My Future Career
Chelsea Riley
ENG 121: English Composition II
Michelle Pinkard
May 29, 2010
My Future Career
I have had problems deciding which career field I would like to go into. I have to admit
that I havent really researched the two careers that seem to suit me. I have been looking
into Human Resources and Child Development. I know these are two completely different
careers, but they are both something I think I would enjoy. I have found all the pros and
cons of each career and hopefully I will be able to choose which one I want to do soon.
The first career I am going to talk about and share my information with you is the Human
Resources career field. I have done a lot of researching and have found a lot of information
on this career. There are definitely good things and bad things about any career, and
fortunately I have found a lot of good things in this career. I have also found a lot of
information about this career that I did not know before.
I have found that Human resources is a term used to describe the individuals who comprise
the workforce of an organization, although it is also applied in labor economics to, for
example, business sectors or even whole nations ( Human Resources, 2010). I have also
noted that you can find a Human Resources job almost anywhere. This job is available in
hospitals, retail environment, and there are also human resource jobs available within the
city work field.
While researching the Human Resources career, I have learned about the background of
the career. The use of the term human resources by organizations to describe the workforce
capacity available to devote to the achievement of its strategies has drawn upon concepts
developed in Industrial Psychology and System Theory. The original usage derives from
political economy and economics, where it was traditionally called labor, one of four
factors of production* although this perspective has shifted as a consequence of further
ongoing research into more strategic approaches (Human Resources, 2010).I have found
that in economics the four factors of production are the resources employed to produce
goods and services ( Factors of Production, 2010). This first usage is used more in terms of
human resources development of the individuals within an organization, although the
approach can also be applied beyond the level of the organization to that of industry
sectors and nations(Human Resources, 2010).
The Human Resources job is supposed to ensure the availability of each job and figure out
