Editing Human resource management (section)

== Careers ==
There are half a million HR practitioners in the United States and millions more worldwide.<ref name="Assoc">{{cite journal|url=http://cornellhrreview.org/2010/02/21/the-changing-environment-of-professional-hr-associations/ |title=The Changing Environment of Professional HR Associations |author=Jonathan E. DeGraff |date=21 February 2010 |journal=[[Cornell HR Review]] |access-date=21 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120211012205/http://cornellhrreview.org/2010/02/21/the-changing-environment-of-professional-hr-associations/ |archive-date=11 February 2012 }}</ref> The [[Chief human resources officer|Chief HR Officer]] or HR Director is the highest ranking HR executive in most companies. He or she typically reports directly to the [[chief executive officer]] and works with the [[Board of Directors]] on [[CEO succession]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Wright|first=Patrick|title=The 2011 CHRO Challenge: Building Organizational, Functional, and Personal Talent|url=http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/cahrs/upload/2011-CHRO-Survey-Report.pdf|publisher=Cornell Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies (CAHRS)|access-date=3 September 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Conaty, Bill|first=and Ram Charan|title=The Talent Masters: Why Smart Leaders Put People Before Numbers|year=2011|publisher=Crown Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-307-46026-4|url=https://archive.org/details/talentmasterswhy00cona}}</ref>

Within companies, HR positions generally fall into one of two categories: generalist and specialist. Generalists support employees directly with their questions, grievances, and work on a range of projects within the organization. They "may handle all aspects of human resources work, and thus require an extensive range of knowledge. The responsibilities of human resources generalists can vary widely, depending on their employer's needs." Specialists, conversely, work in a specific HR function. Some practitioners will spend an entire career as either a generalist or a specialist while others will obtain experiences from each and choose a path later. [[Human resource consulting]] is a related career path where individuals may work as advisers to companies and complete tasks outsourced from companies.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.onbenchmark.com/blog-detail/workforce-as-a-service-waas-future-of-hiring |title=Workforce-as-a-Service (WaaS)-Future of Hiring |publisher=OnBenchMark}}</ref>

Some individuals with PhDs in HR and related fields, such as [[industrial and organizational psychology]] and [[management]], are professors who teach HR principles at colleges and universities. They are most often found in Colleges of Business in departments of HR or Management. Many professors conduct research on topics that fall within the HR domain, such as [[financial compensation]], [[recruitment]], and [[training]].

Women were found over-represented in human resource management.<ref name="o963">{{cite journal | last=Ainsworth | first=Susan | last2=Pekarek | first2=Andreas | title=Gender in Human Resources: Hiding in plain sight | journal=Human Resource Management Journal | volume=32 | issue=4 | date=2022 | issn=0954-5395 | doi=10.1111/1748-8583.12437 | doi-access=free | pages=890–905}}</ref>