doing the job will also
elaborate in the same. In addition to this, job advertisement will also design.
MAIN BODY
Analysis and Application
Graduate employability means that higher education dumni have developed capacity
for obtaining as well as creating work. In addition to this, employability simply means that
institutions as well as employers have supported student’s skills, attributes, knowledge,
reflective disposition as well as identify which graduates required for succeeding within
business firm. In addition to this, the alumni work rate is the extent between understudies
utilized full time inside a year after graduation and understudies from a similar class jobless
however looking for work in a similar period. Understudies seeking after further
investigations, inaccessible to work, working low maintenance or not looking for business are
rejected from this figuring.
Apart from this, Human Resource is selected professional in that individual want to
set their career as after graduation employment. Human resource within company department
charged with training job applicants, recruiting, finding, screening, administering benefit
programs related to employees. Moreover, as business firm reorganize for gaining
competitive advantages as well as HR division within business firm deal with fast changing
environment and also with high demand for quality personnel in better way. In addition to
this, there are several responsibilities as well as role such as compensation, benefits,
recruitment, firing and help in keeping up to date with legislation which may impact the
business firm and its staff members.
This area was selected after gathering information related to related to human
resource professional and their job role within working of an organisation. Along with this, I

talked to some people who are already working as HR professional within an organisation for
asking that respective area have wide scope or not. They told me that human resource is
important part of an business firm as it manage working of an organisation in more effective
way as well as respective area have wider scope and better job opportunities for working. In
addition to this, several events also organised by companies in which they talk about human
resource of company as well as its importance within business firm. This events result in
setting my mind to select human resource as career because it have wider scope as well as I
will be able to get better future opportunities as an graduate employment.
General trends which will impact selected profession – In every profession some recent
trends come which help people to work in more effective manner and accomplish
organisation as well as own goals. There are several trends in Human resource explanation of
these are as follows:-
Digital human resource – business firms entirely becoming digital as result human
resource division also must follow suits. The office's duty is to turn out new advanced
activities to the whole working environment, execute new versatile applications (Slack,
Workplace, Microsoft Teams, Gamelearn, and so forth.), programming and apparatuses that
help change the way the organization works. On this point, even chatbox administrations that
utilization man-made reasoning for enrolment have discovered a specialty in the most
inventive organizations.
Big data at the service of human resource – In todays world full of technology ever
number are power and human resource are not lefting behind in data revolution. Moreover,
more and more business firms are using data about their staff members for enhancing
recruitment procedure, enhancing company productivity as well as detect logistics errors. In
addition to this, such latest trends result in coining of popular term named as people analytics
this means intensive use of data for decision making which may impact people who are
working in organisation such as who to hire, how to promote and so on.
These are some changes which taking place in HR profession as well as it is important
for me to enhance my computer skills because in present as well as future things will done
with the help of computer. All such trends aid to HR profession in conducting their work
within more effective manner.
Skills knowledge and experience required – There are several skills as well as
knowledge which required for working as an HR profession within organisation. Such skills

will provide assistance in completing work within more effective manner without facing
difficulties. Explanation of these are as follows :-
Basic knowledge of labour laws – In an organisation human resource division work
for the welfare of employees as well as their benefits. It is important for HR assistant to have
basic knowledge about labour laws so that they can conduct activities in ethical manner by
following each and every law. So that, there will be no negative impact on organisation as
well as employees both. These can be minimum wage or working hour, equality, health and
safety etc..
Knowledge about human resource information software – HRMS is also named as HR
payroll systems which is intersection of human resource and information technology through
HR software. Respective software allow activities of HR as well as processes to get complete
electronically, making the workload lighter and more efficient for HR professionals. Tool like
HR payroll system may vary from organisation to organisation but also offering core
functionality which aids in running organisation in smooth and easy manner.
Communication skills – It is important for HR professional to have good
communication skills because in an organisation they present company in-front of others,
communicate with lots of people for hiring purpose and many other. Thus, it is important for
HR professional to have good communication skill as it will help in doing work within more
effective manner without any communication gap.
Problem solving skills – While working in organisation several problems may rise
which required to be resolve in effective manner so that company can perform their work in
effective manner. Thus, it is important for HR professional to have problem solving skills.
Time management – in today’s competitive world time play important role so it is
important for HR professional to have proper knowledge about related to time management.
As it will help them in completing work within required duration and in effective manner. In
addition to this, time management help in accomplishing organisational goals and objectives
in required manner.
Evaluation
Job advertisement
In XYZ company there is vacant position for HR assistance description related to the same
are as follows :-

Qualification & experience
 Graduate in Human Resource
 Fresher and experience both can apply
Job description
 To assist HR manager in recruiting and selection procedure.
 Organising team and events in company
 Employees problems resolving
Salary - Negotiable
Application process - Application along with CV/resume should be submitted online by
logging on to www.xyz.pk before 5:00 pm on May 20th 2020.
This, job vacancy is suitable for me as I want to set may career in human resource profession
because this is my interest area and I want to work in this filed. Along with this, human
resource is wide sector and have several job opportunities, for graduate HR assistant is most
suitable job. In future also it will help me in gathering several opportunities for working in
effective way.
CONCLUSION
After going through entire discussion it has been summarised that, there are several
opportunities after graduated level. Most important for individual is to select the area of own
interest as well as industry also so they can work with proper interest which required to
fulfilling job roles in effective way. Along with this, there is requirement of several skills,
knowledge as well as experience for performing job selected in the area in more effective
manner. Furthermore, candidate identify gather job opportunity through job advertisement.

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