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Exploring careers outside of HR

Thomas Gale-Batten

As an HR Professional with 7 years of generalist experience, I am in the process of exploring alternative careers outside of HR.  I was wondering if anyone knew of fellow professionals who have done something similar and which roles/type of work lend themselves best to skills developed working in HR.

Many thanks,

Tom  

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  • Hi Tom

    Some years ago, I worked for a very large business which asked me to move from HR into Sales and discovered there was a cross-over between my old and new roles in the area of interpersonal skills and the kinds of question techniques that we in HR learn for recruitment interviewing. What also helped was that the product range I sold was very technical and we were expected to nurture long-term relationships with our customers and function almost as consultants, not high-pressure or one-off transactions.
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  • Hi Tom

    Some years ago, I worked for a very large business which asked me to move from HR into Sales and discovered there was a cross-over between my old and new roles in the area of interpersonal skills and the kinds of question techniques that we in HR learn for recruitment interviewing. What also helped was that the product range I sold was very technical and we were expected to nurture long-term relationships with our customers and function almost as consultants, not high-pressure or one-off transactions.
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