Career Research Report MG410: Exploring Trends & Skills in HRM Role

This report provides an analysis of a career as a Human Resource Manager, covering the general trends influencing the profession, the required skills, experience, and knowledge necessary for success. It highlights the impact of online work, self-service portals, feedback mechanisms, technology in hiring, employee training, mental awareness, and AI on the human resource profession. Essential skills such as communication, active listening, technical proficiency, team handling, decision-making, organizational abilities, and training and development expertise are discussed. The report concludes that a career in HR is a good choice for the author, given their communication skills and interest in desk work, and suggests this path to other students. It uses secondary research to dive deep into the knowledge required for this topic, which can help many students in making their career choices. This document is available on Desklib, a platform offering a variety of study resources for students.

Career Viewpoint
MG410
CW1 – Career Research Report
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Contents
Introduction 3
General trends influencing the chosen industry or profession 3
The required skills, experience and knowledge 5
Evaluation 6
Conclusion 6
Reference list 8
Appendices 9
Appendix 1: Primary Research Evidence 9
Appendix 2: Relevant job advertisement 10
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Introduction
This report objective is to analyse the career of a person. Selecting a profession according to
the skills and interest. In this project the job role has been taken as a human resource
manager (Nalbantoglu Yilmaz and Cetin Gunduz, 2018). I would choose this profession
because my skills match with the required position. I want to do this role as this is a very
responsible and on desk job (Guo, Wang and Wang 2021). I will make my career in HR
manager field. This is a very interesting position in any organisation. The following report
will cover tasks, trends which will impacts HR profession, then it contains skills and
experience requirement for this role and later it will conclude the report.
General trends influencing the chosen industry or profession
Trends which impacts human resource management
Change is necessary in every field. with frequently change in the organisation it will help
management to adopt new technologies. There is various roles and responsibilities for the
human resource manager so he has to more attentive towards organisation. He is responsible
for the fulfil vacant position in the company by recruiting and selecting the right candidate
according to the skills required for the position. Human resource manager have to keep
records of all the employees and provide them with self-visit portal. So they have to be
updated themselves by new trends. Out of trends some of them are discussed below.
Work online: - Now the present scenario is changing every one now understand
the power of digital. Employees works very hard even they also forgot their personal life as
well in order to stay in office and give their 100%. employees now want to work online
means work from home so that they can focus on both personal and professional life (Stewart
and Brown, 2019). Human resource management should focus on virtual work as the
technologies are changing so management also have to change.
Self-portals:- This is a self-access portals company should provide to their
employees . Human resource managers have to keeps records of employees in which
all the information, past records, education everything is records. Now the
technologies are changing management should give them self-portals where
employees can see their information change their updated information can see their
upcoming duties, commission, leaves everything (Chams and García-Blandón , 2019).
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This is a very important change the management should adopt it will save time of both
employees and company. They can log in and log out the portals whenever they want
to.
Feedback: - There is really need to change the feedback process. Every company
follows only downward feedback where the supervisor or seniors gives feedback about the
employees to the management by this employee will not get chance to give feedback about
their seniors. If the management of the company can able to adopt upward feedback also
human resource can get direct feedback from each and every employees about their allotted
seniors (Ren, Tang and E Jackson, 2018). By this employee will feel motivated and
eventually helps organisation by contributing more to the organisation. Human resource
management are one who listen and understand the needs of their employees they have direct
touch with employees. They should keep motivating the employees for achieving targets of
company.
Technology in hiring candidates: - Human resource manager can recruit
people by using various methods online. Now the world is shifting towards online platforms.
It becomes very easy for the HR to hire candidates of best fit the position (Nabeeh et. Al,
2019). HR can make a online site of their company's name and give their ads on social media
so the people can get to know about vacant position and starts applying, HR can select from
those and quickly hire them.
Employees training: - There are two methods of training online and offline
training. If the HR can arrange the online training for their employees it will take less time
and also they can learn from home also there is no need to come office in training period. It
will help organisation in increasing efficiency.
Mental awareness: - The latest trend in the human resource is the increase in
mental health. Employees works hours and hours and also do overtime due to this they suffer
from mental health. Company should conduct a session every weak for increases awareness
about menatl pressure on employees.
AI: - It helps in record employees on boarding, remuneration, salary, leaves,
information everything. For human resource manager this trend is very favorable for them to
keep employees current and previous information.
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The required skills, experience and knowledge
There are various roles and responsibilities of HR manger. They have to keep communicate
with the employees. HR main role is to recruit and selecting right candidates for the available
job role.
They are required skills and experience for their role. Some of the skills are taken below
Communication skill: - Most desirable skills which is required for the human
resource manager is communication skill. Communication is very important for every level
of organisation. It facilitates the link between human resource and employees within a
company's culture (Hamilton and Davison , 2018). This is very important skill that how you
are deliver an information with board of directors, how you are influencing them.
Communication is the first step in building relation with the employees. If HR is able to
communicate well with the employees, it will help them to retain them. They are the one who
handles employees by listening their complaints, feedback etc. you HR is good at
communication then he will definitely help the organisation.
Active listening skill: - This is critical skill as human resource managers should
have this skill for maintaining peace in the organisation. With the help of this skill they listen
to others and find solutions for them. When HR professionals listen more and talk less than it
will help them to take decisions faster. It will increase efficiency in the organisation
(Oehlhorn et. Al, 2020)
Technical skill: - It is a critical skill which helps the HR mangers in handling of
day to day work. Human resource manager have to keep records of every employee in
software this requires technical skills (Thoman and Lloyd, 2018).
Team handling skill: - Human resource managers have to work with all the
managers, employees, colleagues in the organisation where this skill plays an significant role
in doing teamwork (Do, Budhwar and Patel, 2018). Working together with all other
designation the the company is a very tough task the professional who is good in handle these
situations can have the ability to survive in any environment.
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Decision making skill: - For taking day to day decision which helps organisation
in smooth functioning of work it requires decision making quality. There is lot of decisions
which a HR manger should take.
Organisational skill: - Human resource managers are act as a mediator between
employees and organisation. They are responsible for managing day to day life in
organisation through time management, and data management. They facilitate smooth
working environment in the company.
Training and development skill: - This skill helps in providing training to its
employees when there is any change in product. Training and development programs open
new gate of opportunities in future. This is a very essential skill.
Evaluation
Human Resource manager is chosen profession that has responsibilities of recruiting,
selecting people according to the knowledgeable of the person and human resource manager
is also responsible for the semployee’s retention by providing them training programs
according to the change in the products. I am good at communication and I have a good
listening skill as well, so I am suitable for this profession. Main roles of the HR professionals
are recruiting, selecting candidates and provide training to the existing employees. It plays an
important role in managing the day to day work in organisation. This career option is quiet
good I like desk work and HR position is a desk job.
Conclusion
This report shows the impacts of trend of human resource profession and also states the skills,
experience and knowledge required for this job role. I will choose my career in this field only
because I have done my post-graduation in human resource and scored good marks. There are
some recent changes by which this position can able to enhance their skills. I will suggest this
career option to my other fellow classmates and friends because everyone can make their
career in this field easily. If I choose this profession then I will able to enhance my skills
whether it is communication, technical or management purpose for the future prospective.
For this report I have conducted secondary report to dive deep into the knowledge for this
topic. With the help of this many students can take help for their career options.
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Reference list
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Do, H., Budhwar, P.S. and Patel, C., 2018. Relationship between innovation‐led HR policy,
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Guo, W., Wang, L. and Wang, N., 2021. Research on the impact of career management fit on
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Hamilton, R.H. and Davison, H.K., 2018. The search for skills: Knowledge stars and
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Nabeeh et. Al, 2019. An integrated neutrosophic-topsis approach and its application to
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Appendices
Appendix 1: Primary Research Evidence
Name of contact
Company
Job title
Date of contact
How did you contact them?
Questions asked &
summary of their answers
Q1. What according to you are required skills and
knowledge of human resource manager?
A. I believe that a human resource manager must
possess active listening skill, organisation skill and
decision making skill as all these can help them to
manage organisational personnel.
Q2. What are general trends pertaining in the profession of
working?
A. The world of work is rapidly changing Within the
profession, human resource manager needs to be
prepared to deal with the effects of changing world
of work.
Name of contact
Company
Job title
Date of contact
How did you contact them?
Questions asked &
summary of their answers
Q1. What according to you are required skills and
knowledge of human resource manager?
B. A human resource manager needs skills and
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knowledge related to team handling, organisation,
communication, technical and so on skill. At same
time, knowledge related to nurturing people,
technology know how and many more are essential
in the profession.
Q2. What are general trends pertaining in the profession of
working?
A. Trends that are pertaining in human resource
manager working are usage of self-portals, artificial
intelligence, working online and mental awareness.
Appendix 2: Relevant job advertisement
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