One would be hard pressed to find a General Counsel who did not possess a law degree. But the same cannot be said of top human resources professionals — Chief Human Resource Officers — many of whom have little or no human resources education background.
That's the intelligence from an Aon Hewitt study of 45 CHROs from around the globe.
"More than half of participating CHROs revealed they are not career HR professionals," Aon Hewitt reported. "Of these, approximately one third had no background in HR prior to assuming their current CHRO position."
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Dan Cook
Dan Cook is a journalist and communications consultant based in Portland, OR. During his journalism career he has been a reporter and editor for a variety of media companies, including American Lawyer Media, BusinessWeek, Newhouse Newspapers, Knight-Ridder, Time Inc., and Reuters. He specializes in health care and insurance related coverage for BenefitsPRO.
