{"id":6867,"date":"2018-11-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-05T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/business\/how-would-you-characterize-your-past-employers%c2%92-hr-departments-chances-are-terms-like-%c2%93administrative%c2%94-%c2%93reactive%c2%94-%c2%93transactional%c2%94-or-less-flattering-terms-come-t\/"},"modified":"2019-09-29T18:46:23","modified_gmt":"2019-09-29T23:46:23","slug":"how-would-you-characterize-your-past-employers-hr-departments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnstongroup.ca\/the-advisor-journal\/hr\/how-would-you-characterize-your-past-employers-hr-departments\/","title":{"rendered":"How would you characterize your past employers\u2019 HR departments? Chances are terms like \u201cadministrative,\u201d \u201creactive,\u201d \u201ctransactional,\u201d or less-flattering terms come to mind."},"content":{"rendered":"

Human Resources is no longer just about recruitment and keeping track of employees. It’s a more dynamic player in the company brand and character, and that requires a new way of approaching this vital function of business.<\/p>\n

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Four job skills the HR leaders of the future will need<\/a><\/h4>\n

How would you characterize your past employers’ HR departments? Chances are terms like “administrative,” “reactive,” “transactional,” or less-flattering terms come to mind. Human resources originally evolved out of a personnel-based function rooted in administrative and compliance-driven tasks that historically haven’t been perceived as adding value to organizations in the same way that sales, marketing, or engineering do.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n