How can I structure my resume for a position in human resource management?

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I have been working as a community worker for the past twenty years and now I am trying to change my career to one in human resources. I have been studying HR for a couple of years part - time and now I have enough knowlegde to try of an entry level position in HR. I have a lot of transferable skills such as dealing with people, administration, problem solving skills, writing reports etc. I would like to know what type of resume format would be best for this type of position?

Human resource management (HRM) is the strategic and coherent approach to the management of an organization's most valued assets - the people working there who individually and collectively contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the business.[1] The terms "human resource management" and "human resources" (HR) have largely replaced the term "personnel management" as a description of the processes involved in managing people in organizations.[2]

Human resource management is both an academic theory and a business practice that addresses the theoretical and practical techniques of managing a workforce. Synonyms include personnel administration, personnel management, manpower management,[3] and industrial management[4], but these traditional expressions are becoming less common for the theoretical discipline. Sometimes even industrial relations and employee relations are confusingly listed as synonyms,[5] although these normally refer to the relationship between management and workers and the behavior of workers in companies.

The theoretical discipline is based primarily on the assumption that employees are individuals with varying goals and needs, and as such should not be thought of as basic business resources, such as trucks and filing cabinets. The field takes a positive view of workers, assuming that virtually all wish to contribute to the enterprise productively, and that the main obstacles to their endeavors are lack of knowledge, insufficient training, and failures of process.

How can I structure my resume for a position in human resource management?

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