How do i make a career transition to hr with IT experience and education?

Question

Please help!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 1

HR is a very competitive field. If you want to work in HR, you need to go back to school, learn the laws, and probably even intern somewhere. No-one will likely hire you into an HR position with an IT degree. Most won't even hire in with a Business Admin degree...they want HR specialty degree and experience. Sorry!

Answer 2

IT and human resources are very different fields, and not inter-related at all. So you'll need some retraining in the form of formal schooling. For example, when I left software training behind, I went to school and got a Certificate in Human Resources so I could get into that field.

Most community colleges and Universities offer programs in HR, for credit or not for credit. I went the non-credit route just to save money and time, and got enough of an introduction to HR.

However, HR jobs are hard to come by as the number of people vying for them is increasing. And many HR jobs require a Bachelors. However, taking some HR classes is definitely a good start!

Answer 3

The best answer I could suggest would be to get the book 'What Color is your Parachute?'. This book has an excellent section on this very topic. To summarize....

You want to go to HR from IT, EDU. You need to plan a path of action to get you there which might include getting an IT job at an HR related firm or department. You could use your education experience to possibly get into instructing HR training programs for HR firms or departments.

Answer 4

It will be difficult to go from a completely different field into one that requires up-to-the-minute HR Law knowledge. I would suggest by using your IT backgroud to work in HRIS systems, HR databases. If you could get a job working with or supporting Peoplesoft, ABRA, or Crystal Reports or something like that, it would be a way into broader Human Resources, and maybe give you time to take some classes or learn from other HR people.