Yeah. So I started in college as a marketing major, but I found myself feeling very isolated and many of my business courses a lot of my colleagues were very focused on, you know, getting into the Goldman Sachs is of the world where, you know, I, um I'm a little bit more focused in you know, what I can do to contribute to the world and make the world a better place. Um and so I made the decision to change majors to psychology at the end of my sophomore year. Um, it was a lot of hard work, but I was able to fit all of my psychology courses and remaining electives into my junior and senior year. I was able to take some industrial and organizational psychology courses as well, which is definitely, you know, an area that well blended the business and the psychology aspect of things. On Daz, graduation was approaching. I wasn't quite ready to make the commitment Thio Go Thio graduate school, which quite yet eso um serendipitously in Asia. Opportunity A of rose at the company that I was interning at for a number of summers. Eso I ended up taking that opportunity. And since then I've only grown toe love HR more and more. Um, I started in a very operational HR role. Eso managed things like recruiting, payroll benefits, compliance. Um, it wasn't really all that glamorous, but or exciting, But I definitely wouldn't trade that experience for the world. My last 6 to 9 months there I was, actually, the only HR person, um, you know, running the show, which I don't think many people can play, can claim so early on in their post college careers. But I found that, you know, you eventually wanted to move in Thio role That was beyond the basics and play more of a strategic role when it comes to HR, which which has since shaped my career path since then.

Yeah. So a lot of my role revolves around advisement. So I'm responsible for understanding the different areas of the business that I support. Um, in serving as a strategic business partner to senior leaders. A swell as being a trusted adviser. Thio employees at all levels. Um, so in terms of priorities, definitely aligning people strategy to meet business objectives, keeping employees engaged and maintaining a supportive and inclusive company culture.Yeah. So, again, the priorities I think are really around making sure that our HR and and people strategy is, um, you know, it is on aligned with the business objectives that we're hoping to achieve, making sure that our employees are engaged and able Thio succeed in their roles that they're set up for success. Right? And, um, the third, I would say, is definitely maintaining. Um, you know, a supportive and inclusive company culture. Oh, yes. Eso In terms of weekly work hours, those can definitely very, um, I admit I'm a bit of a perfectionist and someone who takes a lot of pride in their work. So most of my hours do average around 50 you know, probably upwards of 50 hours a week. Um, with remote work, the exact hours can definitely be a bit more flexible, which is obviously a plus. Um, but again, you know, that's sort of my style, which, um, you know, may or may not be what others in in the human resource is field experience.

Yeah. So the most common tools I think specific Thio human resource is would be, um HR information systems or H r E s s a swell as applicant tracking systems or a T. S s Microsoft office suite and G suite are also definitely commonly used. Um, when it comes tohr s and 80 s s, um, intuitive user interface definitely matters a lot. I've had, you know, in the past organization we implemented a new h R E s that was supposed to handle performance me, understand, and all of these things. And, um, prior to that, we had managed everything through excel spreadsheets. So everyone was very excited. However, the interface was not user friendly at all. And so, by the time performance management season rolled around, um, you know, it had me missing the Excel spreadsheets because at least, you know, most people knew how toe you know, it, uh, implement everything and and you wouldn't have to walk through the process with everyone. So, um, definitely user interface, um, can make a huge difference. And then I think the other piece that's very important is ease of reporting