6 Tips For Breaking Into the HR Profession
Many people are eager to start a career in HR, but often don’t know what steps to take to break into the profession.
If you are in this situation or know someone who is, this article will provide some helpful hints.
Finding a job in HR is easiest for those with an HR-related college degree. Frankly, in most cases, even an advanced degree and/or HR certification is increasingly becoming the preferred credential.
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Most Employees Are Not Lazy, Just Not Led
Nehemiah 6:9
9They were all trying to frighten us, thinking, “Their hands will get too weak for the work, and it will not be completed.”
Have you heard leaders exclaim that the workers of today are just plain lazy; that they are not motivated and have no idea how to put in a day’s work? It is a common complaint heard over and over; some training firms even offer seminars on the topic! We must disagree that all workers are this way. We live in a society that is devoid of leadership, that is incapable and oftentimes unwilling to lead employees to excellence. Rather than turning the work culture to the negative, we should ask ourselves: are we developing a high performing organization?
In high-performing organizations, in Christ-honoring organizations, leaders lead and dream big. They have a Vision, Mission, and Values in place for the company. When you have these in place and properly integrated, you:
- memorialize your standards
- provide guiding principles in all you do
- make your values easily understood by employees
- drive a values-based culture with your customers
Ask yourself whether you have a shared Vision with your people. Are you communicating that Vision of what your company wants to become? Are you creating a culture of inclusion, of truly being a Team? Or are you a company of workers and higher-ups? If you are following these principles to create a shared Vision, Mission and Values, you are building a “Kingdom Minded” Organization.
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How have you made your Vision, Mission and Values an integral part of doing business? How have you included your employees in the development of these important guiding lights? Do you know of a company who has excelled in this area whose story you can share?
Celebrate Your Talents from within Your Company
Exodus 35:35
35 He has filled them with skill to do all kinds of work as engravers, designers, embroiderers in blue, purple and scarlet yarn and fine linen, and weavers — all of them skilled workers and designers.
Most companies are packed to the hilt with talented people! Oftentimes the talents of the people are far greater than imagined because we, as leaders, have never tapped fully into them or have even asked what lies beneath. I once worked with a company that spent thousands of dollars paying a web design company to build them a website, when that could have been built by an employee who was on staff, but it was never discovered that they had the resources, the vision, and the talent to do so. The company chose to look elsewhere when what they needed was right under their nose!
Don’t spend thousands paying for something you already have!
Do you know your employees’ hidden talents? The talents above and beyond their daily job requirements? If you know your people’s talents and draw on them regularly, you will ignite your workplace! You will be building a “Kingdom Minded” Organization.
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What have you witnessed that worked to advance and optimize the talents of the people in your organization? Have you experienced greatness within your teams without having to look outward? How did you discover those talents from within? Have you been an encouragement to your people, have you leverage their talents?
Now Recruiting: Plant Operator New Holland PA
IMMEDIATE OPENING
Plant Operator (Shaker Table)
1st Shift
-Full time
Levi’s Nails & Screws is a wholesale supplier of metal roofing screws, fasteners, specialty screws, metal roof snow guards and more. Levi’s Nails & Screws is a locally owned and highly respected company that has been in business for over 30 years.
Qualified candidates will have:
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, a winning attitude is important.
- Excellent problem solving skills.
- Ability and desire to learn full complex product line.
- Ability to lift 50 – 100 lbs.
- Ability to perform multiple tasks.
- Computer experience is required (including EBMS, e-mails, shipping labels).
- Ability to learn quickly in a fast paced environment.
Opportunities are available for candidates with a stable work history and the desire to build a career within a growing company. Levi’s Screws and Nails are conveniently located in Leola PA.
All qualified individuals should apply in person: 137 Newport Rd, Leola, PA 17540
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Now Recruiting: Shipping Coordinator New Holland PA
IMMEDIATE OPENING
Shipping Coordinator
1st Shift
-Full time
Levi’s Nails & Screws is a wholesale supplier of metal roofing screws, fasteners, specialty screws, metal roof snow guards and more. Levi’s Nails & Screws is a locally owned and highly respected company that has been in business for over 30 years.
Qualified candidates will have:
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, a winning attitude is important.
- Excellent problem solving skills.
- Ability and desire to learn full complex product line.
- Ability to lift 50 – 100 lbs.
- Ability to perform multiple tasks.
- Computer experience is required (including EBMS, e-mails, shipping labels).
- Ability to learn quickly in a fast paced environment.
Opportunities are available for candidates with a stable work history and the desire to build a career within a growing company. Levi’s Screws and Nails are conveniently located in Leola PA.
All qualified individuals should apply in person: 137 Newport Rd, Leola, PA 17540
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Now Recruiting For: Territory Sales Representative Elizabethtown PA
In an economy that is yielding very little career opportunities, we are excited to be retained by this wonderful growing organization that provides superior website and management software solutions to churches and ministries in all 50 states and 33 countries.
What you will do
The Territory Sales Representative will be responsible for developing a defined territory as they cultivate new clients through lead qualification facilitated by online or physical demonstration of the capabilities of the Amp solutions and effective closure for won opportunities. Under the guidance of the Elexio Sales and Marketing Director, they will use the best practices of professional technical sales representation to meet designated quotas and contribute to the growth of new and recurring sales revenue. This will incorporate the tools of prospecting, web-based demonstration, recording and management of a company-chosen CRM and all other designated tools to assist with the increase in company sales.
Additionally, the candidate will have significant contribution to the direction of the industry based on frontline exposure.
Some Qualifications We Are Looking For
Candidates must have a keen understanding of current technologies pertaining to lead generation and sales account management, as well as possessing a tenacity for seeing today’s ministries grow through the use of technological advances. Lastly, character and communication must be exceptional given the position’s requirements at the front line of business development within our industry of service.
Traits We Look For
- Demonstrated superior verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to be assertive and persuasive without being aggressive
- Active listening skills
- Inquisitive nature
- Self-motivated and reliable
- Customer-service minded
- Adaptable
Some Required Skills and Education
- College degree (or in process of acquiring) with major emphasis on Business or Communications.
- High level of understanding of sales/account management processes.
- Exceptional computer skills with CRM and lead management tools preferred.
The primary tools, in which proficiency will be desired, are:
- CRM (company produced and maintained),
- Web-based meeting tools,
- and common office productivity tools.
About Elexio
Elexio is a Christian owned software company in Elizabethtown PA celebrating 28 years of serving ministries. God has blessed Elexio with an excellent staff of business professionals who are made up of pastors, youth leaders, worship leaders, etc. – people involved in ministry. Elexio provides superior website and management software solutions to churches and ministries in all 50 states and 28 countries.
Elexio offers a generous benefit program and an environment rich in enthusiasm, growth and provides appreciation for contributions made.
Due to the overwhelming response we anticipate we ask that you are patient during the selection and interview process. All qualified applicants will be notified.
Prior to contacting us please review the video about Elexio here and read their values here.
Cover letters should include why you should be considered for the position and what would make you the best candidate. Please provide your experiences that will support the Mission while demonstrating and embracing the Core Values of Elexio.
Serious and confidential inquiries: HR@InHISNameHR.com
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Lead with Grace and Peace; Never Condemn
Acts 17: 22–23
Paul then stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus and said: “People of Athens! I see that in every way you are very religious. For as I walked around and looked carefully at your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. So you are ignorant of the very thing you worship—and this is what I am going to proclaim to you.”
Christian business leaders should speak to their people where they are
In this verse, Paul brought himself to where the listener was. He spoke to where “they are.” This is important, because he did not rush into the conversation with judgment and condemnation; he actually praised them for being “very religious.” As the book continues, Paul brings to light what and how they needed to correct themselves. We learn a lot about Paul as a leader. How many times do you as a leader immediately jump to the negative with your people? Why not praise them first when it is appropriate on what it is they are doing right.
So, Christian business leaders, what say you? Do you compliment for effort, but guide your people back to the right direction with grace and peace? If you do, they will perform incredible acts of commitment for you and your organization. If you do, you are building a “Kingdom Minded” Organization.
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How To Build “High Performance” Organizations
Good news for tumultuous times!
Give your employees hope and a bright future in this upside down world.
Now more than ever, organizational leadership needs to create a platform to help employees succeed. Come and learn how to do this by implementing processes that will lead your organization to High Performance.
Leading an organization with clarity in Mission, Vision and, most importantly, Values makes good business sense. We call organizations that do that successfully, “High Performance Organizations,” or simply HPO’s.
The HPO experience:
- Lower absenteeism
- Higher quality products
- Less employee morale issues
- Safer work environments
- Better perceived by customers and vendors
Mark will inspire you with his no nonsense approach to developing High Performance Organizations.
Bring your whole Team!
About The Speaker
Mark A. Griffin is the founder and chief consultant of In HIS Name HR LLC, a human resources outsourcing and career coaching firm created to help companies pilot the complex issues of managing HR.
As a human resources professional with 20-plus years of experience in both public (Quaker Oats Company, Kodak Inc., Merck Inc.) and private companies (Woolrich, Conestoga Wood Specialties, Valco Companies Inc.), Mark is passionate about building high performance workplaces through utilizing best practices while leading companies with strong values.
While serving in the United States Air Force, Mark received his Bachelor of Science degree in Human Resources Administration from Saint Leo University. He earned his MBA from Bloomsburg University while interning for Congressmen Kanjorski as a Military Liaison during the first Gulf War. Mark has completed several executive education programs at the University of Michigan and is a certified practitioner of the Myers Briggs Type Instrument MBTI®.
Mark and his wife, Gail, have two children, and recently celebrated their twenty-sixth wedding anniversary. They attend LCBC Church, where he is a career coach and volunteer leader for The Career Network, a ministry focused on assisting career explorers in the community.
A recently published author (How to Build “Kingdom-Minded” Organizations) , speaker and accomplished HR consultant, Mark A. Griffin gives Christian leaders encouragement in building values-led organizations during these difficult economic times.
Our God Is Greater than All Your Business Problems
1 Chronicles 28:20
David also said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and courageous, and do the work. Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the LORD God, my God, is with you. He will not fail you or forsake you until all the work for the service of the temple of the LORD is finished.
God is bigger than any of the problems you face today. When you accept this, embrace it, and demonstrate this to your employees, the world is your oyster. All too often leaders get bogged down by what they feel are insurmountable odds, but, when you have God on your side, anything is possible! God can make crooked roads straight; He can bring you that big contract in the nick of time, and, with God, all things are possible.
Ask God to support achievement of your plan
So, when you are down and out, look to God for help. Set up a meeting with your key decision makers and subject experts and strategize a plan for achievement to navigate through the tumultuous time you are facing. Most important, memorialize the plan, get buy-in from key stakeholders, and pray over it. Get two or more people to agree on the success of the plan and ask God to support achieving it — ask Him for His guidance, ask Him for patience in you and your Team for the right time for fulfillment. If you bring God into your businesses decisions, no weapon formed against you shall prosper. Include God today and build a “Kingdom Minded” Company.
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Got Vision?
All successful companies must have a vision at the heart of their organization. This vision shapes the culture of an organization and acts as a guide to employees and management.
Companies with a vision have a workplace of direction, purpose and achievement. These companies know where they want to be and do the appropriate things to get there. All along the way, they have employees who are enthusiastically a part of it, in eager support of the vision.
But what about you? Do you have a vision for yourself? Do you have goals?
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