Experience Matters

When it comes to business or for that matter HR, work experience can be one of the most difficult things to obtain when you’re enrolled in College. I myself have been in school for four years now. I actually started off in a three year business diploma program and from there; I graduated and transferred into the third year of an HR degree program. It’s true, work experience can be hard to come by but at the end of the day, it’s realy important to get in there and try your best in getting as much experience as you can.

Let me tell you a little bit about my experiences, this past summer I had the opportunity to actually gain some experience in HR as an HR Assistant. Working in the HR Department was a wonderful experience. As an HR Assistant I had the opportunity to work with many different people including an HR Director, a few HR Advisors, a Training and Development Manager, and a Claims Coordinator. I was able to learn new things, apply my skills, and have an opportunity to actually work with fantastic people whom you can call “subject matter experts,” in other words, experts in their field. The people that I worked with were great, they were patient, friendly, and took their time in explaining the process rather than just giving me a random task to complete. Overall, by having the opportunity to work with them, it provided me with the chance to acquire experience and knowledge about the different elements in Human Resources.

In my previous post I emphasized on the importance of being thankful. I’d like to say it again and thank each of them who will remain nameless for the summer experience. Everyone of them were great and in my view, were more like mentors rather than “bosses.” None the less, all of you were wonderful and I will never forget the " HR Experience." So to conclude this post, I’d just to say thank you my previous bosses and say to the students working their way through the educational system, get out there and acquire as much experience as you can. After all, the combination of both experience and education can be the difference maker in whether or not you get that full-time job/career when you graduate.