The Evil HR Lady wants to know why I chose Human Resources as a career.
Why didn’t I choose HR?
- I like it when people come to work with a bad attitude.
- Human Resources attracts top administrative talent, and I type 80 wpm. I’m a natural!
- I can alphabetize and maintain personnel files with the best of ‘em.
- My father encouraged me to marry well, and HR seemed like an easy way to find a husband.
- I enjoy it when employees whine about their supervisors.
- There’s nothing like a daily crisis at work to get the blood pumping.
- It’s exciting when I am asked for my opinion and then it’s disregarded.
- Human Resources is compatible with the other passion in my life: charity work.
- My first career choice, lottery winner, wasn’t available.
- I like working in an environment where the expectations are low.
- I can appreciate the lightheartedness of budget cuts and staff reductions.
- I’m bad at math*.
Honestly, I fell into the wonderful world of Human Resources via recruiting. As a recruiter, I successfully deconstructed the narrative of a resume; as a Human Resources generalist, I have the ability to listen, demonstrate empathy, and use my smile to get shit done.
As you can see, I’m tremendously proud of my accomplishments.
*Stolen from Catbert.
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Is there a reason that you didn’t stay in recruiting?
Hi, Lea. I was a corporate recruiter (i.e., no commission) and I felt even further away from the business than I did as a Human Resources generalist. Recruiters in Corporate America are often seen as a drain on resources, never fast enough, and unable to compete with the VP’s buddy who does recruiting on the side. I also felt that HR departments didn’t act as partners with the recruiters, so it was frustrating on multiple levels.
When I became a Human Resources generalist, I had great empathy for my corporate recruiting partners.
my brother’s a corporate recruiter.
he’s at a tech company and he recruits tech dudes — engineers, programmers and the like.
his company values his skill — they know how hard it is to find the best tech guys. tech guys tend to work on contract, not staff, so you need special ways to find and entice the best ones.
You know how to recruit tech guys? Give them the space and technology to SHINE. Don’t encumber them with bullshit. Give them a little structure, some process, and provide some basic SOPs; however, don’t tell them how to do their work and don’t pretend like they’re working for any reason other than the competitive desire to work with the best technology.
That’s what I think, anyway.
My father encouraged me to marry well, and HR seemed like an easy way to find a husband.
Hee!
As a “tech guy” (Network Security Analyst for a big mixed AD network) there is nothing worse than having management get involved in the details of what you’re doing. Unfortunately most tech managment that I’ve dealt with see themselves as frustrated tech wonks, (and I haven’t found one yet that really knows what they’re doing tech-wise). I’ve had the same boss for about 4 years know, and took 2 years to “train” the desire to get involved out of him.
HR Lady: I did find a husband at work. So dad was right after all!
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my fav part is the fact that they all love to whin to ME about their bosses yet lack the balls to say anything to their bosses….i consider it job security!