Does anyone know (for sure) what the qualifications are to become an HR manager?? I know you atleast have to have a bachelors degree, but if a person is wanting to get into this would they have to start straight from the bottom (even if they’ve interned) or could they get into an hr position with decent pay with around 2 yrs of experience under their belt??!!
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I’ve been in HR for 10 years and my degree was not in this field. I happened to do a lot of internships in college and my last one was in HR and I fell in love with it. I work in very large company in Silicon Valley (~15k people) and there are many people I work with in HR who don’t have degrees. Some of it is luck, and the rest of it is hard work.
I happen to be in the generalist field which is what I assume you mean when you say HR Manager. Best way possible to break in is start out as an HR Coordinator, or even easier, a Staffing Coordinator. We are always going to need recruiters and there is always a lot of paperwork involved so Coordinators will always be needed. Once you start doing that, you can ask for your role to constantly be expanded (that’s what I did, and it worked!) and they will give you more and more responsibility. AFter a while, they will forget about the degree and focus more on your ability as an HR Professional.
Now I will say this – some companies are very careful about that and they do want you to have a degree, however, if you aim for an Associates in HR or Communications and have your SPHR or other type of coursework in HR, that is very helpful as well.
Good luck to you, HR is a great field and I’ve never regretted it.
Hard as hell!! I have been trying. i worked in restaurants and retail shops for 15 years with plenty of emphasis on HR. We basically hired our own and filled out the paperwork ourselves. I can’t even get a nibble without a degree. You will probably have to find a small company somewhere and get a year or two of experience and then try to get more.