Wednesday, May 1, 2013

What do Current Young HR Professionals (Experience between 0-4 years) look for?




Results of Poll run at https://www.facebook.com/groups/HRCareers/ (Data as on 1.5.2013)
What do you think Current Young HR Professionals (Experience between 0-4 years) look for?

Key Points for Review:

1. Majority of 58% of people posted that they look for generalist exposure to HR. An ability to perform Generalist jobs in the HR Function.
2. While the lowest with 6% of people mentioned an extreme learning experience in their jobs.
3. Focus on money expressed by 16% of people and any job/specialization should be okay with them.

The Reasons may be as follows (More interpretation can be done in Discussions/Comments): 

Beginning of the career always focuses more on acquiring diverse knowledge and while experimenting on various tasks/jobs.
While low focus on Extreme learning experience can be attributed to the opportunities to learn at that stage of career.
10% of specialized exposure voting can be more attributed the desire to work in Recruitment, Training, Employee Engagement and other specialized function in large organizations.

Key Inputs/Take-away:

HR is such a vast subject and requires quite focus in the Initial stages.
An Effort to build a career in HR gives the desired momentum for growth
Growth always begins from Hands on Experience to strategic thinking opportunity in HR
The more diversified in function and industry would be a great plus for building better HR career
Building capabilities at each stage important : Like-in  Recruitment Function (Can you Interview better in identifying competencies), Employee Retention (Do you understand the psychology in relation to business), Training ( can you stand up and Train & manage a group’s learning) etc.,
Focus on Building career on the basis of “Human Management /HR function is in Every Industry”.  Building HR experience around an Industry/Function may not be a better solution for growth in long-term to play a strategic roles.
Ultimately, remember you need to grow to a stage to manage a business than just function.

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