How did you get into HR??

Very interesting discussions. Like many of us, I fell into HR. Graduating with a Creative Arts degree (so much fun but not all that useful in the real world) I was working as an Office Manager in a school, and decided that I would, eventually, pursue the law qualification that I didn't quite have the guts to do when I was 18. So I told the Head, who said that they would sponsor an HR qualification if I wanted to do that, as they needed an HR person -  but that law was beyond their scope. Being 22 at the time, with very little money, I took the bribe! So started a career in HR, mostly in the not-for-profit sector.

Strangely enough, I always still wanted to do the law qualification, so a couple years ago I settled down to some intensive part time study, and got my Graduate Diploma in Law (kind of a conversion course), with a view to becoming a solicitor.

What I realised though, when it came down to it, was that I actually loved the job I was in and really didn't want to start all over again. I'll always be interested in the law, and I'll never regret getting the qualification - but it has certainly made me more satisfied with my current work.

Very interesting discussions. Like many of us, I fell into HR. Graduating with a Creative Arts degree (so much fun but not all that useful in the real world) I was working as an Office Manager in a school, and decided that I would, eventually, pursue the law qualification that I didn't quite have the guts to do when I was 18. So I told the Head, who said that they would sponsor an HR qualification if I wanted to do that, as they needed an HR person -  but that law was beyond their scope. Being 22 at the time, with very little money, I took the bribe! So started a career in HR, mostly in the not-for-profit sector.

Strangely enough, I always still wanted to do the law qualification, so a couple years ago I settled down to some intensive part time study, and got my Graduate Diploma in Law (kind of a conversion course), with a view to becoming a solicitor.

What I realised though, when it came down to it, was that I actually loved the job I was in and really didn't want to start all over again. I'll always be interested in the law, and I'll never regret getting the qualification - but it has certainly made me more satisfied with my current work.