-: So you'd probably start out as a generalist,
which is kind of doing the basic,
I don't want to say stuff, but the basic duties.
And then we have people who do compensation
and they are the people who sit behind the desk and say,
this is how much you would get paid for this position.
And that requires some budgeting,
some finance, accounting background,
but if you can get a human resources degree, wonderful.
I would say get involved in human resources organizations.
The Society for Human Resources Management
is a wonderful organization I'm a member of.
Get involved with your local chapter.
I'm not sure if they have here on campus,
but get involved with your local chapter.
Get any internship that you can,
whether it be paid or unpaid.
I started out in staffing.
I didn't start out in corporate recruiting.
I started out in staffing and worked for a company
and actually ended up being the Director of Human Resources
and now I'm in a different role that requires me
to not have all that responsibility.
Starting out in staffing gave me a good taste
of human resources because
in staffing you do a little bit of everything.
It's not like just recruiting.
You're doing recruiting and you manage employees
and you do benefits, so that gave me a taste of everything.
But my suggestion is, I mean, you don't necessarily have
to have a human resources degree, but if you have one
that would be definitely helpful.