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The MHR Advantage Means

• A personalized educational experience with limited enrollment and an interactive learning environment.
• Outstanding placement rates.
• Strong corporate support allowing for numerous fellowship opportunities.
• A required professional internship for every student.
• A rigorous curriculum which familiarizes graduates with every major human resource function, filtered through the strategic business partner paradigm.
• High admissions standards that ensure student quality and high placement rates.

Value-added in the workplace

In today's environment of rapid technological change, national and international competition, and increased government regulation, the human resource (HR) function has become vital to the success of the firm. HR professionals must work as strategic partners with general management in order to manage change and help the employer achieve organizational effectiveness. The HR manager helps the employer achieve its objectives through activities such as:

• moving firms to team-based structures
• managing re-engineering efforts
• restructuring departments or entire organizations
• providing development opportunities for employees

All of these activities can lead to a better trained and loyal work force.

The strong education and practical experience you will receive in the Master of Human Resources (MHR) program at the University of South Carolina will prepare you for the exciting challenges you will face as an HR professional. The traditional personnel functions of recruiting and selecting, designing compensations plans, achieving compliance with government regulations, coordinating benefits packages, and dealing with labor issues still play a major role in the big picture, and you will be thoroughly trained in each of these areas. In addition, you will learn how HR professionals serve as strategic business partners to manage the enormous amount of change prevalent in today's workplace.

I have been involved with the USC MHR program now for more than ten years.  The quality of the HR professionals this program turns out is excellent. Students emerge from the program with the necessary balance between the transactional and the strategic. And, having had real business experience in every case due to the required internship, they understand the need to know the business challenges first and apply HR solutions to those challenges.  John Murabito Executive Vice-President Cigna Corporation

Prospective students:   For application information contact the Moore School Recruiting Office at 803-777-4346 or  gradinfo@moore.sc.edu or complete the Information Request form online.  

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