Do You Have What It Takes to Work in HR? Instructions: Read each statement and circle yes or no. Yes | No | - I have leadership and management skills I have developed through prior job experiences, extracurricular activities, community service, or other noncourse activities.
| Yes | No | - I have excellent communications, dispute resolution, and interpersonal skills.
| Yes | No | - I can demonstrate an understanding of the fundamentals of running a business and making a profit.
| Yes | No | - I can use spreadsheets and the World Wide Web, and I am familiar with information systems technology.
| Yes | No | - I can work effectively with people of different cultural backgrounds.
| Yes | No | - I have expertise in more than one area of human resource management.
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Scoring: The greater the number of yes answers, the better prepared you are to work in an HR department. For questions you answered no , you should seek courses and experiences to change your answer to yes —and better prepare yourself for a career in HR! Source: Based on B. E. Kaufman, "What Companies Want from HR Graduates," HR Magazine, September 1994; and Steve Bates, "Facing the Future," HR Magazine, July 2002.
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