HR Assistant okay paying job profession....

[pedosmiles]

Originally Posted by dmarie123

You know $40K is more than most nurses make, right?

Not sure where you're located, but this is very, very wrong...
Especially when you account for overtime which most nurses get...not unheard of to have nurses in the 80k range...
Simply due to demand, a motivated nurse will pretty much always outearn a HR assistant..

[glass_of_merlot]

Originally Posted by dmarie123

You know $40K is more than most nurses make, right?

Depends on where you live. Here in Chicago they make pretty good. 30 an hour or so. But again. Some of the hospitals pay more and some less.

[katie45]

Posters are correct in that it is all relative.

The duties and responsibilities may involve:

- Administrative support for the HR Manager/Director, recruiting staff and professional development staff

- Downloading resumes for the recruiting staff

- Managing calendars and scheduling meetings

- Answering employee's questions

- Processing expense reports

- Making travel arrangements for staff and/or interview candidates

- Preparing new-hire documents

- Assisting recruiting staff with career-fair registrations and organizing materials

- Preparing training documents and setting up the training venue (on-site and off-site)

- Tracking employee training in database

- Ordering and setting up catered lunches

- Maintaining employee files

[charlygal]

Originally Posted by dmarie123

You know $40K is more than most nurses make, right?

The average RN makes about $70k.

[rocky1975]

Originally Posted by dmarie123

You know $40K is more than most nurses make, right?

HUH, even in backwoods areas nurses (RN and above) start above 40k. LPN and below are a different story

[CGab]

Originally Posted by dmarie123

You know $40K is more than most nurses make, right?

Depends where you live. In the Chicagoland area RN's make WAY more than that!

[ellysbelly]

Originally Posted by dmarie123

You know $40K is more than most nurses make, right?

As a nurse recruiter of 20+ years, I can assure you that most nurses make upwards of $60K within a year of graduation (and, depending on specialty and experience, as well as location, can make $80K-$100K, or more, as staff nurses or case managers).

LVN/LPNs (1 year degree) can make upwards of $36-40/hour (again, dependent on location and specialty)-- but even they rarely make less than $40K/year, even in smaller markets, even with minimal experience.

[dmarie123]

Originally Posted by pedosmiles

Not sure where you're located, but this is very, very wrong...
Especially when you account for overtime which most nurses get...not unheard of to have nurses in the 80k range...
Simply due to demand, a motivated nurse will pretty much always outearn a HR assistant..

I recruiting nurses (RNs) for about 5 years from 2010 to 2015. We had to do vast income analytics and resume analysis for security clearances (these were federal positions we recruited for). None of them that I worked with made more than $45K a year, most less. Many had part time jobs outside of nursing just to pay student loans. This was in the midwest and many had less than 3 years of experience. You're right though, when I look at www.glassdoor.com it shows new nurses make an average of $56K a year. My mistake. I'm sure it was the timing and market I was in.