Just because your mission in life is guiding, motivating and facilitating the best interests of colleagues doesn’t mean you can’t experience the benefits of personal development in your own HR career.
After all, here at s1jobs Davey often enjoys time off from offering invaluable jobs advice to focus on upskilling his twerking.
The fact is personal development is something that can be pursued in all areas of HR, whether you’re focussed on recruitment, employee relations, engagement or performance and reward.
As a learning and development specialist, for example, you’ll enjoy great job satisfaction from helping the company get the best out of its workers.
Every day you’ll use a carefully planned programme to match skills and capabilities –thereby helping increase performance and meet targets.
But at the very same time you’ll also be discovering new talents and strengths in yourself.
In organisation development, too, helping your firm meet constantly changing challenges means you’re right at the heart of business strategy, gaining experience and learning skills that will be instrumental in progression into a management role.
Of course, being s1jobs, we’re super-keen fans of career development – and so we have top tips that can help you even as you help others.
Widen horizons
Extra training, secondments to other departments and s1jobs blogs all offer insights into other areas of HR, as well as an overview of how elements of the business fit together – so never miss a chance to increase your knowledge.
Record successes
Not many people hide lights under bushels these days, so never be afraid to mark up your success stories. Not only will these help keep you personally motivated, they will sparkle in your CV when you wish to land a new role in HR.
Share knowledge
Discovering new ways of supporting the core business, such as by boosting employee engagement, can be shared with line managers at every level. Not all of your ideas will hit the mark but many will – and the fact your enthusiasm for personal development also helps the company will not go unnoticed.
Spread the word
Another way to share information is to mentor those just starting out in HR. Remember when you were a wide-eyed newbie you were full of innovative ideas? This means you can learn just as much from a new start as they can from you.
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