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Working in HR? If you could start again, would you?

Steve Bridger

You're looking at me quizzically... 'Odd question', you're thinking. 'Why ask that?'

No agenda... I was just thinking out loud... those of you who are HR (or L & D) veterans; with all your experience and expertise - if you knew then (at the start of your career journey)... what you know now, would you do it all again?

Maybe you are relatively new to the profession. What would you do differently? 

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  • I was lucky to get into HR - I'd done a careers survey at university that flagged HR as a profession that I might be interested in and then when I finished uni and started temping I was lucky enough to get a long term temping position in a HR department. That led to a permanent role and the chance to do my post grad diploma. So I wouldn't do any of that differently.

    With hindsight, I might not have made the move into a data governance role earlier this year - that was a bit disastrous but it has led to me getting back into generalist HR (I've been a specialist for the past fourteen years) which I am absolutely loving. I've refound my passion for HR just when I was getting a bit stale, so although this year hasn't always been the most enjoyable, it has pushed me out of my comfort zone and led me to reinvigorate my career, so it can't be all bad!

    I firmly believe that every experience, good or bad, is valuable and this year has proved that. That was a bit of a ramble to say that I'm happy with every step I've taken in HR and everything I've learned from my various roles and I still love it as much as I did twenty years ago when I got that first temping job. So no, I wouldn't do anything differently. ;-)

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  • I was lucky to get into HR - I'd done a careers survey at university that flagged HR as a profession that I might be interested in and then when I finished uni and started temping I was lucky enough to get a long term temping position in a HR department. That led to a permanent role and the chance to do my post grad diploma. So I wouldn't do any of that differently.

    With hindsight, I might not have made the move into a data governance role earlier this year - that was a bit disastrous but it has led to me getting back into generalist HR (I've been a specialist for the past fourteen years) which I am absolutely loving. I've refound my passion for HR just when I was getting a bit stale, so although this year hasn't always been the most enjoyable, it has pushed me out of my comfort zone and led me to reinvigorate my career, so it can't be all bad!

    I firmly believe that every experience, good or bad, is valuable and this year has proved that. That was a bit of a ramble to say that I'm happy with every step I've taken in HR and everything I've learned from my various roles and I still love it as much as I did twenty years ago when I got that first temping job. So no, I wouldn't do anything differently. ;-)

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