Thread: HR Department Qualities

What characteristics/ qualities do you think individuals working in HR/ HR Department should possess.

It makes me cringe when I interview HR professionals and you ask them why they want to work in HR and they say it's because they are a 'People Person'...

I would say that 'resilience' is a quality that good HR professionals posses!

Commerciality is king - every decision should be guided by it, and HR activity, while essential to the professional running of a business, is time-consuming for managers who are otherwise talking to customers, sealing deals or reducing costs. What is the bottom line effect - have you communicated it? Does that manager really need to meet to discuss appraisals right now? Can you reduce red tape for managers and improve processes at the same time.

Sometimes, good HR is not the same as 'more HR'...

HR professionals need to be forward thinking.

HR as a strategic function is crucial to the future of business. As HR professionals continue to become more strategic and innovative in their practices, they will increase HR’s functional value and worth in ways that will be difficult for organisations to overlook.