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working in Human Resources is such a rewarding well-compensated and in-demand career but many people find that it's a tough career to break into in this video I'll walk you through what you need to know to land a job in Human Resources including key insights for the hiring process what hiring managers are looking for when bringing on new HR employees and how to gain the right skills and stay to the end because I will share the top skill that companies are looking for in HR professionals you may already have it but if you don't this could be the number one thing that is preventing you from Landing a job interview right now if you're new here I'm Madeline Mann I am a human resources leader and job search strategist I found my perfect career in HR and I am so passionate about helping others to build their dream careers as well you may have seen me on ABC Bloomberg work Wall Street Journal and more be sure to subscribe to do something good for your career this is a great time to go into HR because HR roles are on the rise ing to onet there are three quarters of a million HR specialist roles alone in the United States and that is growing faster than average year over year at an eight to ten percent rate and the work itself is perfect for those of us who enjoy working with people who are interested in things like psychology you're really organized you are able to be disciplined and handle sensitive information and one of my favorite things about working in Human Resources is you get a front row seat to every part of the way a business is run you get to interact with every department and from early on in your career you are trusted with information about the organization that no one else knows talk to anyone who has worked in HR for long enough and they've got more stories than ASAP additionally it is so fulfilling and honestly fun to be the person hoping to craft that employee experience and Company culture and come up with ways to make working at this company the highlight of people's careers not to mention many people who consider going into HR also consider other people facing roles like being a teacher a nurse therapist social worker and journalist the earning potential for HR roles match or greatly exceed the potential of those careers I personally was able to make six figures in my HR career within my first four years in the profession this is absolutely in your grasp as well so how do you land a job in Human Resources if you've spoken with several HR professionals you're likely to see a pattern that many people stumble their way into human resources and recruiting maybe they were working at a company where they needed someone to take over some administrative tasks and Bing Bang Boom suddenly they're Toby from the office or they applied for a random recruiting role since they're decent at talking to people and 10 years later they're still rocking those screening calls well this may be other people's paths I don't want it to be yours instead let's have you dive into HR on purpose and wholeheartedly because I I will give you a behind the scenes glimpse into what your competition is looking like okay I've hired for many HR positions and so many resumes that are submitted are from people who don't understand what human resources is and why they want to join the profession this gives you a huge Advantage because companies are looking for people who come to the role with skills and an understanding of the role and with a passion for human resources companies want to hire people who are intrinsically motivated to do the job well because it is much easier to retain those employees versus those who seem to not know what they want in a career and then they take the job and then they leave within a few months because they realize that job is not right for them this is a company's nightmare come true let's walk through what a human resources role entails so that you can be hyper confident in your understanding of the position as you apply an interview for these roles as a rough outline your average human resources coordinated a role is about 30 percent administrative tasks now this could be entering in employee data responding to employee inquiries Visa sponsorship forms and just other miscellaneous tasks like responding to unemployment insurance claims then about 25 of your time is often dedicated to Recruitment and onboarding depending on the company recruiting will be a completely separate function but there is a good chance that you may help with scheduling interviews corresponding with candidates and coordinating the interview panel onboarding is a very common HR coordinator Duty where you'll be corresponding with new hires leading up to their first day ensuring that they have everything they need to do their job and ensuring they attend any onboarding training and other meetings next about 15 of your time is May managing employee relations this involves being a point of contact for employees when they have concerns or issues related to their work environment or colleagues around 10 percent of your time will be dedicated to HR projects and initiatives this is a bit of a catch-all where it's whatever initiative is most pertinent at the time such as organizing Employee Engagement activities conducting surveys rolling out new HR programs or assisting in the implementation of Performance Management managing employee benefits may take up about 10 percent of your time you'll be responsible for assisting employees with their benefits enrollments explaining different benefits options and addressing inquiries related to health insurance retirement plans and other employee benefits you'll dedicate around five percent of your time to training and development which involves helping to organize and coordinate employee training sessions workshops and seminars and then the final five percent of your role will focus on compliance and policy management you'll be responsible for keeping abreast of employment laws and regulations ensuring that the company's HR policies align with these laws there are different ways to break into an HR career and the longest most expensive way is to go into a master's program which is what I did going deeply into debt is just such an irresistible proposition you know that said I actually did love my master's program but it took a lot of time and a lot of money and after I landed my role in HR I realized that I didn't actually need a degree to get the job now ing to onet less than half of Human Resources jobs require even a bachelor degree and in the master's program I was in they didn't necessarily hand me an internship I still had to hustle to get that internship but at least being a student made it so that I was eligible for internship programs which brings me to the second strategy to land an HR job which is Brute Force trying to land a job with your transferable skills I know it's demented how you often need experience to get experience but you may have experience from other jobs that would translate well into an HR career I did put together a free resume workshop that further explains how to translate your past experience in a really compelling way and I'll link that below the third way to transition is a midpoint between investing in an entire degree and going out there with your skills as is and that is getting very practical Human Resources training have you ever noticed that not a single entry-level HR job accepts zero years of experience it's entry level yet they expect you to enter with experience already again I'm flummoxed when you see these companies asking for one to two years they are essentially saying we would prefer someone who has context about the the HR function and some skills so that we aren't starting from Ground Zero training you and that's where getting HR training can help you to build those skills and talk the talk in your interviews when I looked on the market of good HR training I was disappointed a lot of the more legitimate ones had a prerequisite where you need HR experience to join the program so again how are we ever supposed to get this experience if there are all these experienced Hoops we have to jump through so I spoke with course careers who is the absolute leader in getting entry-level people placed in an amazing job by providing them with extremely applied training and projects to help them land their first job in their new career path and companies hire people who come from course careers because all of their programs have rigorous exams that if a student does well on a course careers exam that is highly predictive that they will do well on on the job so companies really trust course careers the bad news is that course careers didn't have a human resources program but the good news is is they asked me to create it for them so I did and you can now go enroll in that human resources program on course careers taught by yours truly and they even gave me a discount to pass along to you if you use the link below one thing I love about course careers is their business model is that they get companies to pay course careers to hire from these pool of students you that's why the HR program is so inexpensive it's subsidized by the companies who want to hire you brilliant so I will link everything below so when you're building the right skills for an HR career you'll want to focus on the specific HR hard skills so all of the specific knowledge processes tools and legality that is essential in the Human Resources function which is something you would learn all in something like a course careers program but you also want to hone in on other soft skills and other General skills that you may already have the first one is you should be proficient with technology especially with things like Google Suite Microsoft Suite like Google Sheets Microsoft Word and so on there is so much putting together of documents and handling digital files that many companies are going to look at you a little bit sideways if you don't know how to paste a dynamic spreadsheet into a Google doc unless they're old school second companies look for people who are highly organized and detail-oriented you will be handling a lot of sensitive employee data so it will be important for you to illustrate that you are able to stay organized and show that on your resume and in your job interview finally the number one skill companies are looking for and I have seen professionals literally disqualify themselves by responding to a request to enter interview them the wrong way is having highly professional communication so much of HR is high stakes communication where you're corresponding with leaders job candidates and even the whole company all at once Therefore your communication skills will not only be judged in the interview but also the way you email back and forth with the company be on ultra high alert and be very diligent to double and triple check all Communications during the job search so tell me what has you interested in an HR career I am so passionate about this career path and I would love to know from you leave a comment be sure to like this video And subscribe to this channel you've got this wi-fi high five