A Change in HR Job Titles

There is no doubt that the job of HR professionals is changing. Certainly, job descriptions will have to be rewritten. The use of terms “generalist” and “specialist” may become less common. Here is one person’s view of the types of future jobs for HR professionals.
The CFO for HR is the numbers expert who determines the value of HR and analyzes the cost effectiveness of various HR practices. The internal consultant assists manager to recruit, interview, hire and retain the talent that is needed and advises talent managers on legal and ethical matters.
The manager is responsible for finding, developing and keeping the employees who will best accomplish the firm’s objectives. This individual is answerable for moving workers through the organization from hiring until they leave the organization.
The vendor manager determines which functions can be handled better and less expensively out-side the organization.
The self-service leader works with many functions that have been centralized, such as benefits and pension administration, which employees can access from their desktop computers.
Whether any of this entire list will ultimately evolve is debatable. The only certainty is that HR jobs are in a state of flux.