Career options for Human Resource Management at Murdoch University

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Career options

As a Murdoch Human Resource Management graduate, your employment outlook is bright, especially if you combine it with other disciplines. Depending on which skill combinations or specialisations you have, your Murdoch degree may lead you towards work and study opportunities in a number of areas. The following are some professions to consider, including extra majors and minors that will improve your prospects of achieving them.

General and Operations Manager

General and Operations Managers plan, direct, or coordinate the operations of companies or public and private sector organisations. Their duties include formulating policies, managing daily operations, and planning the use of materials and human resources, but are too diverse and general in nature to be classified in any one area of management or administration, such as personnel, purchasing, or administrative services. In some organisations, the duties of general and operations managers may overlap the duties of chief executive officers.

Employee Assistance Plan Manager / Employee Welfare Manager

Employee Assistance Plan Managers, also called employee welfare managers, are responsible for a wide array of programs covering occupational safety and health standards and practices; health promotion and physical fitness, medical examinations, first aid; publications; food service and recreation activities; employee suggestion systems; child care and elder care; and counselling services.

Recruiter

Recruiters maintain contacts within the community and may travel considerably, often to college campuses, to search for promising job applicants. Recruiters screen, interview, and occasionally test applicants. They also may check references and extend job offers. These workers must be thoroughly familiar with the organisation and its human resources policies in order to discuss wages, working conditions, and promotional opportunities with prospective employees.