So, all you HR types out there, why did you get into HR?
Lately it feels like all the HR people I've met more or less fell onto it from other positions. Not that many of them are like me, who deliberately signed up for a career in human resources. I guess I'm wondering, is this common? I got into HR because I have always liked working with people, dislike sales and wasn't good enough with kids to see teaching as a viable option (though I did, at one point, get accepted into the Secondary Education B.Ed program at the University of Calgary, then decided not to go), so HR seemed like a natural fit. I've always enjoyed training as well, and conflict resolution. In short, it seemed like a natural fit. I enjoy recruiting a lot, since it's all about people, and problem solving. In fact, the only part of HR practice I'm not big on is termination.
Why did you get into HR?
