Understanding the HR Profession Map: Attributes & Career Development

This essay provides an overview of the human resource profession map, highlighting key attributes such as decisive thinking, skilled influence, and personal credibility. It also outlines general attributes including a drive to deliver, courage to challenge, and serving as a role model. The essay identifies areas of work within HR, such as delivering information and services, organization design, organization development, and talent and resource planning. Furthermore, it emphasizes the importance of understanding whether an individual aims to be a HR specialist or generalist and explores various career opportunities available with associate and bachelor's degrees, referencing key texts in human resource management. Desklib offers similar solved assignments and resources for students.

OVERVIEW
The human resource profession map requires the
following attributes;
• Decisive thinker;
• Skilled influencer;
• Personally credible;
• Collaborative;

GENERAL ATTRIBUTES
• Driven to deliver;
• Courage to challenge;
• Role Model;
• Curious;

AREAS OF WORK
• Delivering information and services.
• Organization design.
• Organization development.
• Talent and resource planning.

HR CAREER
• It is important to gain an understanding whether the
individual wants to become a HR specialist or generalist.
• It is important to explore all the possible opportunities.
• Having an associate degree or certificate can help an
individual to get into the positions of HR clerk, HR
assistant, training and development coordinator, HR
generalist, recruiter or payroll specialist.
• Having a bachelor’s degree will enable him/her to get
into the positions of employee relations, labor relations,
analyst of employee benefit or compensation, HR
information systems and other associated positions.

REFERENCES
• Bratton, J. and Gold, J., 2017. Human resource management:
theory and practice. Palgrave.
• Lussier, R.N. and Hendon, J.R., 2017. Human resource
management: Functions, applications, and skill development.
Sage publications.
• Marchington, M., Wilkinson, A., Donnelly, R. and Kynighou,
A., 2016. Human resource management at work. Kogan Page
Publishers.
• Vance, C.M. and Paik, Y., 2014. Managing a global workforce:
challenges and opportunities in international human resource
management. Routledge.

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