
Career options in the people profession
Explore the twelve career areas within the people profession, and the typical activities you may find yourself doing

The people profession has a huge variety of roles within it – from numerical and data-driven roles in reward and analytics to development roles in talent and learning and development. These roles tend to fall into two categories: HR generalists, who perform a variety of activities in any aspect of people practice, and specialists, who provide detailed advice and guidance in their areas of expertise.
Explore the twelve career areas


Employee experience

Employee relations

HR Business Partner

HR generalist

Learning and development

Organisation development and design

People analytics

People consultant

Resourcing

Reward

Talent management
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Career options in the people profession
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Routes into the profession
Four tried-and-tested routes into the people profession
Career guidance
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