A Day In The Life Of An HR Manager At A Nonprofit Group Home
A day in the life of an HR Manager at a Non-Profit Group Home Housing is multifaceted, with tasks ranging from heavy interview days and candidate orientations focused on "acclimating them to the culture," to disciplinary meetings and conducting fair investigations to ensure everyone's rights are protected. The role's daily variation suits the career professional well, as "each day can really be unique and bring its own unique challenges."
Recruiting and Onboarding, Employee Relations, Compliance and Investigations, Cross-functional Collaboration, HR Operations
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Sharon Mooney
HR Manager
Non-Profit Group Home Housing
Baylor University
Arizona State University (ASU) - W. P. Carey Master of Science - MS, Human Resources Management and Services
Fine Arts, Music
Nonprofit, Foundations & Grantmaking
Human Resources (HR)
Disabled, Scholarship Recipient, Took Out Loans, Worked 20+ Hours in School
Video Highlights
1. The role is multifaceted and each day brings unique challenges, ranging from interviewing candidates and reviewing applications to conducting orientations and integrating new employees into the company culture.
2. A significant part of the job involves collaboration with other departments, such as finance, to ensure employees have the resources and system access they need to succeed.
3. The HR manager handles disciplinary functions, conducting investigations fairly to protect the rights of all individuals involved, requiring due diligence and impartiality.
Transcript
What does a day in the life of an HR manager look like?
One thing I really love about HR functions is that they are multifaceted. Each day can be unique and bring its own challenges.
On the one hand, it can be very heavy on holding interviews and discussing potential candidates, and going through resumes and applications. With my assistant, the next day it could be heavy on orientations.
This involves bringing in three or four candidates into the organization, acclimating them to the culture, and providing them with the best tools and resources for them to succeed in their roles.
There can also be many meetings with finance to ensure they have everything they need, or ensuring that access to systems is granted to the right individuals and they are set up for their roles.
It can also be heavy on disciplinary functions, holding those meetings and allowing people to have their say. I believe in conducting investigations fairly, so that could take a good amount of time in a day.
This involves conducting investigations and doing my due diligence to ensure everyone's rights are protected. It can really be different day to day, which makes it cool for someone like me who has ADHD and can find it hard to retain interest.
It is a role that suits me well because every day is different.