In less than a year I will posess a masters degree in Human Resource Management.
Now while that may be cool, it does no good unless I can get a cool job. My biggest problem with this, is that I have no management experience, no HR experience, but a lot of journalism experience.
So, I've decided the best way to get some good experience is to volunteer my HR services out for absolutely free.
The bad thing is that I don't know where to start.
I ask this because every time I talk to my dad, he's often grousing about interviewing and hiring people. I know he hates it, and I think that's what you'd do. On the other hand, the interviews may have slowed down recently, BECAUSE they hired everybody for the building.
Anyway, small business, ( ~100 employees) and I don't know if that's big enough to qualify for HR anything, and...
okay, I don't know. What do HR people do?
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I do think this is a good idea. I did this in college for web-design, and that got me my current job. It was good.
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It would be completely up to him. 100 or so employees is a good size for some HR work.
Would he be interested in getting some help for a while?
My biggest problem is that I 'd only be able to help him out a few times a week because I'd have to retain my current job and my 9 credit hours.
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Hm. I dunno. Maybe you're not that qualified, after all. I mean, you came right out and fired me, didn't escort me out of the building in some humiliating way, and didn't try to give me some lame-ass excuse like "business just isn't good enough right now." You're not nearly merciless and evil enough to be in Human Resources. j/k
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And just to add, I've become pretty adept at Organizational behavior, Employment law, developing compensation systems and packages, setting up HR research studies, focus groups and surveys, developing training based on the needs of employees and developing performance management systems that work pretty good.
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I currently have a human in my home that does nothing but eat, sleep, poop and pee. With your human resourcing expertise, can you help me find some productive uses for his time?
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So, Pat, when you graduate you going to leave the cold frigid mountains and come down here and thaw.
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I got into HR through doing payroll. You might try that. Also, many places look for advice on HR issues. A web page might help if you'd like to charge for advice.
Good luck. HR is not always a lonely position. If you manage people well, they will give you their undying gratitude. (Now if only the job market would heat up again out here!) Posts: 1843 | Registered: Aug 2003
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quote: I currently have a human in my home that does nothing but eat, sleep, poop and pee.
Zan, either you've gone deaf or you've left out an important skill set that your little "employee" possesses. Posts: 32919 | Registered: Mar 2003
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Zan, either you've gone deaf or you've left out an important skill set that your little "employee" possesses. 
