HR Pointers

Have you ever worked for, or with someone who seemed to have two different personalities? Fortunately, I haven’t had a boss like that. Mine were either consistently nice, or of the not so nice variety but I usually knew who was showing up at the office every day. Working in HR, however, I did see other people’s managers who seemed to seriously have split personalities. One in particular comes to mind and to this day, has me baffled. This person was hired on to make some drastic changes and improvements in his area of expertise. Let’s call him Mr. Hyde. 

Even if we don’t know exactly when we’re going back to work in every sense of the word, we know it’s coming. There are dates in place (at least right now) in the next few weeks where some of us may be easing back into operation, or back into the office and the time is now to get prepared. Even if your business has continued to operate, you will likely be impacted by the rest of us returning to work so this information might be very useful for you too.

It’s an understatement to say that the world has gone through incredible change over the last few months. Emotions and stress levels are at an all-time high. There is so much information available to consume, and it changes from one day to the next. It’s hard to know what and who to trust as a source for information, and we all have our own opinions about that. It’s led to some “interesting” conversations with family and friends, and by interesting, I mean political.

I’ve been in the Human Resources field for longer than I care to admit. I’ve been a business owner for not very long in comparison. One thing I know is that HR is a big part of my business. I have years of experience, have worked in many different types of organizations, I have my degree in Human Resources Management, and I have two certifications from HR professional organizations that deem me competent. You could say that I’m well-qualified to work in Human Resources, right? 

Since going into business for myself though, I’ve quickly learned what I am not well-qualified to do and what I’m just plain not good at doing. Believe me, I have tried to tackle many things on my own and it just isn’t possible to do it all. I’ve tried to educate myself on different things thinking that I could save some money, and I’m quickly learning that sometimes, you really do need to spend money to make and/or save money.