Is it not time for Human Resources professionals to be fully conversant with technology?
In these days of technological revolution there are so many professionals out there who are specializing in management courses irrespective of their technical education, knowledge and experience.And they are becoming asset to the organization where they work in since they have knowledge to handle both men and material efficiently. However, when it comes to human resource professionals there is a kind of laid back attitude found in them since they prefer to confine themselves with human resource aspects and nothing beyond that.But they still command the final say in the hiring process.Eventually, the businesses out there are losing out best candidates because of human resource professionals lack of knowledge and/or experience related to technological aspects.
Other - Business & Finance - 1 Answers
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Where I work, the Human Resources is at the end of the hiring process. The floor managers choose the candidates after they have been short listed. Then HR does the final background and education checks. I do agree that many are not up-to-date on the workplace technology but I have also seen many persons with Master's degrees that have less PC skills than a high school graduate taking evening continuing ed. computer classes at a community college part time.
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Thursday, March 15, 2012
A problem with my Human resource manager
A problem with my Human resource manager?
I went up to him to ask a question about my paycheck. I asked him, "Unless I'm reading incorrectly, I believe I'm missing a dollar from my paycheck. Can you show me where I can find it?" He shows me and I thank him. He then tells me, "You have no faith in me." I smile and tell him, "Of course I do," he then repeats himself and disagrees, which I laughed and said, "oh, yeah, true," he then said, "You see?" So at this point I'm unsure if he was joking around and I get back to, "of course, I do." I left after that because I had to get back to work and I wasn't going to argue with the human resource manager. How was I disrespectful? I simply asked him about my paycheck because I like to make sure I understand where my money was going and I didn't see the extra dollar I was getting.
Other - Careers & Employment - 2 Answers
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You did nothing wrong. It was the HR manager that was off base. If he was thinking straight he would have "thanks for keeping us honest!" And left it at that. He's obviously insecure. His job is to help employees, not make them feel foolish for asking a valid question.
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Sounds like you handled it OK, and he was just joking with you.
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Be completely honest. It sounds very much as if this man has been questioned several times, either by staff or by management. The response shows a high level of insecurity. I realise that you tried to make light of the situation, ordinarily a good attempt at diffusing the situation. Somehow the HR manager took your approach as a personal attack. You meet people like this every day. Some people are so over-stressed / highly-strung in their work, that they can't spot even the most obvious joke. SO DON'T MAKE ANY JOKES WHEN THESE PEOPLE ARE AROUND. They have a fairly scarce sense of humour. If this person confronts you in future, tell them that you have every confidence in his accuracy and fairness, but you have a right to check on anything you don't understand.
I went up to him to ask a question about my paycheck. I asked him, "Unless I'm reading incorrectly, I believe I'm missing a dollar from my paycheck. Can you show me where I can find it?" He shows me and I thank him. He then tells me, "You have no faith in me." I smile and tell him, "Of course I do," he then repeats himself and disagrees, which I laughed and said, "oh, yeah, true," he then said, "You see?" So at this point I'm unsure if he was joking around and I get back to, "of course, I do." I left after that because I had to get back to work and I wasn't going to argue with the human resource manager. How was I disrespectful? I simply asked him about my paycheck because I like to make sure I understand where my money was going and I didn't see the extra dollar I was getting.
Other - Careers & Employment - 2 Answers
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You did nothing wrong. It was the HR manager that was off base. If he was thinking straight he would have "thanks for keeping us honest!" And left it at that. He's obviously insecure. His job is to help employees, not make them feel foolish for asking a valid question.
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Sounds like you handled it OK, and he was just joking with you.
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Be completely honest. It sounds very much as if this man has been questioned several times, either by staff or by management. The response shows a high level of insecurity. I realise that you tried to make light of the situation, ordinarily a good attempt at diffusing the situation. Somehow the HR manager took your approach as a personal attack. You meet people like this every day. Some people are so over-stressed / highly-strung in their work, that they can't spot even the most obvious joke. SO DON'T MAKE ANY JOKES WHEN THESE PEOPLE ARE AROUND. They have a fairly scarce sense of humour. If this person confronts you in future, tell them that you have every confidence in his accuracy and fairness, but you have a right to check on anything you don't understand.
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Why does Human resources not take the complaints of men seriously
Why does Human resources not take the complaints of men seriously ?
Whenever a man complains about a female coworker with human resources he ends up targeted by human resources, send off to partecipate at a mandatory and humiliating sesitivity course although he is not the offender but the recipient of offense, or worse ? SUper Ruper quite wrong, above behaviour can be observed across the board.
Gender Studies - 11 Answers
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Pretty broad, sweeping assessment, wouldn't you say? In fact, if you are to use the term 'human resources' as a general one - rather than referring to any specific company, then I would suggest that you are very wrong in your assessment. The theories of 'human resources' are very inclusive of both genders - it is, however, in the implementation or practice of it by certain companies that you may find gender biases... EDIT: Perhaps, Cassius, you should include your HR training and credentials, and then we can discuss your professional grasp of the departmental structure....
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You are a man and you should shut up and follow you mean that feeling ?
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The same reason that men in general are discriminated against much more often than women. In an attempt to end the discriminations against women and minority groups that once existed in this country a policy of reverse discrimination has taken effect instead of making everyone equal regardless of gender or race. For some reason this country can't seem to find any balance, there always has to be some inequality instead of fairness.
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94 % of Human Resources Depts. are managed by women.
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It's sexism.
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They have to take valid complaints seriously. I bet someone just got sent to 'training'.
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Ryde On is quite right on. I worked in HR, and it is my experience as well, that this field is women-dominated, on an average. That's not to say that they are ALL biased though. I've worked with plenty of level headed women, who took a report in all its seriousness despite the gender of the complainant. In two particular companies that I worked for, there were more complaints from women than from men, and some of the women were indeed close friends (surprising) with some of the men that they complained about. LOL ! Perhaps, the society, media and such play an important role in such issues.
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I've never seen my companies HR department respond to anyone's complaint.. man, woman, it makes no difference....
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Of course... After all, these are the women who were hired based on needing to have such and such number of women employed. So they hire them for the least demanding position when it comes to skill, morals, or competence - human resources. So, unless the guy is "super hot" then they will not only ignore his complaint but actually work against/target him like you said. On flip side, if he is "super hot" they'll do anything to get his attention - especially defame, back stab, and destroy other women.
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I say you need to start looking for a new job where the HR department can be professional!!
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Uh, you SAY that that's what happens "whenever" a man complains. Your saying something doesn't make it true. I find it extremely unlikely the EVERY time a man tries to lodge a complaint, he's sent to sensitivity training.
Whenever a man complains about a female coworker with human resources he ends up targeted by human resources, send off to partecipate at a mandatory and humiliating sesitivity course although he is not the offender but the recipient of offense, or worse ? SUper Ruper quite wrong, above behaviour can be observed across the board.
Gender Studies - 11 Answers
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Pretty broad, sweeping assessment, wouldn't you say? In fact, if you are to use the term 'human resources' as a general one - rather than referring to any specific company, then I would suggest that you are very wrong in your assessment. The theories of 'human resources' are very inclusive of both genders - it is, however, in the implementation or practice of it by certain companies that you may find gender biases... EDIT: Perhaps, Cassius, you should include your HR training and credentials, and then we can discuss your professional grasp of the departmental structure....
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You are a man and you should shut up and follow you mean that feeling ?
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The same reason that men in general are discriminated against much more often than women. In an attempt to end the discriminations against women and minority groups that once existed in this country a policy of reverse discrimination has taken effect instead of making everyone equal regardless of gender or race. For some reason this country can't seem to find any balance, there always has to be some inequality instead of fairness.
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94 % of Human Resources Depts. are managed by women.
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It's sexism.
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They have to take valid complaints seriously. I bet someone just got sent to 'training'.
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Ryde On is quite right on. I worked in HR, and it is my experience as well, that this field is women-dominated, on an average. That's not to say that they are ALL biased though. I've worked with plenty of level headed women, who took a report in all its seriousness despite the gender of the complainant. In two particular companies that I worked for, there were more complaints from women than from men, and some of the women were indeed close friends (surprising) with some of the men that they complained about. LOL ! Perhaps, the society, media and such play an important role in such issues.
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I've never seen my companies HR department respond to anyone's complaint.. man, woman, it makes no difference....
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Of course... After all, these are the women who were hired based on needing to have such and such number of women employed. So they hire them for the least demanding position when it comes to skill, morals, or competence - human resources. So, unless the guy is "super hot" then they will not only ignore his complaint but actually work against/target him like you said. On flip side, if he is "super hot" they'll do anything to get his attention - especially defame, back stab, and destroy other women.
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I say you need to start looking for a new job where the HR department can be professional!!
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Uh, you SAY that that's what happens "whenever" a man complains. Your saying something doesn't make it true. I find it extremely unlikely the EVERY time a man tries to lodge a complaint, he's sent to sensitivity training.
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Human Resource or Marketing Major
Human Resource or Marketing Major?
Hey guys! I'm taking up Accounting but I want to shift to either Human Resource Management or Marketing cuz I sort of felt like I've chosen the worst course. At first I thought it's the best course cuz the debit-credit thingy is so easy. But when we started discussing all this finance related stuff, I got sooo annoyed. I'm so stressed man! I've been studying Accounting for less than half a year now but and I'm really not enjoying it so I think I should make up my mind while it's still early. I studied Business Management in my country for 3 years so I kinda know the basics of the different majors in Business and yeah --I think Marketing and HR are slightly easier. If I shift to Marketing, I'm afraid that I may not do well in terms of pricing because I'm a foreign student (I don't know the usual prices here in Australia). Also, I'm a bit shy so I might just collapse in front of everybody during reports. When it comes to Human Resource, I like listening to other people's problems and stuff --but I don't want to study that much Psychology. I took some Psych subjects before and I really didn't like the idea of memorizing the name of the Psychologists who did this-and-that sort of experiment. Which do you think is better for me? PLEASE HELP ME. I'm 20 and I wanna start working now. I don't wanna go to school forever. PLEASE.
Higher Education (University +) - 1 Answers
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Go for HR. The value of Marketing degree is less as performance matters in Marketing jobs but in HR jobs recruiters regularly look for HR specialization. Furthermore Accounting knowledge in HR is more handy than in Marketing jobs.
Hey guys! I'm taking up Accounting but I want to shift to either Human Resource Management or Marketing cuz I sort of felt like I've chosen the worst course. At first I thought it's the best course cuz the debit-credit thingy is so easy. But when we started discussing all this finance related stuff, I got sooo annoyed. I'm so stressed man! I've been studying Accounting for less than half a year now but and I'm really not enjoying it so I think I should make up my mind while it's still early. I studied Business Management in my country for 3 years so I kinda know the basics of the different majors in Business and yeah --I think Marketing and HR are slightly easier. If I shift to Marketing, I'm afraid that I may not do well in terms of pricing because I'm a foreign student (I don't know the usual prices here in Australia). Also, I'm a bit shy so I might just collapse in front of everybody during reports. When it comes to Human Resource, I like listening to other people's problems and stuff --but I don't want to study that much Psychology. I took some Psych subjects before and I really didn't like the idea of memorizing the name of the Psychologists who did this-and-that sort of experiment. Which do you think is better for me? PLEASE HELP ME. I'm 20 and I wanna start working now. I don't wanna go to school forever. PLEASE.
Higher Education (University +) - 1 Answers
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Go for HR. The value of Marketing degree is less as performance matters in Marketing jobs but in HR jobs recruiters regularly look for HR specialization. Furthermore Accounting knowledge in HR is more handy than in Marketing jobs.
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