Have you always worked in HR? Or does it sometimes feel that way?If the arrival of the New Year has put you in a reflective mood as regards your career to date, you may be interested in the findings of latest XpertHR research into HR careers.
This XpertHR benchmarking survey includes analysis of just how many UK HR professionals might be termed "HR lifers" (XpertHR Benchmarking subscription required).
It reveals the following (XpertHR Benchmarking subscription required):
- Just under one in five HR professionals say they began their career in HR.
- This figure rises sharply at the most senior level of the profession: One in four HR Directors says their first job was in HR.
- By gender, "HR lifers" are evenly split between male and female HR professionals.
- By broad sector, HR professionals in the public (19.3%) and manufacturing (19.2%) sectors are more likely than those in services (17.8%) to have started out in HR.
- The vast majority of survey respondents whose first job was in HR (86.7%) started off in a generalist HR role. The remainder (13.3%) began their HR careers in specialist HR roles.
- HR Careers 2011/2012 XpertHR Benchmarking subscribers can access the complete results data from this survey.
- Benchmarking HR careers in 2011/2012 Read more about the key findings from this survey.
- HR careers survey 2011: Qualifications versus business experience Read XpertHR's detailed analysis of the survey findings.
- Five ways to find the benchmarking data you need How to find exactly the data you need from XpertHR Benchmarking.
Comments
Here we reproduce the comments on this post submitted by readers of XpertHR Employment Intelligence:
Even though I'm not "technically" a UK HR professional (although I'd love that !!), I am an HR Lifer.
It has been wonderful to see how the profession has evolved and continues to change. I hope people read this to understand that there is true merit in being a "lifer."
I hope to have many more years "doing my time" in this great profession !!
Posted by Steve Browne | January 4, 2012 1:27 PM
Interesting results. I'm also, like Steve, an HR lifer. And, most days, wouldn't trade it for anything.
Posted by Robin Schooling | January 4, 2012 9:44 PM
Thank you for the comments!
@Steve I'm sure you'd be warmly welcomed to the UK HR profession, if you ever felt like upping sticks and moving to the UK! Our survey necessarily focused on the UK HR profession, but I am extremely interested to find out how our findings relate to people's experiences of the HR profession in other countries. Glad to hear you're enjoying "doing your time," too... : )
@Robin As with Steve, I'm very pleased to hear that being an "HR lifer" suits you, and let's hope you're never tempted to trade it for anything else.
Posted by Michael Carty Author Profile Page | January 5, 2012 7:24 AM
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