How did you get into HR??

For me, HR was always something that 'someone else' did and I didn't really know how to go about getting into it though I would have liked to.

I left Uni with a business studies BA but ended up being a recruitment consultant for 2-3 years. Unlike most recruitment firms, mine had separate teams for sales and resourcing. After hating sales I managed to get moved on to the resourcing team and loved it. I still wasn't thinking about HR though, when I left to move away. Upon moving, I was looking for any business type job as I fancied a change from recruitment, and went for an entry level operations interview - but with my resourcing experience came out with an offer of being their new HR administrator which they had yet to advertise!

I was thrilled and once I got started I loved it. Now I am in a stand alone generalist role at another company and (as you can see) have got around to doing some academic study which I should have done sooner really! After all the years of college and Uni I just didn't fancy going back in the classroom for a while but it hasn't been bad at all.

I hope to progress further in the coming years - I can't see myself getting tired of HR work anytime soon and hope for a solid career on this path.

So to cut that long story short yes I did fall into HR but I am very glad I did!

For me, HR was always something that 'someone else' did and I didn't really know how to go about getting into it though I would have liked to.

I left Uni with a business studies BA but ended up being a recruitment consultant for 2-3 years. Unlike most recruitment firms, mine had separate teams for sales and resourcing. After hating sales I managed to get moved on to the resourcing team and loved it. I still wasn't thinking about HR though, when I left to move away. Upon moving, I was looking for any business type job as I fancied a change from recruitment, and went for an entry level operations interview - but with my resourcing experience came out with an offer of being their new HR administrator which they had yet to advertise!

I was thrilled and once I got started I loved it. Now I am in a stand alone generalist role at another company and (as you can see) have got around to doing some academic study which I should have done sooner really! After all the years of college and Uni I just didn't fancy going back in the classroom for a while but it hasn't been bad at all.

I hope to progress further in the coming years - I can't see myself getting tired of HR work anytime soon and hope for a solid career on this path.

So to cut that long story short yes I did fall into HR but I am very glad I did!