How did you get into HR??

My first foray into the world of HR (or Personnel as it was then) literally fell out of a window and into my lap...I was an Office Manager for a government funded training organisation and little did I know I had signed up to a fixed term contract (so naive in those days).  The time came for the renewal of my contract and the company decided to combine my role with that of a secretary.  I was not secretarially trained so was not suitable for the newly created role (ho hum).  One of my colleagues was walking across the car park of the local hospital on her way to work and noticed a piece of paper blow out of the window.  Thinking it might be something important (medical notes or some such) she chased after it and caught it.  It was in fact their vacancy bulletin.  On the front, heralded as "job of the week" was the post of Personnel Officer.  She read it through and decided that she thought I might be interested so brought it in with her...I was interested and I applied and the rest, as they say, is history.  That was 20 years ago...I did my CIPD and worked my way up through the Personnel / HR heirarchy in many different environments gaining a wealth of experience along the way...some good and some I'd rather forget but nothing I regret.

My first foray into the world of HR (or Personnel as it was then) literally fell out of a window and into my lap...I was an Office Manager for a government funded training organisation and little did I know I had signed up to a fixed term contract (so naive in those days).  The time came for the renewal of my contract and the company decided to combine my role with that of a secretary.  I was not secretarially trained so was not suitable for the newly created role (ho hum).  One of my colleagues was walking across the car park of the local hospital on her way to work and noticed a piece of paper blow out of the window.  Thinking it might be something important (medical notes or some such) she chased after it and caught it.  It was in fact their vacancy bulletin.  On the front, heralded as "job of the week" was the post of Personnel Officer.  She read it through and decided that she thought I might be interested so brought it in with her...I was interested and I applied and the rest, as they say, is history.  That was 20 years ago...I did my CIPD and worked my way up through the Personnel / HR heirarchy in many different environments gaining a wealth of experience along the way...some good and some I'd rather forget but nothing I regret.