Is This Room Free?
Welcome to Is This Room Free? In this podcast I will be talking to HR professionals and listening to the stories of their careers. I will be finding out about the journeys they have taken and what they learnt along the way. The purpose is to help others in the profession identify and understand the various paths available and take inspiration from my guest speakers. Whether you are someone who is looking to get that first step on the HR career ladder or an aspiring HR Director, I hope you get value from these conversations.
Is This Room Free?
Jenny Heyes - Head of People Projects (leading the outsourced HR function for a legal firm and being the HR function for multiple companies)
Can you imagine trying to be the HR function for multiple companies? Well my guest this week is Jenny Heyes and that's exactly what she does.
Jenny works for a legal firm in the North West as the Head of their outsourced HR service. This means that her and her team work with a wide variety of companies across the area, supporting them with a wide range of HR issues, from simple enquiries through to large scale people projects.
Prior to that Jenny had worked within a family business and stepped into the world of HR as that company grew and needed someone to focus on it. However, it wasn't a walk in the park as they didn't see the true value of HR to begin with.
She also explains how by being exposed to such a diverse range of issues in a multitude of organisations it has accelerated her own knowledge and development.