Today was take your kid to work day and I went to my aunt’s work in downtown Vancouver. Here is a picture of the building that she works at and as you can see it is very big, modern and impressive.
Name of your host: Sonja Mills
Relationship to you: Aunt
The Interview
What is your job title?
A: Human resources business partner.
What is your job description?
A: To provide strategic advice, coaching support and counsel to leaders and executives to increase their leadership effectiveness.
What are the duties and/or tasks you perform at your job?
A: Advise managers, lead change management, train on strategic programs, develop HR policies and understand and enforce legislative requirements.
What qualifications do you have for this job in the following areas:
A) training? Certified human resources.
B) education? Bachelor of commerce with a focus in human resources management.
C) experience? To be a business partner you need all 5-8 years experience in HR.
D) skills and attributes? Building relationships, strong business acumen, strong verbal and written communication and being able to multitask.
What are some of the things you like about your job?
A: Some things I like about my job is significant accountability, interacting with different people and problem solving.
What are some of the things you dislike about your job?
A: I do not like the administrative work in my job.
How do you anticipate this job changing in the next 5 years or so?
A: Might change to a senior role, like HR director that has more accountability/responsibilities and people reporting to me.
The Student Reflection
Three Reasons Why I Would Like This Job:
- I like that jobs exist even in an economic recession
- I like that it is a Large business with lots of job options
- I like that I would get to work in Downtown Vancouver
Three Reasons Why I Would Not Like This Job:
- I do not want to work/be in a cubicle
- I do not enjoy data or administrative tasks
- I do not want to be inside for most of the day
Is this job for you? Why or why not?
I do not think that this job is for me for a couple reasons. Some of the reasons are because you have to be a fast reader and be able to look threw lots of different documents every day, you are inside for almost all day and there are a lot of different tasks involved in the same job. While a do not think this job is for me there were also some parts that I liked such as you could have a job in something else like engineer and then later in your career switch and work for this big Insurance company.
Explain the value of the TOKTW experience in relation to your ideas about your post secondary plans:
I think the value in take your kid to work day in relation to my ideas about post secondary plans is that in this type of job you need to have a post secondary education and if you do you benefit from it by being able to receive better opportunities such as higher paying positions and locations. Another way my experience form take your kid to work day has expanded my thoughts about post secondary education is that I’ve learnt it opens so many other opportunities and interests in the same type of expertise.