Thriving in a fulfilling career

Our major in MHR is more than a degree - it is the preparation of leaders who transform people into truly champions and great teams to help their organisations to win championships in the competitive global economy.

In the current fast-paced world marketplace, the increasing complexities within the competitive environment, the speed of innovation, the burgeoning of virtual teams in times of changes, and the increasing societal concern for problems such as occupational safety and work-life balance have all the more exacerbated the war for talent, and thus rendered a strong demand for HR professionals to design and lead efficacious HR strategies and programmes to galvanize the potential of their greatest assets - people - to create business success. The growing consensus that business successes can often be attributed to not only having the best people but also taking good care of them has in the past decade expanded employment opportunities in China and overseas for MHR graduates in both quantity and prominence. For example, HR professionals not only are tasked with staying up-to-date with ever-changing employment laws to ensure compliance, but also must lead vigorous HR programmes to enable organisational changes to support management and employees in their joint-effort to achieve strategic organizational goals.

2013 cohort of graduates

The Next Step On Your Path Toward Success

Our MHR major is about more than finding a job - it is about the making of leaders who can create high impact systems to drive performance in the workplace. Emphasizing a balanced need for an astute business acumen and a comprehensive set of HR knowledge in our students, our programme aims at developing students' intellectual capacity, ethical aptitude and analytical proficiency that enable them to lead innovatively, act responsibly and make sound business predictions and decisions. Apart from a full-fledge curriculum, we offer our students opportunities to take part in co-curricular activities such as service learning projects, career talks, company visits, alumni meets and mock interviews to help them to master skills learned, identify potential career goals and prepare for job search and interviews.

2021 cohort of graduates

Upon graduation, our MHR graduates:

• will have a firm grasp of a comprehensive body of HR knowledge;

• will have a broad base knowledge of business management theories, concepts and methods in the areas of accounting and finance, marketing, employment law, economics, business analytics, etc. to enable them to navigate and lead business success in the changing world;

• will be able to solve problems by applying fundamental principles to a variety of issues;

• will be able to conduct independent studies in English on business issues and social problems by finding, analyzing and interpreting business as well as HR data;

• will exhibit communication and interpersonal skills needed by successful business leaders and professionals; and

• will recognize social dimensions in human behaviour and interaction in organizational settings in order to help others to become responsible professionals and citizens of their communities.

Possible Careers

The career prospects of our MHR graduates are therefore broad and varied. Our graduates have either sought additional post-graduate qualifications to hone their knowledge and skills and become professionals in specialize HR fields, or had a head start on their career and tracked a broad range of occupational paths (including those in the marketing, finance, accounting and legal professions) as well as built up their own businesses.

The Greater China Salary Guide reported on the annual salaries for HR professionals in China (2020):

Working in Human Resource Management

The employment outlook for aspiring human resource professionals in China and abroad is very promising. There are various career paths related to human resource management. Some of the more common ones include:

— HR specialist positions in enterprises and non-profit-making organisations in China and overseas:

• The senior HR jobs in corporations may carry the titles of Chief Human Capital Officer, Chief People Officer, Chief Change Management Officer, VP - Strategy and Culture, HR Director, Director of Employee Experience, Director of Talent Management, Director of Organizational Development and Performance, etc.
  

— HR specialist positions, for examples, in the areas of compensation and benefits, recruitment and staffing, EEO, training and development, and occupational health and safety:

• The HR specialist jobs in organisations may carry the titles of HR Talent Manager, Employer Brand Manager, Business Partner, Labour Relation/Union Advisor, Compensation Manager, HR Trainer, HR Technology Specialist, In-house Legal Counsel, Legal Compliance Officer, etc.

— HR specialist positions in HR consultancy firms or HR specialist services providers ( may carry the titles of Change Management Specialist, Global HRM Specialist, Knowledge Management Specialist, Talent Acquisition Specialist, Training and Development Specialist, Compensation and Benefits Analyst, Labor Relations Specialist, Employment Lawyer, etc.)