A Little More About Me.
First off, I would like to take this time to thank you for visiting my site! I hope you find nuggets of wisdom as I define what matters to me in HR. My background is discussed in this post, followed by goals and interests of mine. So please, enjoy!
After spending over ten years in the hospitality and food & beverage industry, I decided to go back to school for Human Resources Management. I wanted to combine my experience working in general management and operations, with the knowledge received from a graduate program, to work with individuals, small companies, and startups to connect people with their passions.
I know, sounds cliché. But I am a true believer in us all living a relatively short life. So, do what you love AND what matches your strengths! I have discovered years ago that my two passions are health and wealth. For the past decade now, I was struggling trying to find a way to combine those two passions. I looked into a career in the industries of wellness, banking, healthcare, and real estate. But I realized that it wasn't the industry that made me feel unfulfilled, it was the function.
When I say that “aha” moment finally happened to me, I mean I felt like a career coconut was violently knocked on my head! That moment told me to get out of general operations and focus on People Operations. A career in human resources combines not only BOTH of my passions, but also my values, skill sets, and personality traits.
With this in mind, my goal is to be an HR advocate, facilitator, coach, and consultant to help others with recruitment, training & development, employee/er branding, and, of course, C&B management. For isn't compensation & benefits the epitome of health and wealth combined?
However, life is more than just work. Besides staying active by riding my bicycle and doing some urban hiking, I also love indoor and outdoor plant care/gardening, yoga, therapy, thrift store shopping, camping, petting random animals and listening to drama podcasts. In one word, I would consider myself a [modern] hippie.
This is important to share because although the idea of human resources is centered around work and the workplace, we must also begin to see employees/ers for their whole selves.
Please join me as I define HR, and how it relates to ourselves and to our connections. TAYLOR BY TRADE is based on the idea of connecting each other’s strengths and knowledge; of trading resources, not restrictions. For human resources is more than employee law and compliance. It’s also diversity, growth, change, design, and work.
