Hardworking, dedicated and making full use of the skills learned at school and extensive experience, after 9 years of graduation, Nguyen Dinh Quang, a former student of K52, Faculty of Management Science, majoring in Human Resource Management, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, is currently the General Manager and Chairman of the Trade Union of Daeil Tech Vietnam Co., Ltd. This is a 100% Korean-invested enterprise with a staff of up to 1,250 people.
Sharing about his position as General Manager, in charge of human resources of a large company specializing in manufacturing phone components for Samsung Group with revenue of thousands of billions of VND each year, Mr. Quang said that today's success is a long process.
During his student years, he always wanted to become a lawyer, but after 5 years of doing business at home, he realized that working in any industry, whether in the state or in the business sector, requires management skills, especially scientific management. That prompted him to choose the Faculty of Management Science, majoring in Human Resource Management to study.
What is special is that, right from the moment he entered the university, he determined that in order to have a good job, in addition to learning knowledge, practical experience is also very important, so he tried to accumulate a lot of experience. Therefore, he has experienced many jobs, from working at construction sites to manufacturing and trading companies. And each business model has brought him valuable experiences. For example, the process of working at construction sites has helped him understand the lives of workers, the relationship between managers and workers because the construction site is a place where all labor components from the lowest to the highest level gather. Here, he also practiced human management skills because managing people at construction sites is very difficult, requiring managers to have the ability to have a broad overview and make quick decisions.
While working at a trading company, he was exposed to more modern management tools such as software in human resource management; trained in management skills; and grasped management processes. Manufacturing companies helped him gain a deep understanding of environmental management, fire prevention, labor safety; management systems according to ISO 9001, 14001, etc.
Thanks to the flexible application of basic knowledge and skills from university and valuable experiences accumulated every day, he was recruited to the position of Deputy Head of the Human Resources Administration Department at HANAKA Bac Ninh Group, then promoted to the position of Head of Department and Assistant to the Chairman of the Board of Directors. 2 years later, he moved to become the Human Resources Director of Van Thuan Company Limited.Because I always wanted to change my working environment to maximize my abilities, although I was treated very well by the leaders of Van Thuan Company Limited, I still decided to change jobs. With practical experience as well as the successes and achievements I had made at my old company, I surpassed many candidates and was recruited to the position of Head of Administration - Human Resources at Daeil Tech Company in Korea. After 6 years of hard work and effort, I was appointed as General Manager and Chairman of the Trade Union.", Mr. Quang shared.
Talking about the necessary qualities for a manager, Mr. Quang said that to become a manager, one must be active and have minimum skills such as: observation skills, decision-making skills, analytical and problem-solving skills, teamwork skills, and job assignment skills.These skills have mostly been learned in the classroom. Although they cannot be immediately applied to work, they are the foundation for implementing changes and improving management in the business.", Mr. Quang affirmed.
To prove the above statement, Mr. Quang said that when he first started working at Daeil Tech Company, he focused on observing and realized that Korean corporate culture focuses on production because they believe it is a vital factor, while management activities still have many limitations, especially in financial management and human resource management. These factors lead to financial loss and unstable production.
Personally, I believe that working in human resources is not just about professional work such as recruitment, training, salary, social insurance and other administrative work, so Mr. Quang always motivates himself to make improvements in his work, analyze and propose policies so that the Company's leaders can trust and choose him to join the management team. Saying is doing, Mr. Quang wrote a letter to the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company, in which he proposed innovative solutions to reduce production costs and convinced this leader. The Chairman of the Board of Directors has made improvements from the organizational structure to the management method. After making improvements, the Company has achieved important achievements, including reducing annual production costs from 20 billion to 30 billion VND. Notably, in 2020, although revenue decreased by 20 billion VND compared to 2019, costs decreased by 120 billion VND. His improvements in human resource management also helped the Company achieve many certificates of merit from various levels and sectors such as: Certificate of merit for outstanding achievements in fulfilling the obligation to pay the state budget in 2018 from the Chairman of the People's Committee of Bac Ninh province, Certificate of merit for outstanding achievements in the emulation movement for good workers and building a strong trade union organization in 2020 from the Executive Committee of the Labor Federation of Bac Ninh province...
In his message to students majoring in Management Science, Mr. Quang said that in the context of strong development and integration of the country, being trained by the school with basic, necessary and practical knowledge and skills like today, not only the Management Science major but all majors have good job opportunities. However, to open up more opportunities, students need to equip themselves with skills including proficient use of computers, and especially foreign languages because without foreign languages, job opportunities will decrease by 70%.Currently, universities have student clubs. Clubs should invite actual managers from businesses to share, guide students, give advice and requirements from businesses so that students can orient their careers and improve their necessary skills before graduation; and more than that, they can help them start their own businesses. From there, they can help them gain practical knowledge and skills, so that they can easily integrate into the working environment after graduation.", Mr. Quang commented.
