Growing Your HR Career

9 December 2022
3.00 pm

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Arulkumar Singaraveloo
arul@malaysiahrforum.com
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Understand your career direction https://thehrjobs.com

Are you in search for a job or a career?

A job is work you perform to earn A career is a long-term professional journey

money to support your basic
needs. It can be full-time or part- vs you may determine based on your passions.
It is the path you embark upon to fulfill your
time and may be short-term professional goals and ambitions.

Why is it important to identify your needs and wants before applying?

Short term vs long term career goals https://thehrjobs.com

Short-term career goals Long-term career goals

▪ To be done in the near future ▪ To be done over the several years

▪ Usually small goals/steps ▪ Usually bigger goals/steps
▪ Something that can be accomplished fast ▪ Something that takes time to accomplish
▪ What you can do right away ▪ Need time and thorough planning
▪ Quick results ▪ Require time and bigger sacrifices
What do I need to?
Short-term career goals
1. Get a professional certification
2. Upskill yourself
3. Improve communication skills
4. Pick up reading habits
5. Attend networking events
6. Identify next goals immediately
7. Develop confidence
8. Grow to job grade
9. And so on…
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Long-term career goals
1. Pursue a Degree/MBA/PhD
2. Upskill yourself
3. Develop expertise in the area of choice
4. Write a book
5. Be a speaker
6. Identify future goals
7. Be a coach/mentor
8. Be a department head/Director
9. And so on …
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Find a mentor https://thehrjobs.com

Do you have a mentor? Why is a mentor needed?

Help to get you connected

How can a Be your industry expert

mentor assist
you? Help in reviewing your resume

Follow up on your career progression

What’s next? https://thehrjobs.com

▪ Identify your goals

▪ Identify your constraints & acknowledge them
▪ Work on overcoming or circumventing your
constraints
▪ It is painful and tiring but don’t give up!
▪ Don’t listen to nay-sayers

And you must enjoy what you do so that the journey becomes exciting and meaningful …
What are the common roles in HR https://thehrjobs.com

Industrial
Recruitment/Talent Human Resource Information
Relations/Employee
Acquisition Systems (HRIS)
Relations

HR Business Partner Expatriate Management HR Infra/Employee Relations

Compensation & Benefits Learning & Development Welfare/Employee Relations

HR Service Center HR Audit/Social Compliance

Typical HR Career Path
Senior VP/
CHRO
Senior
Director
GM/
Director
Asst.GM/
Asst. Director
Senior
Manager

Manager

Assistant
Manager
Senior
Executive
Executive ▲The structure/career path/designations vary in companies
(Entry Level) ▼Rough indication of salary band in large MNCs

HR Exec HR Senior Exec HR Manager HR Senior Manager HR Director

Senior VP/Director/CHRO
RM 2,500 – RM 4,000 – RM 6,000 – RM 15,000 – RM 25,000 –
(RM 30,000 – RM 70,000)
RM 4,000 RM 6,000 RM 15,000 RM 25,000 RM 50,000
Which direction have you decided on? https://thehrjobs.com

Transactional Strategic

❑ HR Admin ❑ Talent Development

❑ Hiring & Firing ❑ Succession Planning
❑ HR Documentation Processing ❑ Performance Management
❑ Statutory Compliance ❑ Employee Development
❑ Audit Management ❑ Competency Development
❑ Vendor Management ❑ Managerial Development
❑ And others ❑ Leadership Competency
❑ And others
How do I embark on my transformation? https://thehrjobs.com

❑ Getting out of the comfort

zone/expanding the comfort zone
❑ Competency Development
❑ HR Certification/Post Graduate studies
Transactional/ Specialist/ ❑ Embark on HR Projects
Generalist/ Center of ❑ Risk Taking
HR Operations Competence
(CoC ❑ Networking
❑ Mindset change
❑ Challenge the status quo
❑ Eliminate/simplify the legacy process
HR Business Partner ❑ And others
Resource Management
What we have today? What do you want to do?
What are the constraints? What are the Organisation goals?

Positive Value Add

(Opportunities) Increase
Positive Value Add
(Opportunities)
Negative
Value Add
(Interferences)
Eliminate
Negative
Value Add
(Interferences)

Administrative
(Necessities) Administrative
Reduce
(Necessities)
Is this your typical day-to-day life at work today?
100%
What it should be!
Workload should be at 100%
▪ Ideal situation but not well
planned
>100%
What it is today!
Workload is more than 100%
▪ Chaotic, cutting corners, time is
taken up with
operations/admin matters
▪ Weak HR Fundamentals
▪ No time for strategic focus
▪ Long work hours, fatigue and
running in circles
100%
What needs to be done?
Overhaul the system
▪ Reduce transactional/admin tasks
▪ Eliminate legacy processes,
make things lean and fast
▪ Increase strategic focus
▪ Build sustainable HR framework
Power of LinkedIn https://thehrjobs.com

Are you on ? (particularly for experienced candidates)

If your profile inviting? Can you profile sell? Professional
Photo

1 LinkedIn makes you visible/noticeable Education

2 It helps you to connect to the decision maker (hang on)

Experience

3 It helps to reposition yourself

Contact
Details
4 It open doors without you even doing much. But how?

Achievements
Power of LinkedIn https://thehrjobs.com

Does your resume get blocked by the recruiters?

Find ways to skip/bypass them where possible.

3 basic steps
1 Identity who is the hiring manager.
2 Get connected
3 Sell your proposition

Know your goals and know what you are selling!

The resume is your prayer book https://thehrjobs.com

How serious are we with our resume?

What, Why, How
Personal Details Only the key details. No grand mother stories please

Education Only tertiary educations. No one cares about UPSR, PMR, SPM* results

Experience Speak more on achievements. Don’t describe tasks. And don’t mention basic stuffs

For freshies, you only have your internship. How do use that to the fullest?

Driving for grab? How to turn that into a valuable experience?

Pages 1-2 pages only. Anything more, chances are less

What else Keep it clean, organized, no graphics, check for spelling mistakes, accurate details and K.I.S.S.S.

Companies come for your experience and what you can deliver!
Addressing the working history gaps https://thehrjobs.com

1 You must have a story line

Can I remove work that will make my resume

2
weak or those short employments?

3 Be ready to provide strong references

4 Don’t make it a habit moving forward unless

you are very sure about it. What you today will
affect you tomorrow.
Reposition your titles & Salary https://thehrjobs.com

Refine titles if necessary

1
Use common titles and use titles that can boost your credentials

Small companies tend to use big titles

2 Sales Manager in a small company does not guarantee
you the same job in a large company

Always climb the ladder

3
Don’t stay in the same job grade/level for too long. 3-5 years
should be the max

Small companies sometimes pay more

4 But that does not mean the bigger player will pay the same.
Be reasonable and look forward to long term rewards.
Sample resume https://thehrjobs.com

+ 1 page of practical tips

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Final words https://thehrjobs.com

1. Have a clear
vision/purpose

2. Aim for the best

3. Don’t listen to
nay-sayers

4. Work hard till it

hurts, but work
smart as well

5. Go all the way in,

become the best in
what you do
Questions Time

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