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HR ladies....
How did you break into HR? I've always had a huge interest in HR, (recruiting, benefits, diversity). I've worked for 12+ years as an executive assistant in corporate and I've had some minor hr duties. Currently, I am a stay at home mom and part time student hoping to complete my degree in Human Resources management within 3 years. My issue that I'm not currently working and don't have any "real" HR experience and by the time I graduate with my degree I will have been out of work for 6 years and I'll be 35! Any advice on how to break into HR, specifically with no "real" experience, at the ripe ol age of 35? LOL I'm thinking my best option may be to try to get another admin job, preferably in HR and try to move up? TIA!
Re: HR ladies....
dupe
It was really hard for me to break into HR. I graduated w/an HR mgmt degree in 2003 and didn't work in HR in the beginning just because I could not find a job and had student loans to pay.
Finally, in 2008, a non-profit group gave me the opportunity to work in HR. The pay was laughable to say the least, but I needed the experience on my resume. Just having a degree in it wasn't enough. It was costing MH money to send me to work.
After a couple of years there, I was picked up by a larger company where I work now.
My advice: you have to start at the bottom. Don't expect to be picked up by a large company right away. See if you can get a job as an HR assistant/coordinator
I would say the best way to gain experience is to either intern or take a entry level HR administrative job. That's how I got into HR, I took a admin assistant job supporting two HR directors. I was willing to take on additional duties to gain more hands on experience. I was promoted to a project analyst role within the same group but now I am hoping to get more employee relations experience so I can get a generalist role either at my company or somewhere else.
ETA: When I was hired as a HR AA I did not have a college degree. I started working on my associate's degree in Business Administration. I have since graduated with my associate's and I am working on my bachelor's in Communications. HTH!
I got into HR by working for next to nothing. (Seriously, the hot dog place paid more.) I was able to tie my previous experience to HR experience (I had done some training). Your idea of getting an admin job and moving up is how some of my friends broke in. You need to make sure your admin skills are also up to date to get in the door. Perhaps you could apply to an admin job (not in HR) in a large corporation and let them know your goals of moving into HR - some of my friends did this as well.
My advice to you would be to offer your services to a volunteer program to gain relevant experience (something like recruitment for Junior League or a church). One of the best places to start is in recruiting. They often don't require experience and it is a good skill set to have as a generalist.
I got lucky and landed an internship that was 1/2 HR and 1/2 communications when I was in college. When I went back to school in the fall I landed a full-tiime admin position in the HR dept of a company that worked around my class schedule.
I shold have stayed in HR. I would be making probably more than I am now without the law degree. I left law and went back to recruiting. I think I'm going to take the PHR exam this June. I'd like to eventually transition to a more generalist position. I would have been a generalist 13 years ago if I hadn't gone to law school instead.
Get experience NOW don't wait until you finish your degree..
Join your local SHRM chapter and volunteer at least 2x's year if you have time
if you can afford it- take an HR Assistant/Coordinator role. Then take the "new" student exam HRCI created just so you have it for your resume...
As soon as you obtain year of exempt experience to sit for PHR- take the exam!