Interview with Meg Luther, HR Recruitment Manager

For this blog post I chose to interview one of my supervisors, Meg Luther. I was so excited when Meg agreed to answer some questions for me, because it gave me further insight into this career path and this company as well.

During our interview, we discussed multiple aspects of Meg's job including main job responsibilities, education & training that is needed, new trends in the field, and how she chose this career in Human Resources.

1. What are your main job responsibilities?

~ My role has recently shifted to focus on college programs, mainly local and what we call the Big 4: Student organizations, Greek life, Academic programs, and connecting with career centers as well. I also oversee the internship program and ensure that our interns are settling in well and that they have everything they need to learn and grow. I also oversee special projects such as the BRIDGE program and the Mentoring program.

2. How did you choose this career?

~ I started out working in retail, and I knew I wanted to work with people, but I didn't really want to work in sales or be a teacher. I noticed that people in the Human Resource field were able to focus on benefiting their employees, and focus on the culture of the company and its employees and I wanted to be a part of that.

3. What type of education or training is needed for this position?

~ I think a business background is extremely important because it creates the bigger picture of why Human Resources is important. I also think that having work experience with people managing is very crucial because if you have been a supervisor or managed people in any way before, then you know better how to put out fires and how to have difficult conversations with people, or give feedback that feels like a gift, and not a bloodbath.

4. What advice would you give to someone interested in this field?

~ Take every experience as a gift and a learning opportunity; make every moment a moment to learn, and keep track of accomplishments you have made and connections/networks that you have made.

5. What is your favorite part about this job and working for Make-A-Wish?

~ I love that I am able to successfully create something from scratch and see my work come to fruition. When I started a year ago, there was barely an internship program in the works, and I was given the opportunity to build this program up to what it is now today.

Thank you Meg for sharing your experiences with me!