Why do people always make jokes about HR professionals?
Outsiders frequently reduce human resources to a tired punchline, making students and job seekers feel invalidated. For individuals with rejection sensitivity, dealing with these constant negative stereotypes is deeply frustrating and disheartening.
In their words
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“I'm currently studying HR and I recently told a person about how I'm looking for HR jobs and he made a passing joke about the profession, (similar to the kind of stuff you see on reddit) and it really got to me.”source ↗
Sweetestpie84 · r/humanresources · 88 upvotes
“As someone with rejection sensitivity, it’s been very difficult 😞”source ↗
blahblooblahblah · r/humanresources · 1 upvotes
“people love to reduce an entire profession to a punchline, it's such a tired bit”source ↗
ConcernedFundraiser · r/humanresources · 1 upvotes
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