Using A Social Work Degree To Work In Human Resources?
I’m pursuing my MSW degree right now, but am looking to keep my options open to more career ideas, because being an actual “social worker” may not have many opportunities where I live! Does anyone know if having a social work degree would be an appropriate prerequisite to work on human resources? Obviously i may have to take some classes in employment law and compensation/benefits, but I would think a social work background would still be very useful in HR? Do you know any social workers that work in HR, either at a private business or for the gov’t?
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Honestly while the skills you have as a social worker might be beneficial to the employees, the companies themselves are more interested in people with experience and training in business law, compensation issues, liabilities, worker’s comp, benefits, insurance claims, etc.
To best answer your own question you should start looking at the major job search sites (hotjobs or monster, or your site of choice) and search our and look at the HR jobs currently available, so you can see what the employers are seeking for experience/education.
Yes, indeed a social work background will help you to interact with the people in the organisation. But , I am not sure that if there is any such requirement in HR field .You can search through internet, thanks