Seeking Fresh HR Internship Topics: What Are the Latest Trends to Explore?

Hi, I am Pournami, currently doing my second semester MBA (HR and Systems) in Bangalore. During the months of August and September, we have time for doing our internships. Please suggest some latest topics in HR with which I can do some homework and approach some companies for internships.

Internship

For an internship, always pick subjects in which:

- you can easily collect information
- are easy to relate within the firm
- involve collecting lots of information.

Since you mentioned HR and Systems, I would suggest:

- Human Resource Information System (HRIS)
- Human Resource Development System
- Reward Management System
- Performance Management System

Regards,
Leo Lingham

Pournami,

It would be nice if you could give details about whether you are from Bangalore University or any other university because Bangalore University internships are not based on any specific topic for an internship; it is only an organizational study. I am not aware of other universities' modules. In case you are asked to focus on a specific topic, you can choose to work on topics like payroll, performance appraisal, compensation management, etc. Any easy topic would suffice for the internship.

Dear sir,

I am at Bangalore University. We don't have any specific topics as you mentioned, but I thought a project would add value to our education. That's why I wanted to do a project.

Thanks for your suggestions.

Pournami,

I am also a fresh MBA graduate from Bangalore University, just joined the industry. I was in the same state as you are now when I had to do my internship. You can choose either HR, finance, or marketing. If you have chosen HR, get into the HR department of your selected organization (I did at MICO). Then, gather all the details about how the company is functioning, its products, etc., following the format provided by the university. Concentrate more on SWOT as your viva will be judged based on how you have done and how you present the SWOT analysis. This is practical; no one will see what topic you are working on. You can choose one area of study for your final project.

All the best! If you have any queries, feel free to email me or post your questions here.

Hi Pournami,

As you have specializations in HR and IT, probably you may consider these areas. I am just continuing with Mr. leolingham2000 ..

1. HRIS SDLC: All HRIS need not be developed in legacy platforms. Probably you may contact medium-sized organizations and try developing stand-alone applications which may automate certain tasks of HR. You may do it using VB and Access (or ASP - SQL). This will help you acquire knowledge in certain phases in SDLC (a complete SDLC is really difficult in the form of a project).

2. Collective Information Retrieval: This is a recent buzzword. Again, 'collective information retrieval' could be on just any platform. The good idea can be to contact a small/mid-sized organization and try developing their custom HRIS (or upgrade the existing setup).

This field can be a good choice as there will be demand for skilled manpower in the future who have expertise in IT-HR. I am giving emphasis on mid-sized or small organizations because here you may get good exposure and freedom to experiment.

Here are some humble suggestions that you may consider. :idea:

1. While searching for a good project, it's better to go for a project which has the chances of actual implementation in the organization.

2. It's always better to keep in touch with the HR (or the HRIS implementation owner), this may fetch a good offer for you in the future :D

3. If you are not very confident with certain technologies, the humble MS Excel with VBA will also do. It's better to work on a brilliantly developed VBA-Excel worksheet than loosely written discrete programs in JAVA. People will love the former.

And I do agree with Mr. Pramod also. It is, in fact, the marks sheet that you will have to use to fetch a good job. You can select one easy topic like the suggested ones, instead of doing a comprehensive HRIS.

Wish you the very best of luck.