Question : Career in financial planning or Human resources??
Hi. Im currently doing a business course at uni and of all the majors on offer iv chosen to do either HR or financial planning. I’d just like to know which field would be better in terms of pay, job availabilities or just any facts of interest.
I herd HR these days are more outsourced which is apparently bad but i dont see why? Wouldnt you just apply for a job at the organisation doing the outsourcing?

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Best answer:

Answer by Jackie W
You are correct that you could work for a company that provides HR outsourcing, but I think the types of jobs you may have access to would be limited. I am familiar with companies that outsource hiring, so all applicants are screened by the outsourcing company and the final 3 or 4 candidates are sent to be interviewed. Many people would find interviewing people day-after day to be boring after a while.

I worked in finance for a number of years before switching to project management and loved it. I never had a problem finding a job, my job was always changing and I worked with people across all levels of the organization. Some finance jobs are also outsourced now, but I think job prospects will always be good because there are some finance jobs that would be impractical for an organization to outsource.

For me the best thing about finance, was that even though I often managed large groups of people I rarely had to listen to anyone whine about their job. I think one of the most important parts of an HR job is that you have to have the ability to listen to people complain.

Good luck!