For flawless functioning and daily operation in organizations, there are HR departments. Be it making salary rules for employees or taking decisions on compensations, leave policies, maintaining discipline in the organization, all are taken care by the HR department. No matter how big the organization is; whether it is a small scale company or a multination corporation, human resource departments are the spines that help an organization perform exuberantly every hour, every day.

So, pursuing a course on human resource management helps an individual to become an indispensable part of the organization who works for the wellbeing of employees. They increase their satisfaction level at workplace and thereby increase the profits of the organizations.

Human Resource Managers are in charge for taking care of the human capital which is the nucleus of any business. They conduct wellness programs and are in command for training, appraisal, promotion, and grievance. They formulate plans to keep the workplace engaged with productive activities both for business growth, and employee happiness, in so doing they help in employee retention.

Eligibility For Studying Human Resource Management

The first step to become an HR Manager is to enroll in an entrance examination and qualify the same to study in your dream institute. Or you can take direct admission to an institute that does not conduct any entrance test. Diploma level institutes generally allow students to study HR Management after higher secondary education, while to study HR Management in undergraduate level, one needs to have 50 percent of marks in 10+2 from a recognized university/board.

HR Management can be studied at post-graduate level. Students with graduate degree from AICTE recognized institute or university with at least 50 percent overall percentage in the final year, can opt for this.

At doctoral level, HR Management is studied by students with master’s degree from AICTE with minimum 50 percent overall percentages in the final year.

Various Entrance Examinations For HR Management Education

HR Management Exams At Undergraduate Level

1. AIMA UGAT
2. DU JAT
3. GGSIPU CET BBA
4. IPMAT
5. NPAT
6. Symbiosis Entrance Test (SET)

HR Management Exams At Post Graduate Level

1. AIMA – MAT (MAT)
2. Common Admission Test (CAT)
3. IBS Aptitude Test (IBSAT)
4. Indian Institute Of Foreign Trade
5. Maharashtra MBA Common Entrance Test (MAH – MBA/MMS CET)
6.  MICA Admission Test (MICA Admission Test)
7. NMIMS Management Aptitude Test by Graduate Management Admission Council (NMAT by GMAC)
8. Symbiosis National Aptitude Test (SNAP)
9. Xavier Aptitude Test (XAT)

HR Management Exams At Doctoral Level

1. Aligarh Muslim University Ph.D Entrance exam
2. Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), Delhi University Ph.D entrance test
3. IIIT Delhi Ph.D Admission Test
4. Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) Entrance Exam
5. Research management aptitude test R-MAT
6. Symbiosis University Ph.D entrance examination
7. UGC NET
8. XIMB-RAT (Research Aptitude Test)

Career In HR Management

With any doubt, human resource management is one of the good career choices for this generation workers. It offers tremendous growth opportunities with lucrative salary benefits at every stage. The minimum salary you can earn after completing education is INR 3Lpa. Students graduating from the one-year full-time MBA EPGP earn around INR 17.75 Lpa, while students completing two-year fulltime PGP earn around INR 14.06Lpa.

The overall salary ranges between INR 1.76 Lpa at entry-level to INR 23Lpa for highly skillful and experienced individuals.

Jobs and Future Scopes

As a fresher, the job title will matter as it holds the key for future growth of an individual. Some of the designations of HR Management jobs are HR Generalist, HR Recruiter, HR Specialist, Compensation Manager, Employee Relations Manager, Training and Development Manager, Change Consultant and Technical Recruiter. Some of the top companies that hire HR Managers are Kelly Services, Adecco India, Randstad India, IKYA, AON, ABC Consultants, Manpower Group, Teamlease, RH Factor, HR Footprints, Esskae Management Solutions and Peoplewiz Consulting.

With the intersection of technology in every possible field including HR Management, the jobs in this sector will become flexible and social. It will become mobile and depend upon data, thus making work easy for HR Managers.