converting columns of data frame to factor

#how to make this faclist 
faclist <- list(
  col1 = "Sales",
  col2 = "OPS",
  col3 = "Management",
  col4 = "HR"
)

#from
var <- c("col1","col2","col3","col4")
labels <- c("Sales","OPS","Management","HR")

#do 
faclist2 <- setNames(purrr::map(labels,identity),
                     var)

#check
all.equal(faclist,faclist2)