Why HR?

If your answer is.......*drum rolls*

I just love people (no o, it's me that hate person)
I am a Peoples person
I am passionate about people

then you don't really understand HR.

HR is a business function.

A thread.

HR is about understanding how an organisation works and how people can achieve the organsations objective so as an HR professional you need to know everything about the business you are in otherwise you will not be able to add any tangible value.

When starting out in HR you will be doing a lot of administrative task but HR is not Admin. According to Dave Ulrich HR can be broken down into 4 main functions.
Admin, Employee champion, Change Agent and Strategic Partner. I will be discussing each of them shortly

Before I start my discussion on the various functions earlier highlighted it is pertinent that I also mention the HR value chain as outlined by CIPM.
1. Recruitment and Selection. Under this we can talk about manpower planning, talent acquisition,talent management, interviews

2. Performance Management. Here we talk about performance plan, performance appraisal, performance improvement

3. Learning and Development. Here we discuss training needs, designing training curriculum, implementing training

4. Compensation and Benefits.