Students in the BCom program complete this course in their second or third year at McGill. Students come from diverse backgrounds with a wide variety of concentrations including Human Resources, Organizational Behavior, Business Analytics, Marketing, Operations Management, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Strategic Management and Sustainability. Students outside of the BCom program or exchange students may also take this course as an elective, adding to the diversity of our class. Some students have completed internships in human resources and/or in other management fields.  

This is a great opportunity to work with leaders of tomorrow, foster a relationship with McGill, as well as start a talent pipeline for your organization. You may get inspiration and some fresh ideas from the students.

Student teams will conduct research through a variety of methods, including interviewing an employee and a member of leadership or HR, and deliver a 12 to 15-page report identifying their analysis of the HR process they studied within your organization. As a final deliverable, they will formulate actionable recommendations based on their findings.

Each student will spend 3-4 hours on this project, making this a project totalling approximately 15-20h of work. Common project topics for students could be related to employee recruitment and selection, onboarding, training and development, performance management and evaluation, compensation structure, health & safety at work, equity, diversity and inclusion, as well as overall HR strategy.

Students will have the option to share their findings with you, if they are comfortable doing so. You have the option to make this a requirement, if you inform them from the start that one of your conditions to participate is for them to share their report with you at the end.