The Y-man
05-07-2010, 03:11 PM
I am wondering where most people expect HR careers to ultimately lead to, and perhaps a comparison to actualities.
Where do most people expect HR to go in terms of "career development" (i.e. climbing the corporate ladder)?
The reason I ask this is because most of the CxO's I read about or know of, seem to come up from Engineering/Technical (production), Finance (CFO > CEO), IT (CIO > CEO), Sales/Marketing etc.... but rarely seem to come across the case of the HR manager going on to run the organisation (let alone being considered part of the "Exec team" in some cases)
Perhaps I just have a very narrow view of the corporate world.
Would be interested in hearing other's views.
The Y-man
Where do most people expect HR to go in terms of "career development" (i.e. climbing the corporate ladder)?
The reason I ask this is because most of the CxO's I read about or know of, seem to come up from Engineering/Technical (production), Finance (CFO > CEO), IT (CIO > CEO), Sales/Marketing etc.... but rarely seem to come across the case of the HR manager going on to run the organisation (let alone being considered part of the "Exec team" in some cases)
Perhaps I just have a very narrow view of the corporate world.
Would be interested in hearing other's views.
The Y-man