{"id":950,"date":"2015-07-23T06:52:56","date_gmt":"2015-07-23T06:52:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.webenza.com\/blog\/?p=950"},"modified":"2025-10-13T11:38:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T06:08:10","slug":"7-signs-that-you-are-an-hr-professional-at-a-startup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.webenza.com\/blog\/7-signs-that-you-are-an-hr-professional-at-a-startup\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Signs that you are an HR professional at a startup"},"content":{"rendered":"

HR is one of the most crucial departments in an organization, rather it is the backbone of a company.<\/p>\n

Life as an HR professional can be very different depending on where you work – at a start-up or at an established enterprise. Unlike a large organization where there are specific roles assigned to a job title, managing the HR function at a start-up can mean that you are always multi-tasking and juggling between various roles. However, at a start-up you are constantly challenged to take up new responsibilities, opening up immense possibilities to learn and hone your skills.<\/p>\n

Here are 7 things that every HR professional at a startup will relate to.<\/p>\n

1) You become an expert at reading people- You know how you do it \ud83d\ude09 \u00a0but you can freak people out by saying<\/strong><\/p>\n

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2) When you say \u2018Do you have a minute?\u2019, people listen and wonder what they might have done.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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3) You are literally the customer care of the company- calls, emails, letters, queries, messages…. enough!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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4) You have dirt on everyone at your workplace, but you’re nice enough not to use it…yet.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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5) You represent the company. Which means that you say the company name at least 100 times a day – often correcting the pronunciation.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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6) And there are times when people keep complaining to you about issues like slow internet, clogged basin or power failure and you are like:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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7) You are the person who spreads happiness- throwing a birthday party or planning a team trip but it’s rare that somebody cares if you are enjoying.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Is there something we missed? Share your experience with us in the comments below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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