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04-01-2012 09:55 AM |
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Originally Posted by Feline
(Post 19258)
Hi, I am going to graduate from SIM-university of birmingham with bsc hons in business management. Will like to find human resource related career, so will like to know the current labour market benchmarks for resume updating. Please advise. Thanks.
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I studied HRM in uni and currently my girlfriend is in HR at a luxury goods MNC.
Like you, I was once impressed with what I studied and was actually thinking of joining HR, but I advise you to get more feedback from actual HR people before taking the plunge. You probably learn things like industrial relations, organization behavior, talent management, training development etc., but a real life HR department does not do any of these things.
Base on my girlfriend experience (she has been around 1 blue chip GLC and 2 MNC) and my own observation of HR in my company, I can safely say for the first 5 years you will be doing a combination of
1) Daily recruitment of low level staff
2) Administering payroll
3) Doing paperwork to sign up staff for courses
4) Organizing welfare events like D&D, family day, teambuilding gatherings, functional lunches etc.
The people around you are likely to be aunties or ladies with families who are there to pass time. If you want work life balance and don’t mind this kind of colleagues and lots of paperwork, then go for it. If you are young & ambitious and gunning for professional development and career advancement, joining HR from the bottom rungs is a bad idea.
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