HR is the management function focused on maximizing the effectiveness of the workforce by recruiting world class talent, promoting career development,and determining workforce strategies to boost organizational effectiviness.
While HR workers tend to have strong people skills, many lack the business acumen to contribute directly to broad company objectives, and other departments often view HR as either irrelevant or adversarial.
HR can respond to these issues by demonstrating that they understand the strategic goals of the company, the core customers, and the competition. The best HR deparmentes use this knowledge to raise the value of the firm's human capital, which in turn increases the value of the firm itself.
Finding people to hire is easy, but finding qualified employees can be a challenge. Although most of the fastest rising jobs require a college degree, only one third of adults 25-29 years old have one.