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Why work in the people profession?

Steve Bridger

What motivated you to work in the HR profession?

Was it working with people? Opportunities to progress? Flexibility? No two days are the same... and so on.

It would be great to get some real life perspectives from community members.

We've looked at variations on this theme before, e.g. 

www.cipd.co.uk/.../best-achievement-in-hr-best-thing-you-have-implemented

www.cipd.co.uk/.../working-in-hr-if-you-could-start-again-would-you

...but not quite the question I'm asking now.

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  • Oh Teresa, it sounds like you're having a bad day! :( Sending supportive thoughts.

    It's not so much what motivated me to get started (like others, I really fell into it), but what motivates me every days is that I find people inherently interesting. There are so many different ways people react to and approach things and having to think of different ways to approach a problem to factor that in is always a lovely challenge. I also love the problem solving nature of the job; you can start with a situation and then have to think 'right, what can we do about this?' and that can sometimes be a real opportunity for creativity. It can also throw up scenarios that you've never come across before and having to stop to think 'what are my options, what would the effect of those be?' is really satisfying.

    I'm nine weeks into a new role and the first HR for my company. Seeing the positive response to some of my new ideas makes me feel like I've genuinely improved people's time at work and the directors are thrilled with the knock on effect on morale and motivation: everyone's a winner!
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  • Oh Teresa, it sounds like you're having a bad day! :( Sending supportive thoughts.

    It's not so much what motivated me to get started (like others, I really fell into it), but what motivates me every days is that I find people inherently interesting. There are so many different ways people react to and approach things and having to think of different ways to approach a problem to factor that in is always a lovely challenge. I also love the problem solving nature of the job; you can start with a situation and then have to think 'right, what can we do about this?' and that can sometimes be a real opportunity for creativity. It can also throw up scenarios that you've never come across before and having to stop to think 'what are my options, what would the effect of those be?' is really satisfying.

    I'm nine weeks into a new role and the first HR for my company. Seeing the positive response to some of my new ideas makes me feel like I've genuinely improved people's time at work and the directors are thrilled with the knock on effect on morale and motivation: everyone's a winner!
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