Analysis of job advertising for HR specialist positions in Finland vs UK
Korotkova, Elizaveta (2017)
Haaga-Helia ammattikorkeakoulu
2017
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2017120820241
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2017120820241
Tiivistelmä
In the global business environment, organizational efficiency is very reliant on a company’s ability to manage its human resources. Human resource management is one of the most crucial elements of today business, which makes it a very interesting topic to study. As the demand in HR competence sets to increase, so does the need to recruit qualified experts. The purpose of this thesis was to study the recruitment as a function of Strategic Human Resource Management, examine the steps involved in the hiring process, and do a comparative review of HR positions advertised online.
The theoretical part of the study goes through consecutive historical milestones of Human Resource Management and describes what kind of job functions were performed in different periods of economical advancements such as to demonstrate a more complete picture of how HR profession was born and progressed as time went by. Besides that, a few of HR specialist job duties are described to assist a reader with a better understanding of the empirical part of the study.
The empirical part of this research contains an in-depth comparison of several job positions for various HR specialists in Finland and the UK. A qualitative research method was chosen for this study as the most suitable for the collected data analysis. The data collection was carried out by inspecting the results of the job search using EURES job search portal.
The outcome of this research is a comparative analysis of job advertisements for different HR specialist positions advertised in Finland compared to the ones advertised in the United Kingdom. The result of the study includes a set of practical advices for people who aim to obtain a job within HR field of occupation.
The theoretical part of the study goes through consecutive historical milestones of Human Resource Management and describes what kind of job functions were performed in different periods of economical advancements such as to demonstrate a more complete picture of how HR profession was born and progressed as time went by. Besides that, a few of HR specialist job duties are described to assist a reader with a better understanding of the empirical part of the study.
The empirical part of this research contains an in-depth comparison of several job positions for various HR specialists in Finland and the UK. A qualitative research method was chosen for this study as the most suitable for the collected data analysis. The data collection was carried out by inspecting the results of the job search using EURES job search portal.
The outcome of this research is a comparative analysis of job advertisements for different HR specialist positions advertised in Finland compared to the ones advertised in the United Kingdom. The result of the study includes a set of practical advices for people who aim to obtain a job within HR field of occupation.