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Coming from a traditional engineering, been getting by with 7 years in the line and getting fed up with the prospects. Whenever I look for jobs on linkedin I see a lot of that the recruiters aka Talent Acquisition Partners are also once in technical fields. Why did they switch to do HR I wonder?

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Coming from a traditional engineering, been getting by with 7 years in the line and getting fed up with the prospects. Whenever I look for jobs on linkedin I see a lot of that the recruiters aka Talent Acquisition Partners are also once in technical fields. Why did they switch to do HR I wonder?
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seems like HR is really quite non essential huh. So what's a good career switch for someone from a engineering background?

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Hi I am app developer

I want to switch field, left IT and programming for good

is HR a field that I can on the job? will it be difficult for ppl with no HR experience to work in this field?
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The main reason I think they switch to HR from a technical background because they get the commission on every successful hire the employers made. Probably when they worked as an IT or something else then they referrer their friend to the company and they made even higher than their normal salary, that's why they switched. Some people just do that job as a part-time job to make the second income.
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The main reason I think they switch to HR from a technical background because they get the commission on every successful hire the employers made. Probably when they worked as an IT or something else then they referrer their friend to the company and they made even higher than their normal salary, that's why they switched. Some people just do that job as a part-time job to make the second income.
Do you know what job portal which is effective for finding jobs instead of LinkedIn? I'm jobless for so long alr
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The main reason I think they switch to HR from a technical background because they get the commission on every successful hire the employers made. Probably when they worked as an IT or something else then they referrer their friend to the company and they made even higher than their normal salary, that's why they switched. Some people just do that job as a part-time job to make the second income.
Wow, really got part-time HR jobs that can earn referral income like that?
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