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:
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Majority of 58% of people posted that they look for generalist exposure to HR. An ability to perform Generalist jobs in the HR Function.
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While the lowest with 6% of people mentioned an extreme learning experience in their jobs.
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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):
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Beginning of the career always focuses more on acquiring diverse knowledge and while experimenting on various tasks/jobs.
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While low focus on Extreme learning experience can be attributed to the opportunities to learn at that stage of career.
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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:
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HR is such a vast subject and requires quite focus in the Initial stages.
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An Effort to build a career in HR gives the desired momentum for growth
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Growth always begins from Hands on Experience to strategic thinking opportunity in HR
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The more diversified in function and industry would be a great plus for building better HR career
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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.,
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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.
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Ultimately, remember you need to grow to a stage to manage a business than just function.
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