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How about a movement from Recruitment Specialist to Generalist?
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Incidentally, I'm interested to receive insight applicable to [and from the perspective of] senior HR leadership exploring how to convert some specialists to generalists. Any advice to make a successf
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How about a movement from Recruitment Specialist to Generalist?
posted at 7/28/2011 5:56 AM EDT
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Incidentally, I'm interested to receive insight applicable to [and from the perspective of] senior HR leadership exploring how to convert some specialists to generalists. Any advice to make a successful transition? |
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How about a movement from Recruitment Specialist to Generalist?
posted at 7/28/2011 8:01 AM EDT
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I would also love to hear from anyone in specialist areas (specifically recruitment) who were successful in making the transition to a generalist role and how they were able to there. |
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How about a movement from Recruitment Specialist to Generalist?
posted at 7/29/2011 4:30 AM EDT
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I worked in a larger company as a recruiter. Since I interacted with the managers regularly, I became the "face of HR" for them. As a result, they came to me with many HR issues. Rather than simply forwarding them to the appropriate person, I saw the issue through to resolution with the help of the appropriate HR person. They were usually happy to involve me so that I was a go between and communicated with the managers. This provided me with some broader HR knowledge and made the transition easier.
For a results driven person, moving out of recruiting is a difficult move. I had metrics to measure my effectiveness as a recruiter and the internal drive to be results oriented. The competitive part of me misses that sometimes. |
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How about a movement from Recruitment Specialist to Generalist?
posted at 7/29/2011 4:56 AM EDT
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Another suggestion is to expand your role from recruiter specialist to recruiting manager, managing a team of recruiters. This will give you a broader perspective and involve you in broader HR discussions. |
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How about a movement from Recruitment Specialist to Generalist?
posted at 7/29/2011 8:56 AM EDT
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I had a very similar experience as pf above. I started as a technical recruiter with a large telecom company, but got lots of exposure to compensation and benefits in the normal course of recruiting and onboarding.
After a couple of years, I was promoted to a generalist manager of a division with high recruiting needs which gave me additional insights in the ER/LR pieces. I've always enjoyed recruiting more than other HR disciplines, but I gained enough from the initial recruiting assignment to transition relatively seamlessly into a generalist role. |
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