Overview

A business is only as good as its employees – and employees only thrive when there’s a good human resources team behind them. Human resource management (HRM) plays a critical role in every organisation. As an HRM professional, you’ll work to get the best from your people for the entire employment cycle. It’s a broad field, touching all parts of an organisation. It’s also a rapidly growing profession, with both jobs and income levels forecast to increase in the future. So why not get in on the ground floor with this human resource management major sequence?

Accreditation

Graduates with a human resource management major are eligible for graduate membership with the Australian Human Resources Institute.

Career opportunities

Our human resource management graduates have pursued careers as:

  • HR managers
  • HR directors
  • payroll managers
  • personnel managers
  • policy administrators
  • union liaison officers
  • superannuation officers
  • corporate training officers
  • recruitment and selection consultants
  • occupational health and safety managers
  • employment and industrial relations officers
  • learning, training and development consultants

Industry partnerships

We enjoy deep industry connections with many well-known organisations across Australia. Here are just a few of our host partners for business: 

  • Adecco
  • CISCO Mentor Me Program
  • Brisbane Paralympic Football Program 
  • Highered Global Talent Search and Virtual Global Careers Fair
  • Impact for Women
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Completion requirements

A Major consists of 80 cp.

Complete exactly 80 credit points from the following:

  • HRMG204Organisational Behaviour10 CP
  • HRMG207Introduction to Human Resource Management10 CP
  • HRMG208Performance Planning and Development10 CP
  • HRMG214Recruitment, Selection and Remuneration10 CP
  • HRMG302Employment Relations and Legal Frameworks10 CP
  • HRMG308Strategic HRM: Metrics and Analytics10 CP
  • HRMG311Sustainable Human Resource Management and Global Stakeholders10 CP
  • MGMT310Organisational Change for Sustainability10 CP

Testimonial

“As part of my professional HRM internship I gained valuable experience covering many HR areas from organising interviews, visa and background checks through to organising starter packs for new employees. I really appreciated being able to put into practice what I had learned at uni. And the best part was that at the end of the internship I was offered a graduate position.”

Mikaella, Bachelor of Commerce, human resource management

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