HR placement for international students

Howden – Human Resources Placement
Howden supplies fans, rotary heat exchangers, compressors and gas cleaning equipment throughout the world to key industries including power generation, petrochemicals, steelmaking, mining and cement production, which demand the highest levels of performance and reliability from their rotating machinery.

Organised to meet the demands of the global market, Howden has around 3,500 employees throughout the world who operate with the independence that suits their customers' needs, whilst always being able to call on the experience and resources of the whole Howden group of companies.

At the core of our business lies Howden Technology, which is at the forefront of engineering and has unique expertise in aerodynamics, thermodynamics, acoustics, rotor dynamics and stress and vibration analysis. Combining our technical knowledge with our extensive applications experience gained by our engineers on sites throughout the world allows us to support our customers from initial project inception to plant decommissioning.

For more information please see http://www.blogger.com/www.howden.com


Placement Opportunity:
Howden are implementing a wholescale HR change programme and would like to offer and exciting opportunity for an International student to be part of this project.

The key tasks of this project will be:
· Resourcing system and process development.
· Survey Development
· HR system development
· Liaison with Chinese business in Beijing & Weihai on HR Projects
· Other tasks as set by line manager.

Required Year of Study: You must be an International student (Non EEA excluding Romania and Bulgaria) studying and taught masters programme.

Required Degree Subject: Business orientated subject discipline, preferably with specific HR modules.

Person Specification:
Howden are looking for students who can demonstrate the following essential and desirable skills/qualities:
· Interest in Human Resources
· Fluent level of spoken and written Mandarin.
· Proficient use of Microsoft Office, including Excel & Powerpoint
· Good analysis and report writing skills
· Adaptable and flexible
· Willingness to learn
· Self-discipline and self-motivation
· People-orientated, team player.

To Apply:
If you are interested in applying for this placement with Howden please contact:
Frances.Rowan@admin.gla.ac.uk .