What will you do after graduating from Human Resource Management?

According to data from the national database on business registration (Ministry of Planning and Investment), as of December 31, 2019, the whole country had 758,610 operating enterprises. In 2019, the whole country had 138,139 newly established enterprises, an increase of 5.2% compared to 2018. And the government's goal is that by 2025, the whole country will have at least 1.5 million enterprises.

Each enterprise is usually organized into different functional departments. Any enterprise needs a Human Resources Management department, also known as the Personnel Department, Human Resources Department, etc. Suppose, each small and medium-sized enterprise has 1-3 people in charge of human resources management in the organization. If you multiply this number by the number of enterprises above, you can see how high the demand for human resources is, not to mention the administrative and career agencies.

So, what is human resource management? What are the job positions in human resource management? What skills are needed for a human resource manager?

Human resource management is one of the hot majors, attracting attention and is the top choice of many young people today.

What is human resource management?

Human resource management is one of the important and basic functions of management, because people are the core part, the most important resource and also the center of the development of an organization.

Human resource management provides solutions to stabilize and develop human resources in organizations. As the human factor is increasingly emphasized in today's knowledge economy, human resource management becomes more and more important to organizations.

Enterprises are often organized into many departments with many employees participating, these employees have different abilities and personal characteristics. The requirement is how to make employees develop the highest ability for assigned jobs. Human resource management is the factor to solve this requirement.

Human resource management is one of the majors being trained by the Faculty of Business Administration, Dai Nam University.

Job positions after graduating from human resource management

Recruitment Specialist

The position of a recruitment specialist is responsible for tasks related to recruiting human resources in a business, including searching for and approaching potential candidates, acting as a bridge between the hiring decision maker and the candidate, as well as supervising the entire recruitment process.

Training and Development Specialist

A training and development specialist is someone who plans, builds and organizes training programs to develop the skills and knowledge of employees in a business.

Payroll and Benefits Specialist

The payroll and benefits specialist is responsible for ensuring benefits and overseeing compensation, managing employee salary and benefits data, and conducting annual performance reviews. The payroll and benefits specialist must stay up to date on new employee benefits laws and regulations.

Head of Human Resources

Human resource managers plan, develop, and coordinate human resource management activities within the organization. They oversee recruitment and participate in decision-making with senior managers. They act as a liaison between the organization’s management and the employees.

Human Resources Director

This is one of the senior director positions that oversees all aspects of human resources in the business. They are responsible for making decisions and building strategies to move the business forward.

The training program of the Faculty of Business Administration of DNU trains in the direction of practical experience and creative thinking, aiming at creative startups and sustainable business operations.

Necessary skills of human resource managers

Due to the nature of the profession, people working in Human Resource Management need to master a wide range of skills related to people. Learners must master specialized knowledge such as: employee psychology, salary, labor standards, insurance, collective labor agreements, human resource development skills in the 4.0 era... in addition to the necessary skills, typically:

Communication skills: this is a basic skill that anyone working in this profession must master. In all situations, human resource managers need to be able to communicate, respond skillfully, tactfully as well as "read" the thoughts of others.

Listening skills: not only negotiating skillfully, you also need to practice listening skills to understand the wishes of employees and then promptly make reasonable adjustments for the business.

Human resource planning and structuring skills: at the management level, a Human Resource Manager needs to be able to divide, attract, and develop human resources to suit the development direction of the business.

Understanding of many fields: unlike other fields, when studying Human Resource Management, students need to seek social knowledge in many fields such as business, marketing, finance, etc.

FACULTY OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION – DAI NAM UNIVERSITY