Dr. Dorien Kooij, Eva Tholen

Master’s Program Human Resource Studies

Welcome

1. The future of HRM

2. Qualities of future-proof HR professionals

3. The Master’s program & Extended Master tracks

4. Career perspective

5. Admission requirements

6. More information

The future of HRM

HR: think outside in

Qualities of future-proof HR professionals

Future-proof HR professional

The Tilburg Experience

Waarom de Master Human Resource Studies?

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3,5 min

An excellent research community

Largest dedicated

HRM research

community in EuropeKnown for balanced

perspective(Business and People)

Specialists (learning, diversity, compensation)

and generalists (Strategic HRM)

Business analytics

with a people feel

People Management Centre - Partner organizations

Network of relations

with HR practice

Study cases seminar HRS(later more)

Guest

lectures

Extended master(later more)

Workshops organization change(later more)

International orientation

Meet international

experts

Meet international

students(20% students from abroad)

Study abroad

in extended

master’s(later more)

Partner institutes

The Master’s programHuman Resource Studies

The program aims to deliver students who …

Are credible sparring partners(strong communication skills, understand the issues)

Have a broad vision(Understand the business and the social side of organizations)

(not only employees but all stakeholders)

Add personal value(have courage and ethical guts)

Ask the right questions(understand and use data to support strategy and decision-making)

The first semester

Doing HR: Improve your personal skills

Thesis

(6 ECTS)

Electives(6 ECTS)

HR analytics(6 ECTS)

HR Seminar (12 ECTS)

1 out of 3:

• Compensation & Benefits (3 ECTS)

& Social innovation (3 ECTS)

• Performance Management (6 ECTS)

• Human Resource Development (6

ECTS)

• Broad perspective

• People and business

• Meet the experts

• Challenging assignments

• Knowledge and skills

• Business cases

The seminar experience

The second semester

Master’s

Thesis (18 ECTS)

Elective(6 ECTS)

Organizational Change (6 ECTS)

2 out of 5 (all 3 ECTS)

• International HRM

• HRM, Work and Technology

• Positive Organizational

Interventions

• Active aging at work

• Leadership

Master thesis projects

Examples of Master thesis projects• HR effectiveness and performance: understanding individual

differences

• When do performance reviews lead to performance

improvement

• Retaining older workers in the workforce:

the role of HR practices

• Trade-offs between employee well-being

and performance

• Inclusive HRM: securing labor market transition

Personalize your Master:Extended Master tracks

Three tracks to extend your master (0,5 year)

International track

Gain international experience at one of the

partner institutes

With a complementary program

(e.g. strategic management or consultancy)

Professional traineeship

Improve your personal and business skills

at one of the partner organizations

Cv building, professional coaching

HR Analytics track

Improve your ‘Data Science’ skills

High in demand!

Research internship

Additional training in research methods

Career perspective

First paid job within on average 2.7 months

43% of alumni finds a job within before graduation.

87% of alumni finds a job within 6 months after

graduation.

Gross monthly income: €2.430

(Source: National Alumni Survey, 2016 | N = 23)

Careers of HRS alumni: First job

Employers for graduates of

Human Resource Studies,

e.g:

1. Koninklijke KPN N.V.

2. Accenture

3. ING Groep N.V. (Head

quarters)

4. UWV

5. IKEA

6. Ministeries

7. DELTA N.V.

8. Driessen HRM

Employers

Recent placements of Human Resource

Studies graduates:

• HR business analist – KPN

• Jr. HR-Officer – Campina

• Interim Consultant – ECORYS

• HR Adviseur Primatch Recruitment & Selectie

• HR Coordinator - Royal Haskoning

• HR assistant Compensation & Benefits – Mercer

• Researcher Comp & Ben - Health Care Organization

• Global Mobility Manager - Boxx© expat solutions

Source: LinkedIn Tilburg University

Examples of future jobs and employers

Careers of alumni…

Pim (MA in 2007)

Extended Master - ING - comp & ben

Research project assistent - TiU

Interim Consultant – ECORYS

HR business analist – KPN

HR Services Manager - KPN

Lucas (MA in 2007)

HR Adviseur Primatch Recruitment & Selectie

HR Coordinator - Royal Haskoning

HR Business Partner - Royal Haskoning

Leading HR Advisor - Royal Haskoning DHV

Inge (MA in 2007)

Extended MA - Research assistant - TiU

Jr. HR-Officer – Campina

HRD Coordinator - Bosch

HRD Business Partner - Bosch

Quality Management System Expert -

Bosch

Ank (MA in 2006)

HR assistant Compensation & Benefits – Mercer

Researcher Comp & Ben - Health Care Organization

Global Mobility Manager - Boxx© expat solutions

Admission & Application

Bachelor HRS / Pre-master HRS:

• Automatic admission, register at Studielink

Bachelor students TiU (other schools) or else in NL:

• Register at Studielink

• + Request for Admission to Examining Board TSB

Bachelor students outside NL:

• Request for Admission to Examining Board TSB

For more information visit the website: https://www.tilburguniversity.edu/education/masters-

programmes/human-resource-studies/application/

Application procedure

More information

E-mail our student-ambassadors• Eva Tholen: e.j.m.tholen@tilburguniversity.edu

• Mathijs de Roeck: m.deroeck@tilburguniversity.edu

Director Master HR Studies, Dr Marianne van Woerkom • m.vanwoerkom@uvt.nl, Tel: (+31) 013-4662371

General information about the program, admission, etc:

Education Coordinator: Yvonne Alofs

For questions – please e-mail: question@tilburguniversity.edu

Trail Lectures!

Course: Learning and development (Monday 20 November)

Course: Compensation and Benefits (Wednesday 15 and Tuesday 21 November)

Register online: www.tilburguniversity.edu/master/trial-lectures

Time for questions