Going back to school and need some advise

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• beekers

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  7 years ago

  That depends on what you like to do. I realize it's hard to tell what a job in the field might be like when you are getting started. From my experiences, I'd say that HR people tend to be extroverts - people people if you will. Marketing and sales people are similar. The people most successful in those roles tend to be good looking and would be your competition for a job. If you are more of an introvert, you might be more satisfied in an accounting or a similar technical field. I hope this helps. Feel free to message me if you have any further questions.
• JuiceBox69

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  7 years ago

  My focus will be in manufacturing manly but would like a degree that gives me a options if I can't find my main source for the time being. Mainly though I'm looking to work my way up the later in manufacturing HR looks like a cool gig
• Mate27

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  7 years ago

  To me HR sucks, unless you like dealing with a bunch of BS that you never created and is out of your control. People will complain about everything no matter how good they got it. Benefits, bosses, disciplinary issues, paperwork, are just a few complaints from employees that you'll hear. Don't forget the endless education you'll need to continue after getting that degree, because anybody can get a degree in HR, but you need to get professional designations in order to stand out from the crowd otherwise why hire you with that generic HR degree? Everybody has that. Not sure which direction I would tell someone who is looking for career maganagement advice. Honestly, startinga business you enjoy doing part time until it gets off the ground while you work full time may be the way to go. As you get older being your own boss becomes more lucrative because you're tired of dealing with the corporate BS that upper management constantly flings at you disregarding whether it's right or rong. Yeah, my own business is what I'll be doing soon, either in 5 years or less.
• beekers

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  7 years ago

  With an HR job you really won't be involved in the manufacturing process. You will be in more of a supporting role. HR people are what I can revenue consumers. They don't produce products or contribute directly to a company's revenue stream. Non-producing jobs can be some of those first cut if hard times arise for a company. Of course, hardly any job is layoff-proof any more. If you like working with people and would like handling hiring and benefits issues, it could be the right job for you. If you like, it, go for it!
• JuiceBox69

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  7 years ago

  Good points guys lol....I'm actually an introvert so maybe I should consider...after taking a deeper look I will probably pm you guys if you don't mind. Currently in quality and love it in my lab....love manufacturing Don't really want yo be anyone's boss but like the idea of advancing myself into a six figure income for my future self
• Cashman1234

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  7 years ago

  HR can be a good place to work. However, it is the place where lots of complaints end up. If a manager can’t handle a worker complaint - it can get elevated to HR, and then it’s become a real issue. Also, remember if your company has lay offs, you will be the person explaining the details of the layoff to each person as they are being let go. It can take an emotional toll. I’m sure it pays well. But it might have some emotional challenges too. One other thing to mention. When a hot girl gets hit on by a creepy old guy - and she reports him (and files a suit against him) - it would be a bad idea if the HR guy tells the girl how hot she might look in heels working a stripper pole!
• jackslash

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  7 years ago

  HR is for losers. Manufacturing is for losers. Go into a revenue producing area.
• ppwh

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  7 years ago

  Yeah, definitely a better idea for the HR guy to try to address things from her perspective, like making some motherfucking money. Do you know what I am saying?
• Huntsman

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  7 years ago

  Juice, all the comments here are good. I second all of them. My one addition would be to look at any degree in terms of whether you think you would actually really enjoy that role. You don't want to spend a lot of money on something you don't think you'd like. As others have said, HR deals with other people's bullshit. Is that something you want to spend money on to attain?
• warhawks

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  7 years ago

  Back to school? My advise to you is to find one of these sex starved female teachers and take her to your van down by the river.
• vincemichaels

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  7 years ago

  Grab her by the pussy !!
• BurlingtonHoFactory

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  7 years ago

  If you want pussy, try to study both accounting and political science, and then do whatever it takes to become a municipal bond analyst. So much pussy, bro. Okay, jk, slight exaggeration, but a guy I used to know claimed that this one county finance administrator tried to bribe him with hookers to say good things about the county's balance sheet. He accepted LOL. The guy had a CPA and a master's in political science. Anyway, even if they don't throw much pussy at you, you'll still have a lot of power, get to travel a little, etc. Seems nice.
• tumblingdice

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  7 years ago

  Juice,fuck that shit,put all your money in wooden nickel futures.
• mark94

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  7 years ago

  A survey was done years ago of 500 professions about whether they saw human interaction as a positive or negative part of the job. There were 499 that saw it as a plus. I’m guessing HR was high on this list. The only profession that wanted no human interaction was IT.
• mark94

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  7 years ago

  Have you ever taken the Myers Briggs test ? It is available online. It’s a quick way to narrow your career choices.
• tumblingdice

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  7 years ago

  Juice hit on 19
• tumblingdice

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  7 years ago

  Juice bitcoin is the next Enron.
• JuiceBox69

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  7 years ago

  Lol...helps a bunch guy's..thanks
• Uprightcitizen

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  7 years ago

  An HR job would be my personal hell...oh, and you probably are not screening candidates based on what you would view as their oral skills. You seem more like a marketing and sales guy really.
• tumblingdice

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  7 years ago

  Juice,when was the last time you made love to Coinstar?
• warhawks

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  7 years ago

  ^^^^ Yeah. Sales definitely for Juice. He’s a bullshit artist.
• JuiceBox69

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  7 years ago

  Coinstar sale's rep LMFAO brilliant
• shailynn

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  7 years ago

  College Guide: “Well Juice to determine what type of degree you want to peruse tell me what you like to do at work?” Juice: “I like to masturbate in the bathroom, eat Little Debbie cakes and fart at the lunch table and blame it on someone else at the table.” College Guide: “Juice it sounds like you’d be perfect for an IT degree!”
• Cashman1234

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  7 years ago

  Based on Juice’s skills - he should get in touch with MackTruck. He could get in sales for portajohns - which would be close to selling shit...
• JuiceBox69

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  7 years ago

  LMFAO
• skibum609

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  7 years ago

  The headline in your post has a misspelling. It's advice, not advise lol, so my "advice" is have someone fill out your application lol.
• warhawks

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  7 years ago

  Yeah Juice, you spelled advice rong. What’s rong with you?
• vincemichaels

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  7 years ago

  Juice had 17 Lokos, warhawks. :)
• ATACdawg

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  7 years ago

  juice, I frankly don't see you as an HR weeney. You seem to enjoy the construction/manufacturing end of things, and that is where you should focus, unless I have really read you incorrectly.
• jester214

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  7 years ago

  Supply chain or information systems, fuck HR.
• Rick999

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  7 years ago

  I heard way back in college all the hot girls studied meteorology. Or a lot of them. If I started all over, finance might be my top choice and then maybe business or electrical engineering. If you were a good electrical engineer, it would be easy to find work I believe. However I am overlooking doctors. They make mega bucks and good specialists are in high demand.
• jaredlucas

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  7 years ago

  I was in hr for 10 years and found it to be stifling. Now in business development and having the time of my life and earning more than 2x my old hr salary By the way I am considered an introvert.
• JuiceBox69

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  7 years ago

  Thanks for all the wisdom and laughs guys
• Call.Me.Ishmael

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  7 years ago

  HR people deal with a lot of sensitive issues and information. They are often involved, on some level, with employee and labor practice lawsuits. So, meticulous record keeping and communications are critical job skills. If you fail to dot a single 'i', you're potentially screwed. It is also the department that often engages in moral or ethical actions/warnings against staff. The discovery of a strip club habit would go over poorly. But the guys in marketing and sales? More tolerance for our particular habit, especially in manufacturing. Don't pick a specialty just yet. Enroll in some entry-level business courses at a good community college and see what appeals to you over time.