HR professionals are employed in all sorts of organisations and your responsibilities will vary depending on the size, nature and sector of your organisation. You may prefer to be a generalist and do a bit of everything, or you may want to specialise in areas like recruitment, training or employment law.
The majority of HR careers involve a wide range of activities including identifying organisational needs, creating strategic plans, devising organisational policy and procedures, measuring performance, identifying training needs, achieving results, co-ordinating resources, overseeing recruitment and employee development.
Starting out in HR
Guidance for graduates and undergraduates
Types of HR work
Planning for your future career in HR