How to get a job in human resources without experience reddit

I’ve worked with this company for 2 years as a server and after I graduated (comm degree) this past spring they offered me this position. The HR department has only been active for a year and is only one person. I am receiving training but the current HR manager has limited experience in HR as well, and they are leaving in 2 weeks. I will be responsible for payroll, scheduling, staffing, recruiting, onboarding, policy, company outings, PTO, making sure we’re compliant with regulations, etc.

So, the owner is willing to pay for furthered learning. My biggest weakness is making sure I and other staff are following proper protocol/ laws. What would be a good class or certification to learn this and more? Or are there any good websites that would be helpful?

We are in NC, thank you for any advice!

With no degree and no experience, no one is going to hire you for an HR focused role. If you get an entry level administrative role, you may be able to work your way up to HR but it’s going to take while. Most companies need an HR generalist which is a pretty broad skill set and a very demanding job.

All of my HR experience was learned on the job and I’m now an HR manager for a company with close to 50 employees. However, I do have a bachelors degree (in an unrelated field) and I still wear many hats that go beyond HR.

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I currently work in recruitment/admissions for a large public university. I’m looking to transfer those skills to a entry level HR role. I’m curious to see how people transitioned into their role. I’m just starting the job search.

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Started in a small startup doing admin/hr/mostly recruitment. Moved to a company I really liked with the goal of growing into HR there and was hired as a TA coordinator (I hate Recruitment but fake it till you make it right), promoted to a recruiter, then HR specialist now HR manager. All totally transferable. I just kept asking for more exposure and started taking on smaller tasks and over time was trusted with more and more as I proved myself!

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I have almost the exact same story. In 2015 as an area coordinator for a 30 MM company, I identified a need for a recruiter and pitched it to the COO/owners and let them know I wanted to be the recruiter since I knew what type of people we needed. They agreed. I succeded. Changed to a company that needed a recruiter and that had never had an HR department. Two years and several title changes later I am the HR Manager of a multi-state organization.

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I was an “Executive Team Leader” (assistant store manager) at target in charge of the front end/sales floor and later transitioned to HR.

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Did you transfer to the HR ETL spot or to HR out of the company? I currently work as a HR Expert at Target with a year of school left. Always planned on leaving afterwards, but considering staying and seeing if I can get a HR spot in corporate eventually. I’m not interested in moving up the chain on the store level, so not sure if you can make that transiting straight to corporate or not

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I was lucky enough to land a HR internship in their Learning & Organizational Development team. I honestly didn't even think L&D was something I was interested in at the time, but glad to have gotten that exposure since I'm now a Training and Development Specialist. :)

Like many others starting off in HR, I first handled the administrative aspects of HR, such as learning management system (LMS) administration, but worked my way up to being more involved in various projects/the strategic side of HR.

Honestly, your recruitment background and your connections to universities could be helpful in landing a job as a campus/university recruiter if that's something you're interested in. Some HR folks find those roles fun, since you get to travel to universities and engage w/ students.

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Took a temp HR Assistant job that paid $15 an hour with no benefits or vacation time. Did that for six months before finding another position that was permanent.

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I’m thinking about a temp job to get started! I just need to have benefits, so I’ve been hesitant to apply to these type of positions.

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A friend heard I was about to be out of a job and contacted me about becoming the HR / IT director for their company. I had worked in fortune 500 companies for most of my career and they needed someone to help lead the company restructure to fit a more corporate environment.

So, having never done HR, I was hired on to be HR Director for a company of 200 people.

Now we are sitting at 350 people. While the changes haven't been huge, some of them have been fast.

Its been hugely informative and I've even obtained my SHRM-CP.

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I had just finished studying and needed a job so I took a job stacking boxes. Six months into this job my manager at the time needed help with some administration work so I helped out and another six months go by and our HR team needed an assistant so my manger suggested I apply and so I did.

I got the job and this was the start of my HR career. I was the HR assistant for two years then become the Local HR rep for three years. I eventually left that role and took a corporate HR generalist position for a well known global company. It’s been two years in my current role and enjoy it everyday.

I don’t have a degree in HR but the experience over the years have helped me progress this far in my career.

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I started as a recruiter for an agency, I found getting my foot in the door at an agency vs. In house was much easier and quicker. I hated agency life (sales/high pressure/nothing HR related) so after sticking it out for a year I got a job in talent acquisition at an insurance company. I then moved to a tech start up after a year doing TA and HR and grew into HR within the tech industry from there. I think there are many avenues you could take but you might have to do some work you don’t necessarily love to get to where you want to be.

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Start in Talent Acquisition or HR Assistant roles that tend to be geared towards entry level. Raise your hand for everything, ask to be involved in whatever you can. HR is a lot about being credible; just do what you say you’re going to do and that goes the longest way.

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If you want the truth that half the people here who won't admit - fake it until you make it and pretend you know how to do everything they ask in the interview but with conviction that you believe your own lies then figure it out before they fire you.

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I would not say this to be truthful

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I started in TA as a TA coordinator now I'm in HRIS. What you're doing now is definitely transferable to that area of HR then you can branch out from there.

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This — I just used an agency for a temp 5 month position and was able to land my first full-time Talent Acquisition job as an internal recruiter immediately following. I don’t have a degree or any certification in HR or talent acquisition. You probably have a lot of transferable skills!

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My first HR job was for a large, international shipping company. I actually got my in by working in Payroll for a year doing T&E. A position in HR opened up for benefits and I applied internally. I pushed customer service skills since that's honestly a big part of the job in HR....or it should be! Our company's HR team was severely lacking in customer service skills due to being overworked. So they "sacrificed" pre-instilled benefits knowledge and experience, opting to train me on it instead.

And it worked! And let me tell you, once you have that in and that previous experience, it's MUCH easier to get a job in HR. I haven't been outside of the career field since that first position, but I've managed to do generalist work as well as benefits, going through all of the ins and outs.

I'd keep an eye on any internal openings at your university and take a good look at what they're looking in terms of abilities and knowledge. Do some research on your own for some of the things they're looking for and good luck!

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Started as an HR Generalist Assistant to the director at a Corp. office for a small retail chain, and continued on that path in different industries to HR Manger and Director roles. Focusing now more on compliance and employee relations.

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What state are you from? If you speak Spanish or a second language,you could do like me and start as a hr assistant doing staffing and second language evaluations:)

I guess its a very basic first step i know but it worked for me

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I started in a contract PRN position as a HR Coordinator at a hospital for 5 months. Horrible pay but amazing experience and it gave the experience and confidence to get myself into an HR Assistant position soon after.

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The company a family friend worked at had just hired a new HR manager and she was looking for some assistance. I had left my previous career to start a hr post graduate degree and was 4 months in and finally left my old ft job, was open to part time. So she hired me pt then when I had my co-op she was able to offer full time as a generalist and I’ve been there for 3 years now. It helped that I had worked elsewhere and had experience as a supervisor so I could take on more as a pt employee.

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