Re: Human Resource Management
I wouldn’t call myself an HR expert but I’ve worked in HR for a few years and currently teach a graduate level course in e-HRM (Electronic HRM).
From my experience in HR and observations of the underlying functional processes… I think one of the utmost skills required to succeed in HR is organization – I’d say that approximately 75% of the work tends to be very administrative in nature and to succeed in this function, a person needs to be extremely structured.
Secondly, as expected, communication and presentation skills matter a lot – this is especially true if you’re on the front-end of the HR function where you’ll not only be interacting with candidates, organizing and participating in job fairs, campus visits etc. but you’d also be representing your company – so good PR skills come in handy. Also, this means that you need to have good fundamental knowledge of the wider business context… so an expansive training in business will be a huge asset.
Overall, you’d need to cultivate outstanding presentation skills and conflict resolution along with analytical abilities.