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Generalist HR

Example Job Titles

HR Director, Senior HR Manager, HR Vice President, HR Senior Vice President, HR Executive Vice President, Chief HR Officer, Senior HR Business Partner, Group Head of HR.

Definition

The HR Generalist looks after general HR strategy and/or operations, covering the whole spectrum of people-related matters such as Recruitment, Training and Compensation design. At their most strategic level, the HR Generalist works closely with the business in aligning people strategy with business imperatives. At their most operational level, the HR Generalist is an administrator responsible for HR policies such as employment contracts and payroll systems. This latter category of HR Generalist is often more suited to a career in the field of HR Operations, but most generalist roles contain an element of both extremes, and an ideal HR Generalist is often someone who can span these two worlds.

Suitability Factors

HR Generalists usually enjoy the variety of their role – one day they may be implementing a new compensation strategy to improve employee retention, the next they may be coaching the senior management team on leadership development tools.  On the downside, generalist roles can sometimes be reactive in nature, and it can be hard to find time to put together long-term strategies when there are daily fires to extinguish. Career prospects for HR Generalists can be good, as their helicopter view of HR lends itself to senior team management roles.

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