My week and the future of HR

At work this week I helped digitize employment records, worked with a payroll system for the first time and got my first sourcing assignment. For my HRM essentials class I am learning about the various discrimination laws and compliance issues HR professionals face. I made a Google profile and I am learning how to use Outlook. I watched Did You Know 3.0 on Youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpEnFwiqdx8) and felt it was accurate, mind-boggling and like the US is really behind. The world is changing so fast and technology is a big part of that change. Also read "Memo to CFOs: Don't Trust HR" and it reinforced what I am already learning in my essentials class; that HR has to be more strategic and focus on using human capital to help the organization fulfill it's goals instead of just doing transactional/operational activities which will most likely be outsourced. I'm learning more than I ever imagined and it feels great!!!

Also, learned plenty of new salsa steps and saw Terminator: Salvation which was awesome. I highly recommend if you like action movies.