Business degrees (real ones, not economics) decades ago were useful. I was in HR before companies just plopped anyone with a pulse in the HR Dept. We learned useful things to keep a workforce humming along and helped companies avoid lawsuits. I'm one of those HR dinosaurs that walked the plant floor twice a day (between grave and day shifts then between day and swing shifts.) I answered questions and if someone needed a form, I'd bring it to them. And I was humble enough to admit that I was pure overhead and that the production workers made the money that paid my salary. HR needs to get back to that.
Business degrees (real ones, not economics) decades ago were useful. I was in HR before companies just plopped anyone with a pulse in the HR Dept. We learned useful things to keep a workforce humming along and helped companies avoid lawsuits. I'm one of those HR dinosaurs that walked the plant floor twice a day (between grave and day shifts then between day and swing shifts.) I answered questions and if someone needed a form, I'd bring it to them. And I was humble enough to admit that I was pure overhead and that the production workers made the money that paid my salary. HR needs to get back to that.