e people do not like going to seminars and having to sit and listen to them for acouple of days, Miss Young feels that these people should not go into the human resourcemanagement field. This is where most of her ongoing knowledge comes from and if you are notwilling to go to seminars then you will miss out on many of the benefits that come along withthem. An important concept in any job is lifelong learning. This means that as you work youkeep learning from different types of training or seminars or through your job. Miss Young feelsthat this is very important. She feels that if you want to advance in your field you must be welltrained and willing to learn. You should be over trained rather than having no training at all. Alot of times your employer will not keep offering training to you, but you will have to go out andask for it. It is important that you look out for different training and seminars that interest youand that you feel will improve you as a worker. When you find one that interests you, you shouldask your employer to sponsor you and most times they will be happy that you want to furtheryour education. Miss Young also feels that having a mentor is very important. As I said before,most of your skills and knowledge are learned on the job. A mentor will pass down his or herknowledge to you and make you aware of the problems you will face. It is much easier to learn ajob from someone who has worked at the job site then coming in and trying to learn it all yourself. Miss Young did not have a very good mentor when she came to York College and she feels thatshe may have been better off if she had someone that was more knowledgeable in the position thatshe was taking over. Miss Young has not been in her position for that long of a time, but she has realized achange in the field of human resource management over time. She says that the human resourcedepartment is not viewed as the monster of a corporation anymore. P...
