Monday, November 3, 2008

Open letter to a young HR professional

Get out. Get out now.



Get out of the HR world for a while. Go run a function, manage a line, balance a P&L.



Got your degree in HR? Then you really need to go.



Getting an HR degree? Think about changing your major. Non-HR degrees enter HR all the time. Very few HR degrees go elsewhere. And take some statistics classes while you're at it. They are more important for the future of HR than you might think.



Don't be a career HR drone. Go see the world. Deal with the issues first hand. Understand business, leadership, employee problems, and what happens when people don't play nicely with each other.



Then come back. We'll need you.

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