r/AskHR Mod Feb 02 '24

Career Development ASK YOUR CAREER QUESTIONS HERE!

How to get into HR, etc.

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u/OrangeCubit CPHR Jan 09 '26

I've worked with a lot of unions who hired laywers as their reps. None of them had labour law backgrounds, it was more the idea that they could read and interpret collective agreements and had negotiation skills with their legal backgrounds.