{"id":4868,"date":"2016-07-28T11:00:12","date_gmt":"2016-07-28T16:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/?p=4868"},"modified":"2016-12-20T09:47:38","modified_gmt":"2016-12-20T15:47:38","slug":"3-reasons-for-career-fitness-in-human-resource-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/3-reasons-for-career-fitness-in-human-resource-management\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Reasons You Need Career Fitness in HR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Sharlyn Lauby, SHRM-SCP, is an author, writer, speaker, and consultant. She shares her wealth of human resources knowledge through her blog <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrbartender.com\/\"><em>HR Bartender<\/em><\/a><em>, a \u201cfriendly place to talk about workplace issues,\u201d and recently published her first book, <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Essential-Meetings-Blueprints-Managers-Sharlyn\/dp\/1783000821\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1454692054&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=essential+meeting+blueprints+for+managers\"><em>Essential Meeting Blueprints for Managers<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><br \/>\nIn January 2016, Lauby led a Capella University-sponsored webinar entitled \u201c<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/capella.webex.com\/ec3000\/eventcenter\/recording\/recordAction.do?theAction=poprecord&amp;AT=pb&amp;internalRecordTicket=4832534b000000027cc53e97b2dd7b4061b6928e2d2232a07068e709215c1f2391364e4396af1eba&amp;renewticket=0&amp;isurlact=true&amp;recordID=63104362&amp;apiname=lsr.php&amp;format=short&amp;needFilter=false&amp;&amp;SP=EC&amp;rID=63104362&amp;RCID=06fa78832ad5493f87ae6432009801ee&amp;siteurl=capella&amp;actappname=ec3000&amp;actname=%2Feventcenter%2Fframe%2Fg.do&amp;rnd=1277781844&amp;entappname=url3000&amp;entactname=%2FnbrRecordingURL.do\"><em>5 Ways to Master Learning Agility<\/em><\/a><em>,\u201d during which she focused on how to use goals to manage your career. In this post, she shares her formula for career fitness in HR.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a point in our work life when we decide \u201cour career.\u201d It\u2019s the moment when we say to ourselves, \u201cI like this job well enough to spend the rest of my life doing it.\u201d And we also decide that we want to be successful at it.<\/p>\n<p>For human resources professionals, the elements of a successful career include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>HR Knowledge<\/strong>: We learn about human resources competencies. Then, through education, we learn the theories and models associated with each one.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Skills<\/strong>: We develop our HR skills through training and work experience. It\u2019s possible to demonstrate our skills by achieving a credential.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Abilities<\/strong>: We improve our abilities with regular development activities, which allow us to further expand our knowledge and skills.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All of these elements (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrbartender.com\/2013\/recruiting\/the-difference-between-knowledge-skills-and-abilities\/\">knowledge, skills, and abilities<\/a>) involve a dedication to learning and consistent practice. For a moment, let\u2019s switch the conversation and think about physical fitness. It involves similar elements:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Knowledge of healthy habits (e.g., exercise and nutrition).<\/li>\n<li>Skills in terms of balance, coordination, speed, etc.<\/li>\n<li>Abilities like stamina that develop over time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We know that we don\u2019t become fit in a day. It takes regular practice and dedication to get fit and maintain fitness. The same logic applies to our careers. We won\u2019t become successful overnight. It takes time. We have to employ a career fitness approach!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>3 Ways to Achieve Career Fitness<\/h4>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4>1. Expand our horizons beyond lifelong learning.<\/h4>\n<p>The term lifelong learner has been used for a very long time, but learning is only one piece of career fitness. We also need to seek out new work experiences and professional development opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>2. Learn how to manage change.<\/h4>\n<p>Career fitness focuses on the long-term. This isn\u2019t to say short-term successes aren\u2019t important. Our careers will have plenty of breakthroughs. Career fitness reminds us, though, that the business world is changing and we need to change along with it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>3. Remain flexible with career goals.<\/h4>\n<p>Whether you\u2019re an HR generalist or specialist; an external consultant or internal practitioner, career fitness applies to you. In fact, career fitness allows us to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrbartender.com\/2015\/strategy-planning\/10-steps-for-identifying-your-transferable-job-skills\/\">change roles and responsibilities<\/a> while maintaining a solid plan for success.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Career success is contingent on finding a way to define what success means to us as individuals and then working toward achieving that success. Ideally, we don\u2019t want <em>the way to achieve success<\/em> to keep changing. We do want to continue <em>to change our definitions of success <\/em>as we move up the ladder. That\u2019s what career fitness does for us. It gives us a model for career success.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to learn more about career fitness, check out \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrbartender.com\/2016\/training\/career-fitness-necessary-long-term-hr-success\/\">Career Fitness: Necessary for Long-Term #HR Success<\/a>\u201d on HR Bartender. It dives deeper into the definition of career fitness and how HR pros can encourage career fitness within their organizations. You can also download \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.capella.edu\/lp\/careerfitness\/?revkey=232373\">HR Professionals: Are you practicing career fitness?<\/a>,\u201d a step-by-step guide for creating your own career fitness plan.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Capella offers the following human resources degrees:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.capella.edu\/online-degrees\/bachelors-human-resource-management\/\"><em>BS, Human Resource Management<\/em><\/a> <em>(available in GuidedPath and FlexPath formats)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.capella.edu\/online-degrees\/mba-human-resource-management\/\"><em>MBA, Human Resource Management<\/em><\/a> <em>(available in GuidedPath and FlexPath formats)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.capella.edu\/online-degrees\/masters-human-resource-management\/\"><em>MS, Human Resource Management<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.capella.edu\/online-degrees\/certificate-human-resource-management\/\"><em>Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.capella.edu\/online-degrees\/dba-human-resource-management\/\"><em>DBA, Human Resource Management<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.capella.edu\/online-degrees\/phd-human-resource-management\/\"><em>PhD, Human Resource Management<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<h6><em>See graduation rates, median student debt, and other information at <a href=\"http:\/\/capellaresults.com\/outcomes.asp\">Capella Results<\/a>.<\/em><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are several elements to a successful human resource career, and they need to be nurtured to stay \u201cfit.\u201d Sharlyn Lauby, aka HR Bartender, shares her formula for career fitness. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":4874,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[49],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4868"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/81"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4868"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4868\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5407,"href":"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4868\/revisions\/5407"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}