Careers in People Management and Leadership
Your human resources or management qualification could lead to a rewarding career in a wide range of organisations. Every business, public sector organisation or not-for-profit organisation requires qualified people to lead its teams and get the best performance from its staff.
So whether you want to become a CEO, human resources manager, or run your own business, your effective communication, relationship-building and management skills will be invaluable.
After graduating from ACAP, depending on the qualification you select, you may find work in:
- Administration
- Project management or leadership
- Small business management
- Recruitment
- Operations management
- Workforce planning
- Organisational support work
- Career advice, or
- Human resources
Careers in People Management and Leadership
Did you know?
- Human Resource Managers have a high proportion of full-time jobs (91 per cent). For Human Resource Managers working full-time, average weekly hours are 42.4
- For Corporate Services Managers the weekly full-time earnings before tax are $1,150
- Employment for General Managers to 2014-15 is expected to grow very strongly. Employment in this very large occupation (53,300 in November 2009) rose very strongly in the past five years
- The average weekly pre-tax income for full-time HR professionals is $1,442.
- Employment growth for both general managers and HR professionals is expected to be strong.


