-: I would say first and foremost,
take as many human resources
and communication classes as possible.
And be very strategic on what type of
human resources classes you're taking,
so, the way that I view HR is that
it's kind of two different sides,
you've got the comp and benefits
and the law side of things
and then you have the staffing
and recruiting side of things.
I would say, if you know that you wanna get into
talent acquisition and staffing,
really, do as much as you can to find classes
that are specific to the staffing
and recruiting side of things.
The HR law, comp and benefits,
absolutely necessary to have a firm foundation there,
but, if you wanna get into talent acquisition,
I would focus on the staffing side of things,
from an HR perspective for classes.
And then the communication classes,
it's so much of what we do in human resources
is verbal and written communication
that those are absolutely necessary as well.
I would also say that in your human resources program,
business college, whatever you're in,
if it's not necessary for you
to find and internship do it anyways.
An internship and getting real life experience
in HR is something that I would just highly recommend.
HR is one of those things
that you either love it or you hate it,
so you can find out pretty quickly in an internship,
hey, maybe this isn't the right thing for me.
And in second, or lastly, I would lean heavily on
your college or university's career services department.
They have a lot of programs like MAC interviews,
they can connect you with professionals
that are already in human resources or in a similar role,
to really have those candid conversations
and figure out if this is something that I wanna go into
once I learn the good, bad, and the ugly side of things.