1. Please briefly explain why you chose to interview this person:
I ended up interviewing Jennifer Noonan who works in the Human Resources Student Employment Department in University Housing. I choose to interview her because I work in housing and I was able to get in contact with her fairly easily. I also hope to work in the field of Management and Human resources, so I wanted to interview someone in that field to get a sense of what the career entails.
2. What are at least four things you learned from your informational interview about your contact’s career path/job responsibilities, employer, and/or industry?
Jennifer explained to me the basic role of the human resources department of an organization or corporation. I learned that it’s one of the most important aspects of a business, because they are the ones who make sure all of the other departments are running as efficient as possible. Helping with the hiring process of new employees is something I didn’t know HR is a part of, and they help hiring managers find the best possible candidates and make sure everything is in place for their future employment. Jennifer also informed me that the role of HR is constantly changing, and the old stereotypes of HR being the ‘sticklers’ or the ‘mean people’ is slowly changing. Human resources’ job is to follow and enforce the rules of the government and corporation, and that’s why they were always portrayed negatively.
3. Collaborative, Trustworthy, Inspiring,
The Human Resources Department is committed to recruiting, developing, and retaining a high performing workforce for every department within the company. We desire to promote an environment that is productive and efficient for our employees and establish Atha Corporation as an employer of choice. In hiring of new employees for the Human Resource department, candidates were asked questions specifically related to the job functions of this specific department. It allowed the managers to gather a general understanding of the individual’s knowledge, job experience, and goals for the company.
Secondly, human resource is an important aspect of business; most of organizations nowadays view people as their most valuable resources. In fact, the part that intrigued me was the challenges derived from the changes in function and structure of HR department. HR is becoming a need for every aspects of day-to-day management, and job-seekers would find their jobs require more of generalists with more skills and competencies to perform multi-tasking (Larsen & Brewster 2003). Those are challenges as well as potential, on which you could learn and develop yourself.
Having the opportunity to interview Mary Kate, Doug Davis, and students in the class have helped me become more comfortable with interviewing while also teaching me what successfully works during an interview and what doesn’t. One thing that I have learned that works for me while interviewing would be asking questions about personal experiences
Like most other department managers, the primary function of a human resource manager is responsible for overseeing department functions as well as managing employees. This is why the human resource manager must be extremely familiar with every square inch of each discipline of human resource management. This includes Equal Employment Opportunities and Affirmative Action, human resource planning, recruitment, and selection, human resource development, compensation and benefits, safety and health, and employee relations. In this reflective essay I will discuss each of these disciplines and how they work together. Additionally, I will discuss which functions I believe to be the most important, and how human resource management can be optimized for shaping organizational and employee behavior.
The human resource department is important within any organization. Human resources, as well as proper budgeting, is critical when it comes to operating a law enforcement organization. The research will indicate that the human resources personnel is key to a successful operation.
In my role as HR, I need to be prepared for the rapid changes in the business environment; organizations are increasingly looking at human resource as a unique asset that can help provide a sustained competitive advantage., I will ensure the HR strategy is in alignment with the business strategy of the company I am responsible for. Obviously, my ultimate goal is to provide a full-fledged effort to ensure the productive and fruitful integration between HR strategy and Business strategy.
My interviewee was Tracy Williams. Tracy’s current position is Manager of IT Programs and Projects at the University of Nevada Reno. He was previously the Application Support Manager at the University of Nevada, Reno. He has been in his current position for one and a half years. He has extensive experience in project management. Tracy also possesses a PMP (Project Management Professional) certification. He obtained a Bachelor’s degree from DeVry Institute of Technology in Colorado. His Bachelor’s degree was earned in 1994 with a major in Computer Information Systems. Before he was at the University of Nevada, Reno, Tracy worked at a pharmaceutical research company called Covance. Before that, he worked as a programmer and data manager.
When many people think about the interview process, one of the first things that come to mind is the Human Resource department. This is because recruiting and selection fall into this category, making it one of the main focus of this department whether it is in a small business or bigger company. Joan Graci, the president and founder of Career Reform, spoke to us about skills and techniques one should use while interviewing for jobs and expanding our knowledge in the professional world.
The role of the human resources (HR) department can play a significant role in the success and achievements of an organization. The department, which has evolved from the
The objective of the Human Resource Department is to design management systems to ensure human talent is maximized to effectively and efficiently achieve organizational goals. HR has seven functions that are intertwined. These functions are global, environmental, cultural geographic, political, social, legal, economic, and technological. Human resource management has the potential to drastically impact the success and effectiveness of an organization. Human Resources has heavily focused on recordkeeping and paperwork. It has often been considered a clerical and low-level administrative department. In most organizations, Human Resources is looked upon as the employee mediator in the organization. They tend to be the voice of the employee, building company morale and putting out fires involving crisis management. The problems they deal with are both employee work-related and not work-related. HR strives to ensure fair treatment for all employees. They work with varying departments throughout the organization in order to create and implement necessary programs and policies. HR works with equal employment opportunity and other laws, to ensure compliance. They work to fill current job openings by processing applications, interviewing, and training. They answer questions regarding benefits and wages and address safety issues. The expansion of technology and outsourcing have drastically transformed the
Human Resource department always has a challenge that is to ensure employees are motivated and committed to the organization with honesty. Human Resource department can act as a service provider for the employee and treat employees the same way organization would like them to treat their customers.HR conducts cultural events and dj nights for employees to bond.
Do you remember when you first decided to start a small business. The vision was clear and the excitement drove us from imagination to plan to reality. But, before we knew it, we went from happily wading in the waters of our areas of expertise into the deep and sometimes turbulent waves of the unknown; Human Resources. Human Resource functions include: Payroll, Employment Tax, Recruitment, Hiring, Employee Relations, Termination, Regulatory Compliance and Training to name a few. Each of these functions demanded specific skill sets and experience. They also began to expend valuable time and resources.
Human Resource Development (HRD) is the driving force behind any prospering business. It is the compass that calculates the direction in which the business will need to take based on the available resources, people, and short and long term goals to achieve its mission. HRD gives the organisation guidance on how to create strategic advantage over competitors in the market through the use of training and development provided to its employees to increase their knowledge, skills, education, and abilities. Managers are the frontline directors of HRD in the day to day operation of the business hence the significance of developing tools that can effectively be relayed to management to then be communicated and actioned to the employees. Google is a multinational, publicly-traded organization built around the company 's hugely popular search engine. The firm applied HRD into their business mix to support their dominance in the technology market. Overview into how HRD can be used by managers to increase individual performance thus leading to organisational performance will be analysed using Google as a case study.
Human resource department is one of the most important part of an organisation. It deals with the most sensitive and important assets of the firm which is Human resource. The job of HR is to prepare the job description of an employee and then continuously follow up each and every human character of the firm. HRM is also responsible for taking care of the basic needs of the employees and then fulfils it. Also, HR should take proper initiative for perfect training of an employee. Now the concern issue comes in front while for some management issues organisations people are trying to leave the firm in this kind of situation it is been hard to identify the problem and also solve it. The expertise of HRM shows from there. Especially the employee turnover issue is usually costing the firm from extreme view and it becomes and major concern. In this kind of situation HR takes initiative to improve the current scene. In fact, some argue that HRM is just a new name with more cache and an attempt to rebrand personal departments to gain more respect for their role in the organisation from upper management. Other commentators note that there are important qualitative differences between personal management and HRM. According to these commentators, it’s a difference in the way the activities are approached.
Selection of an individual by human resource department of an organization to perform a specific job after meeting the criteria mentioned in the job application with appropriate knowledge and skills turn applicants to employees. To hire a right person for right job is very important as they are considering most valuable asset for organization.