Can you/should you get hired in HR as a man? Is HR for females only?

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I would agree with J-SP that HR is an area that appeals more to women however it does look to be changing as you have mentioned. Had a quick look on Google and there's an interesting article on HR magazine about how they're looking to attract more men to the industry which might give you a better understanding and there's some interesting comments towards the end http://www.hrmagazine.co.uk/article-details/how-can-we-attract-more-men-to-hr

I think if you're really interested in HR, it might be beneficial for you to try a CIPD level 3 course, which will give you a foundation certificate like this one: http://acacialearning.co.uk/what-we-offer/cipd/foundation/ that way you'll be able to see if it's an area you would like to work in.

At the end of the day, you should pursue a career that is going to make you happy.

Reply 21

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by Princepieman

generalist HR tends to require two extremes a) empathy/coach and b) ruthlessness.

Indeed. And that's because the nature of the work is hiring (nice although you usually have to reject many more candidates than you hire), coaching (nice), assessing (were the ruthless streak can come to the fore), disciplining (ruthless with a touch of empathy), firing (ruthless and thankless...).

Oh and there's a lot of admin too especially at the junior levels.