Hi ,
I have 4+ yrs of experience in recruitment & staffing in IT /Telecom /FMCG industries & frankly im tired of working in this HR function .I would love to explore the other facets fo HR but do not have the go ahead to shift within my exisiting company due to lack of experience . I fear i will be stuck in this area & wonder if i can achieve anything since the only step that seems gettable is that of a staffing manager — > staffing director …..& then what ??? Im basically an engineering graduate & then i did a 6 month diploma in a small time institute in HR .Do i need an MBA ? How do i shift into another area in HR ? Which ones are the most rewarding areas ? I abhor the general admin jobs because i feel its not rewarding & thankless by the eod… Training seems interesting & so does HR analytics… Kindly advise ………Im so desperate !!!

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I was hired to be the salaried office manager of a small, busy construction office in Chicago, IL. I have also become the HR director, the receptionist and at the moment, the accountant. One of the guys in the office is dumping a lot of work on me which severely limits my capacity to tend to my original and additional duties. I don’t have time for breaks and barely have time for lunch. The boss said I have to help him. This guy yells at me, swears at me and constantly belittles me. He also yells at everyone else in the office, telling them what their job is and how to do it. I complained to the boss and the guy stopped swearing at me, but that’s all that’s stopped. I have been bringing work home nights and weekends, yet I get yelled at for not getting all the work done and have to deal with upset customers and coworkers because I don’t have time to do anything for them. I have 3 kids at home and I’m having a hard time finding another job that pays decent. What can I do?

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Here is what happened. I wanted to send my resume to a company I looked up. They didn’t have their HR email on their website so I called them to get an email to forward my resume. Fortunately at that time the HR lady went to lunch and the director or “co-founder” picked up the phone and I told him that I didn’t find the email etc, online and need an email I can forward my resume to. He decided to ask me what I do and my experience and courses so I told him everything and he told me that the spot that was open has been filled but he is looking to hire someone to assist his engineering department. He said I fit the description of what he is looking for. Then he asked me to forward my resume directly to him and said he will see. He seemed very impressed and interested. That was 1 week ago. Would it be okay to inquire about it? Should I email and ask him what he thinks? If not, when should I email him since its been a week? What should I write in the email? Its an engineering company

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I am working in a chemical plant for 6 years and they are not upgrading me all other colleagues are promoted but i am not because i dont go to directors directly I just asked every thing to my HR manager I have now resigned and they are asking to raise salary should i accept the raise in salary without improvement in designation?

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Hi everyone, I’m not sure a “grievance” is exactly what I’m looking for.
Here’s the story. I’m the Communications director and answer only to CEO of the company and there is no in-house HR department. I often have meetings and conversations with my boss and he consistently forgets the details of our meetings/discussions. For instance I had a conversation with him over the phone yesterday and today he calls me into his office and misconstrues the details of our previous conversation, basically calling me a liar. I clearly remember every detail of the call and once again he refuses to believe what I’m saying. He is ALWAYS doing this and I’ve had enough! Should I write some kind of letter to him as an official “statement” or “complaint” stating the facts of our conversation and what had occurred?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

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Assume you are an HR director with a staff of seven people. A departmental objective is for all staff members to become professionally certified within a year. Identify six to eight certifications that could be obtained by your staff members, showing me the following details from each certifications:
Name of sponsoring organization
Names and types of certification
Addresses for relevant Websites containing more information
Experience and education requirements
Nature of certification process

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Why is it so difficult for some people – even apparently educated people – to work out when to use “less” and when “fewer”, when they still seem to able to decide whether to ask “how much?” or “how many?”, and the two are analogous?
Why would a respected company like Apple announce that it has had “less than 25 reports” of a virus on iPods?
Why would the BBC, which should be a custodian of our language, refer to there being “less birds” at a Kenyan flamingo lake, or (ironically in an article about writing standards) refer to “less than half of schools”?
Why did the HR director of Norwich Union say they needed “less people to take calls”?
Why do I have to shout “FEWER!!” at the radio almost every day?

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our company correctly classifies employees as “exempt” or “non exempt.” However, they have all employees use the punch clock ( I know this is wrong) and exempt employees who work over 40 hours are given regular rate of pay (not time and a half) as a “bonus”, not as salary. I am being promoted to HR director, is this OK to do? It doesn’t seem like it would be.

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To add to my first part she has said to me on numerous occasions that “the only reason that i’m gay is because I have not had sex with the right woman” she has also invited me to her home prior to her getting married again about 4 months ago, I assumed that when she got married for the second time at 29 this would have stopped, but since she is my supervisor we pass each other in the hallways and most recently she said that HR would not buy my story because i’m gay and she is married but the couple of meetings I have had with HR I feel that they are trying to protect her for whatever reason who knows and there is also alot of miscommunication between HR, Director of my depart, and my supervisor…what they dont know is that I’ve recorded all meetings on tape. so when I felt that nothing was happening in a timely manner I went to my directors boss with an e-mail explaining everything, the department mngr told be that I should not CC my e-mails to anyone but her….someone is hiding smth

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Ok there are two things going on:
1) I was promised health insurance benefit. I even believe it’s on my job offer in writing. After my 90 days probation period, I tried to apply but my eployer had no information on it. So I had to wait for the HR Dept. to find out about the plans and prices of the offered plans. As soon as they came to me with the options, I signed up but they told me I missed the deadline (which even the HR director didn’t know existed until the morning she told me that). Now my employer is telling me I will have to wait until May, 2007.
2) My employer is behind 5 or six pay stubs for paychecks to all employees (8 of us, it’s a small company). We know they don’t have pay stubs for us because they are behind on their taxes so they can’t provide a pay stub. I know that if my employer is not paying taxes, they are putting in jeopardy the workman’s comp they are supposed to have. So theoretically, if I get F’d up and need disability, they won’t be able to provide.

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