What is it like having to work nights and weekends? What are typical hours? When you work a weekend are you working all weekend long or just one day? I'm curious because this seems very different from a typical human resources position.
It's a pretty sweet job, honestly.
Yes, you are still working retail. Your college friends won't be impressed with you; you will be working in a retail store while they work in an office.
However, if you are smart and play your cards right, this is one of the best (easiest) ways to get into corporate HR at a non-retail company.
99% of companies out there will require that you have X number of years in an HR job before they will even consider you for an HR position. Guess what? ETL-HR at Target counts as that needed experience.
In the past several years, I have seen ETL-HR's leave the company for HR jobs at the following companies: Shell Oil, IBM, and Verizon... along with 2 or 3 medium sized local companies that no one here has probably heard of. (yes, I always asked them where they were leaving to)
ETL-HR's are the *only* ETLs I have seen constantly "escape" retail. Damn near every ETL-HR we have had that has ever left Target was leaving it for a non-retail job.
ETL-LOGs, ETL-HL, ETL-GE, etc.... when they leave, usually it is for other retail jobs. Why? Their experience simply doesn't translate outside of retail, so they simply lack the experience non-retail companies are looking for. But HR? Pretty much the only job you can get store-side that actually will land you a job outside of retail. Almost every company in the world has an HR department, and getting that required HR experience to work for them is damn near impossible. Target is one of the few employers that will hire you into an HR management job with zero experience.
They key is just hanging in there for 1-2 years so you can gain the experience.