You’ve just landed your dream job in Human Resources. Congrats to you! Welcome to the community. The evolution of human resources has been an interesting one to watch. We’ve gone from being consider the paper pushers to the strategic partners of an organization. Depending on the role you’ve just accepted, it can be exciting and overwhelming at the same time. At HR Defined, we want to share some tool box items we think you could use as a new HR Professional.

Human resources is very broad and there are many ways you can get into the field. You have to ask yourself what area of HR you want to be in. Do you like talking to people, or are you more analytical? Do you enjoy teaching others new things? Are you data driven? Make sure you ask yourself these questions before jumping in. Below are a few functions within HR. Take some time to research what they all entail. You may find that you don’t like finding out about people’s past work experience (recruiting) but you do like data (Human resources information systems).

Congrats! You’ve decided to become a certified HR professional. You likely have tons of questions and we want to provide you with as much information to help you become successful in pursuit of your certification goals.