<p>Hey everyone</p>
<p>I'm currently a junior at Rutgers and I'm at a crossroads as to which direction to take.</p>
<p>I have an interest in HR, but I'm not sure how the field is doing. I've heard of HR jobs being outsourced, downsized, etc. I am not too sure if HR appeals to me if the career opportunities aren't there. </p>
<p>If I do decide to do HR, Rutgers has a non-business school B.A. Human Resources Management degree. I could finish this and graduate on time. But seeing as how this is an arts degree and not offered by the AACSB Rutgers Business School, I was wondering if it would be smarter to stay an extra year to get a Management degree from RBS instead.</p>
<p>If I decide not to do HR at all, I was thinking of doing Rutgers' new Business Analytics and Information Technology degree. It was crafted by consultants from Accenture, Oliver Wyman, Deloitte, etc. and it seems to be a promising degree. Would this present a good opportunity if I invested the work and time in it?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance for any insight.</p>
<p>If you’re attractive an attractive female and your dream job is to be a glorified babysitter for overpaid immature grown men, it is the perfect career. </p>
<p>At my first real internship, our hr rep was an ex kindergarten teacher who decided she wanted a change of pace and went to business school.
The role was basically perfect for her.
She told us it was a completely natural transition. She even used the same tactics to control us and motivate us. </p>
<p>If you fit this profile, go for it. It’s a great, interesting and rewarding career.</p>
<p>But what about men who want to get into HR?</p>
<p>Keep in mind also that HR has become an immensely corrupt and politicized field (not that other fields are not corrupt, just HR is even worse than most in that aspect). So you have to be capable of continuously dealing with that, both in terms of policy and the people. Furthermore, HR has become the go-to field for slacker sorority / fraternity types, so you have to be ready to fit into that culture, surrounded by the “grown up” version of those type of personalities. There are definitely exceptions as with anything, but that culture is increasingly becoming dominant in HR.</p>
<p>@GoalsOriented Perhaps you’re right but a job is a job. With the slow addition of new jobs to the economy, I don’t think anyone cares whether they’re surrounded by jocks or not.</p>
<p>"@GoalsOriented Perhaps you’re right but a job is a job. With the slow addition of new jobs to the economy, I don’t think anyone cares whether they’re surrounded by jocks or not. "</p>
<p>I worked at a warehouse, and absolutely couldn’t stand most of the people around me. I could barely stand it for six months, let alone an entire career of 30+ years</p>
<p>@Dreburden I know what you mean, I interned at a defense firm and couldn’t stand it either. But as I get older, I realized that the luxury of picking and choosing is still there (we’re not slaves) but at the end of the day, I DO NOT want to be a recent grad and having no job—that is the worst possible scenario and one that is prevalent in America right now among 20-30 year olds who just finished college.</p>
<p>Oasis:
I was responding to the OP’s topic, which was about the OP actively pursuing a career in HR, as opposed to pursuing other fields. Accepting or rejecting job offers is an entirely different conversation.</p>
<p>Right. Everything can be politicized once interests become entrenched (promotions, divisions within an organization, layoffs). You’re giving an excuse to not pursue something when that excuse or problem is in everything you do in life.</p>