This is it… My first blog post. I wanted to start by explaining why I really am the bastard child of HR and Technology. Just a little in sight into my inspiration for sharing my love for these two things with the world.

Long ago in a far away land called Michigan, I fell in love with computers. I still remember to this day walking into my elementary school computer lab and sitting down in front of that beast of a machine Apple IIe. You know the one that was bought with all of those soup can labels that you saved and turned in. Well… there really wasn’t much that I learned from those early days. I did however become damn good at the Oregon Trail game. But that aside, it was the beginning of fascination and a world of possibilities with technology.

Throughout the coming years I can still remember with great excitement all the personal computer milestones that have come and gone. The first program I wrote, the first Internet search (done on Altavista for all who care), the first time for burning a CD (Blazing fast 1x speed), the first time pirating software (err… I mean borrowing) and writing my first line of HTML that displayed correctly on the Internet.

Well, if I love technology so much, how did I end up in HR? It all started because of a conversation 10 years ago with my friend Peanut. I was an aspiring engineering major at the University of Michigan. I had come to the conclusion that I despised the staff of the entire engineering department. There in lies the problem. How was I going to complete a program when I couldn’t stand the professors? As I walked with Peanut though the University Pavilion discussing my predicament, he started telling me about his major of Human Resource Management. Peanut went on to tell me all about the HR profession.

They hire, fire and start out at 35K a year (Come to find out, this annual salary proved to be somewhat exaggerated).

Well, I’m not going to lie to you, 35K is just like hitting the lottery when you are 19 years old. Hire and fire, those sound pretty good too.

With my finely tuned research in hand (Thanks Peanut) and before you knew it, I was the newest HR major on the block. I will be honest, I was starting from scratch with my understanding of Human Resources. HR is almost like a secret club… Everyone knows that it exists, but not everyone knows what really goes on inside HR. As I went though college, I grew in both my knowledge and respect for the field. I went from having three pieces of knowledge to a healthy passion for everything HR.

I continue to interweave HR and technology together every opportunity I get. My goals and dreams are ever changing for HR and Technology. If you want to collaborate, let me know, I love expanding the pool of HR knowledge.