HR specialist, $19.25 an hourI got my first full-time job at a manufacturing company, working as an HR assistant.
HR generalist, $52,000 a yearI found a new HR position at a different manufacturing company as an administrator.
This was my first salaried job, making $42,000 a year.
In my fourth year, management promoted me to HR generalist with a salary increase to $52,000 a year.
They hired a new HR manager four years younger than me, with three fewer years' experience and no college degree.