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[+NuRsEfEeLgOoD+]

i was thinking about going into hr but i was wondering...is there

any $ money $ in it?

 

[Raiks]

Yeah, there's money in it. The girl nextdoor to me walked out of uni into a HR job paying $110k a year. But like most private industry jobs, you'll have to start work as the 35k a year shitkicker for the company and pay your dues before you work your way up into the higher paid jobs.

 

[santaslayer]

whats more, your probably one of the most highly respected people in the compan. YOU are the one that recruits people and acts as the intermediary between the employees and employer!

 

[Raiks]

Actually, thats not usually the case, apparently one of the problems HR Managers experience is that because their job is qualitative rather than quantitative, it makes it hard for the job to be performance based. You don't actually contribute anything physical to the company like other employees hence when the accountants come through when cost cutting, HR Managers sometimes seem like easy fat to cut from the company.

 

[MiuMiu]

How is selecting people for the company not contributing?

 

[santaslayer]

meh...... cutting budgets to recruit people.....thats just stoopid.

 

[Raiks]

Originally posted by Ms 12
How is selecting people for the company not contributing?

It does, but you can't show the quality of the people you bring and their affect on the business as a number on paper which can be a hinderance for HR managers when trying to say they improved over past years without having a figure to compare to.

Companies don't cut budgets to recruit people, companies cut budgets so they can increase their short term profit line which makes them look impressive to the market and stockholders, raising their stockprice to provide better returns to investors.

 

[+NuRsEfEeLgOoD+]

...also remember tho, that HR isn't just about recruiting people - thats only one aspect of it

it also involves compensation packages, ensuring workplaces are complying with workplace law, employee training, etc etc

btw Raiks...how did ur friend land such a high paying job straight out of uni?

 

[Dingo2004]

probably slept her way up

 

[+NuRsEfEeLgOoD+]

hahahaha

 

[Raiks]

She got picked up by a large company under the graduate scheme and was thrown into that position.... She was one of the top students of the uni though so it wasn't surprising.

 

[+NuRsEfEeLgOoD+]

wot uni did she go 2?

 

[santaslayer]

Originally posted by Raiks
It does, but you can't show the quality of the people you bring and their affect on the business as a number on paper which can be a hinderance for HR managers when trying to say they improved over past years without having a figure to compare to.

Companies don't cut budgets to recruit people, companies cut budgets so they can increase their short term profit line which makes them look impressive to the market and stockholders, raising their stockprice to provide better returns to investors.

So what your saying is that HR managers are more qualatative right and that performance can't really be measured in terms of a number or that productivity can't b measured.
but wouldn't aspoects such as staff turnover, and the number of covret/overt action by employees (eg sabotage, strike) be a good indicator of the success of a HR manager?

 

[santaslayer]

Originally posted by +NuRsEfEeLgOoD+
wot uni did she go 2?

UOW!!!!!!!!! (I hope!)