5 Top Reasons Why Making A Friend in HR Department Can Change Your Career

Source: Time

Do you have any friends in the Human Resources Department? Well, it’s about time that you made some since they are in the loop on what the is going on in the company.

Why you ask….. Here are five areas you might want to talk to your HR friend about.

1. What the straight story is on company benefits
Better than a hotline, your friend in HR can translate the doublespeak from the benefits guide into information you can use. Your friend might not know everything in the guide, but if you have a specific interest he or she can probably point you to the expert on her team who knows this well.

2. How the decisions that affect your pay are made
You can’t ask your boss or immediate colleagues for this information without revealing your intentions, and they may not know the whole story. Someone in HR, however, deals with these issues frequently, and across different areas of the company.

3. When exceptions are made to the rules
In addition to knowing how the processes typically work, your friend in HR probably also knows about any exceptions to the rule.

Any decent professional keeps confidentiality, and HR issues are absolutely confidential. However, your friend in HR can let you know if exceptions have occurred and how likely they are.

4. How things compare between your company and others
Are you fairly paid? Is every company in this industry restructuring so frequently? Are work-at-home opportunities just not available in your line of work?

Your friend in HR doesn’t just look at career-related trends inside your company. He or she also needs to have a sense for what other companies are doing to ensure your firm stays competitive. Use that competitor knowledge as a shortcut for your own research.

5. How to approach your boss with requests

It is incredibly helpful to role play what that negotiation will look like with someone other than your boss who is experienced in career negotiations.

This is another perk of having a friend in HR. He or she has sat through offer negotiations, performance reviews, and other career discussions much more frequently than you. He or she can pepper you with questions you can practice in advance, or give you tips on what works and what doesn’t.

Sounds like a good plan, doesn’t it?

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