1. Formal Human Resources Qualifications Demanded by Enterprise
Human Resources Management has always been an attractive career choice for people who believe they
have something to offer an organisation in terms of its ability to get the best out of its workforce. It is a
cliché, but still true, that the most valuable resource a business has is not its IT capabilities, its product
line, its manufacturing equipment or other physical resources. It is its people. They have skills,
experience, product knowledge, customer networks and commitment to company goals that make them
the most valuable resource.
How Does Human Resources Management Benefit an Organisation?
The role of the professional Human Resource practitioner is to support the organisation in providing an
environment where the people – let’s call them the workforce – can thrive. A skilled, focused and fulfilled
workforce all heading in the same direction to achieve organisational goals is an unstoppable force, and
one that most companies spend a fortune on each year in trying to produce. The fact that national
productivity figures have been falling for a decade prove that, unfortunately, most of them fall short.
This creates a huge opportunity for skilled Human Resource Managers to implement strategies and
programmes that will improve this position. Graduates of the Diploma of Human Resources Management
can expect to be challenged daily in the real world of business and enterprise. Those up to the task,
however, can forge a distinguished career based on proven and measurable achievements.
Once thought to be a 'soft' academic discipline, human resources is finally receiving the recognition it
deserves as a vital support to the 'nuts and bolts' side of enterprise. Students of the course will learn how
to structure performance management systems to monitor staff performance and reward high achievers.
They will have input into the recruitment and selection systems that bring the best and brightest into the
company, and weed out those whose previous work history may not fit the demands of the job.
A Human Resource Manager or Co-ordinator in today’s business world can expect to become involved in
establishing remuneration and benefits packages, or easing people out of the organisation through
properly structured and fairly executed separation and termination processes. They can expect to maintain
knowledge of legislation that affects the way the business is managed, and to continually keep up with
externally imposed change that will impact their organisation.
New Graduates - the Future Looks Bright
Graduates new to the workforce and applying for Human Resource positions may find it more practical to
get a foot in the door in an HR assistant type of role where they can gain on-the-job experience to
complement their formal qualifications. Any discipline that deals predominately with human behaviour is
fraught with as many variables as there are human traits. New graduates would not be expected to have
the life skills to interpret and manage these variables without some time working under a mentor.
Experienced graduates with extensive work history may not find these restrictions necessary, as they
already have many years experience working with people. They also have a large body of informal
knowledge that they have now cemented with a formal qualification, and may have sufficient confidence
in themselves to apply for management positions immediately after they graduate.
In the end, it will come down to a decision by a recruiting person, themselves a Human Resources
practitioner, as to whether or not the graduate fits the needs of the organisation. There is no need to stress

2. over not getting the first position applied for, as the demand for skilled and qualified Human Resource
people continues to grow, and the productivity figures prove the need for their intervention. Click here for
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