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Need Advice – At a Pivot Point
I am at a pivot point in my career where I want to assist people during the hiring, on-boarding, firing, and down-sizing time of their careers. I have experience managing people, teams and departments during the sourcing, hiring, developing, firing and even down-sizing stages, however, I have not held an “HR” position. How can I move into this area?
Dr. Ginny A. BaroPopulating the world with great leaders
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12/22/19 at 1:20PM UTC (Edited)
Hi Yvonne, the first step with be to articulate your skill set in the context of the HR role that you’d like to pursue.
You can do that through a resume that reflects that skill set even if you haven’t held HR roles. As a non-HR professional, what is your unique value proposition (what drives you to want to develop people—your purpose, what are your marketable skills, what are your superpowers or qualities that make you special?)
You can also accomplish that verbally when you speak with folks in the HR field.
Second, start doing your homework. Connect with HR professionals in your network to glean insight into what they recommend you should look into. There may be a SHRM certification or related accreditation that they may suggest. In my network, Bob Selle is an HR professional. Send me a connection request through LinkedIn and once we are connected you can send him a message and let him know that I suggested you reach out to him.
So...how do you reach out authentically to get a good outcome?
I’m doing a training on January 14, 2020 where I’ll go into how to nurture your network and people in your centers of influence. Don’t miss it! I posted the link to register in one of my recent posts.
I hope this is helpful.
Yvonne MunyanCollaborative Leadership and Problem Solver
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12/21/19 at 9:17PM UTC
Dr. Ginny,
Thanks for this great insight and I have registered for your January 2020 webinar.
Dr. Ginny A. BaroPopulating the world with great leaders
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12/22/19 at 1:20PM UTC
Awesome! See you then!!
