THE FIRST TIME HR MANAGER OF A COMPANY

Rachelle is a dedicated worker of Company A. She has been working there for almost 17 years. She’s 39 years old, started as an HR Assistant and has managed to rise from the rank. The last position she held was as Senior HR Officer.

After many years of hard work and self-discipline, Rachelle has finally decided to leave her present company and accepted a job offer from an established yet a company with a chaotic HR environment. There were HR issues that are unresolved such as SSS payments, payroll discrepancies, unequal salary range, employee disputes and dissatisfaction.

Rachelle is ready to take all these challenges just for the sake of getting her long been ambition. That is to become an HR MANAGER.

First time to become an HR Manager in a company that has no HR Department for a long time. What should she do in her first 30 days in that new job?

·        Conduct an audit on existing HR Practices because for sure they have it even though they don’t have the HR Manager. Ask and interview the present HR staff or anyone who does the HR works even in the absence of the HR Manager. Gather information on how they do things at present, the Recruitment process, Payroll flowchart, etc.

·        Know, analyze and assess internal environment. Check employees’ 201 files including the assigned job description and position titles. Document everything that has been gathered.

·        Discuss everything with the management and with the people as well. A first time HR Manager should show an image of being a good communicator with credibility in the flow of information.

·        Address and take action on what has to be resolved immediately. There would be various issues but always bear in mind that in every problem there is a resolution...at some point in time. So determine what is it that has to be done in quick action.

·        Finalize the company policies and employee handouts. Everything that has been changed from the old practice has to be documented and relayed to the employees. Any appeal on the changes made has to be appreciated, studied and take action on.

Always remember that challenges are there to test proof your abilities, upgrade your knowledge and experiences more so, to make you a Successful New HR Manager.