6 HR Blogs You Should be Reading This Year | Human Resources

Working in HR can be tiring and if you’re stuck in the daily slog, you’re not doing your best work. Often, you’ll also be responsible for inspiring others, which is a no go when you’re not feeling inspired yourself.

For a font of energy and insight, Natalie Ellis’ blog is well worth visiting. She’s an HR consultant; her blog focuses on what makes the profession great and interesting.

She advocates for HR acts of kindness, encouraging her readers to get involved in making the workplace friendly, happy and brighter for their colleagues. This is a fantastic blog to get those creative juices flowing again and come up with new ideas to old problems.

Reading through her blog posts, you’ll find yourself brimming with new ideas and excited to implement them. Cut through the drudgery of HR and get inspired to effect real change in your workplace.

She’s also one of our CIPD students, and she documents her journey through various HR qualifications with us. This gives you a sneak peek into what it’s like to study one of our HR courses, from the perspective of a student.

If you want to read HR blogs with a direct, serious message with a bit of tongue-in-cheek humour then Fistful of Talent has you covered.

They cover everything from emailing employees in the evening to whether the word ‘culture’ is overused in the profession. They even cover how to deal with your cousin’s best friend’s sister asking you to review their CV!

Delving into their wry takes on popular topics will show you how to make real differences, instead of surface level changes. If you want to cut to the heart of issues and take a realistic approach to the profession, then this is the blog for you.

HR practitioners can often be seen as overly-idealistic and unrealistic, but these blogs are practical and matter-of-fact. Their writing team aren’t afraid to take potshots at diversity initiatives, burnout and other issues facing the modern HR practitioner.