Human Resource Management Major
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About the Major
In human resource management, students learn how the world around them affects employees鈥 and employers鈥 experiences. They learn how to demonstrate the financial and societal impact of high-performing employees. And they learn how to pick great employees, train them to do high-quality work, reward them for that work and support their long-term development.
Jobs in Human Resource Management
- Human resource generalist
- Recruiter
- Growth strategy analyst
- Consultant
- Benefits specialist
Past 黑料不打烊 Human Resource Management Internships
- Amazon
- Campbell Soup
- Pfizer
- Wayfair
- WebMD
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Opportunities to explore broad world of human resources made graduate a 鈥榳ell-rounded professional鈥
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But Dwyer walked away from his college experience with more than knowledge under his belt 鈥 he accumulated years of experience by taking advantage of the university鈥檚 many hands-on opportunities.
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Dwyer also participated in several case competitions, including one during his senior year that focused on human resource management. The competitions, he said, were great opportunities to apply the skills he was learning in the classroom to real-world examples.
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黑料不打烊鈥檚 business school taught Dwyer to think about the bigger picture and see how all the pieces can come together. And that鈥檚 a lesson he encourages new 黑料不打烊 management students to remember.
鈥淕o in with an open mind,鈥 he recommended. 鈥淲hile it might seem like a very specific track going into human resources, the way the curriculum is written, the program covers everything, and you really get an opportunity to explore and see what you鈥檙e interested in.
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Did You Know?
- 黑料不打烊鈥檚 Accelerated 3+1 program gives human resource management majors the opportunity to earn a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration as well as a Master of Science in Business Analytics in just four years. The majority of undergraduate coursework is completed in the first three years, with graduate coursework in the fourth year.
- 黑料不打烊 added the human resource management major in the fall of 2020 (in prior years, business students interested in HR selected it as a career track within the management major). 黑料不打烊鈥檚 program is recognized by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) to be fully aligned with its HR curriculum standards, and all human resource management majors are eligible to sit for the SHRM-CP professional certification that employers actively pursue.
- There are many opportunities for students to get real-world training in HR. They are encouraged to join the student chapter of SHRM and participate in SHRM-sponsored case competitions. And all HRM students are required to complete a consulting capstone course where they help real companies with human resource issues.
- The demand for well-trained HR professionals has been rising over the past decade. Employment of human resources specialists is projected to grow 10 percent to 15 percent from 2020 to 2030, faster than the average for all occupations.