2. Over HR: Is It Time to Get Out?
Laying people off in this recession has caused a significant portion of HR professionals to consider exiting the field, according to Workforce Management’s HR Anxiety Survey. The study asked whether HR professionals’ experiences in conducting layoffs had prompted them to think about changing careers or moving to a different, non-HR role in their company.
3. SHRM Members Tap Local Chapters for Support, HQ for Information
HR practitioners stressed out by delivering bad news during layoffs aren’t likely to contact the industry’s national organization for emotional support. Rather than serving as a massive employee assistance program, the Society for Human Resource Management is providing professional guidance to help manage the economic downturn.
Workforce Management surveyed 372 HR professionals who are registered users of the Workforce Management Web site and who work at organizations of 100 or more employees where layoffs have been conducted in the past 18 months.
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orkforce Management surveyed 372 HR professionals who are registered users of the Workforce Management Web site and who work at organizations of 100 or more employees where layoffs have been conducted in the past 18 months. Forty-three percent of the respondents work at organizations of 5,000 or more employees. A third of respondents are at organizations of 1,000 to 4,999 workers. Ten percent are at organizations with 100 to 999 employees. Thirty-seven percent of the respondents have the title of HR manager; 30 percent are HR directors. The balance of respondents have other HR titles, such as vice president of HR, chief human resource officer or HR generalist. The survey responses were collected from May 26 through June 3.
Workforce Management, June 22, 2009, p. 19
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Laying people off in this recession has caused a significant portion of HR professionals to consider exiting the field, according to Workforce Management’s HR Anxiety Survey. The study asked whether HR professionals’ experiences in conducting layoffs had prompted them to think about changing careers or moving to a different, non-HR role in their company.
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orkforce Management surveyed 372 HR professionals who are registered users of the Workforce Management Web site and who work at organizations of 100 or more employees where layoffs have been conducted in the past 18 months. Forty-three percent of the respondents work at organizations of 5,000 or more employees. A third of respondents are at organizations of 1,000 to 4,999 workers. Ten percent are at organizations with 100 to 999 employees. Thirty-seven percent of the respondents have the title of HR manager; 30 percent are HR directors. The balance of respondents have other HR titles, such as vice president of HR, chief human resource officer or HR generalist. The survey responses were collected from May 26 through June 3.
