health and career goals,
Edgeworth is already ticking a
few boxes off her list. For her
goal of joining a non-profit
board of directors, she will be
vice-chair of the 2014 Special
Olympics Canada Summer
Games board.
Health-wise,
Edgeworth
has been maintaining her aim
to practise yoga two to three
times per week and she is
training for her personal best
marathon and Grand Final bike
races.
But she still has things to
work on. Edgeworth wants to
finally make her home "renovation-free" this year, and
for her career, she hopes to
work in Lululemon's operations department for a short
period so she can understand
the business at a deeper level
and "come back to HR to be
a stronger partner."
For others considering a
career in HR, Edgeworth's
advice is to first get your foot
in the door and then do a really
good job.
"Your first job might not be
your dream, but it's a way in. It
will lead you to many things,"
she says.
Aspiring HR professionals
should take note that the field
is not about black and white
policies and rules, Edgeworth
adds.
"I'm a non-traditional HR
professional. What I see in
HR is really the ability to be
strategic partners to drive a
business forward," she says.
"No matter how big or how
structured a company is, or
how big it is, you don't have to
make every decision based on
a rule, process or policy. What's
important is to take into consideration one human being at
a time."
/APRIL FONG is a Toronto-based
freelance writer.
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