Thursday, September 29, 2011

Career in HR


During the last decade HR developed into the function, which shares the responsibility for the business objectives and the HR Employees are obliged to understand the basics of the business, including the financial analysis and the sources of the main income of the organization.
Common HR Jobs and Career Path
The HR Departments in large organizations are quite standardized and they offer the same set of the HR Jobs. The job title can be slightly different, but the job content is usually the same.
HR offers two main career paths to its employees. One career path is mainly in the HR Back Office and Centers of Excellence and the second career path is in the front office. It is very difficult to combine those two sets of skills and competencies in Human Resources. The HR Front Office does not like to analyze the data in Microsoft Excel and HR Centers of Excellence does not like to negotiate with the internal and external clients. The common HR Jobs in HR Centers of Excellence are the following:
HR Analyst
HR Specialist
HR Manager

The common HR Jobs in HR Front Office are:
HR Consultant
HR Senior Consultant
HR Manager

Demonstrate HR Career Opportunities
The HR Managers have to find a new way how to present Human Resources to young university graduates as they can feel more attracted to enter HR area in the organization. The university graduates can feel Human Resources as the real back office function, which has no impact on the products, services and the success of the organization. Human Resources provide its tools and services to the management of the organization and it shows the connection with the great products and services of the organization. Human Resources has to promote its services and its employees. When the organization makes the best products on the market, the HR Services have to be state-of-the-art as well.
Conclusion
Do you feel it how boring Human Resources can look? The function for people, who do not understand to the business, they are weak to make the strategic decision and with no major influence on the business and the products. Yes, this can be a simple picture of the HR Career Opportunities as the university graduates can feel it. The HR Managers have to find the direct connection between the development of Human Resources function, the creativity in the organization and the products on the market.