HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (HR): AN EMERGING FIELD FOR CAREER OPPORTUNITIES IN INDIA

The Human Resource Management is related to assessment of manpower requirements in the organization, providing human resources recruiting people with proper qualifications, technical skills, positive attitude and right mind set. Task of HR manager is not limited to hiring of people but involves balancing act on its part in the growth of the business of the organization and its human capital by ensuring healthy working environment for the job satisfaction among the employees and improved productivity. Thus, responsibilities of HR manager further extend to determine employees’ salary structure, perquisites and welfare. This function of HR manager becomes important to retain the talented people in the organization. Besides attracting talented people, organizing orientation and training programs and developing appropriate performance appraisal system for career progression of the employees are some other important tasks of the HR manager.

One has to do an undergraduate course in any discipline and thereafter attain a postgraduate qualification in Human Resource / Personnel Management. Although business oriented courses like BBA and BBM are available, MBA degree or post graduate diploma in management (PGDM) with additional qualifications like a degree or diploma in law, social sciences, personal management, industrial psychology, labor relations etc. provides preferential edge over undergraduate degree in business administration. Other than qualifications, one should have some good qualities and personality traits to become a successful HR manager. The HR professional should be a good human being with leadership attributes like being a good listener, decision maker and a good judge of competencies and personalities besides possessing excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

- Executive / Management Trainees in public sector companies at entry level

- Officers in Junior Management Grade Scale-I in public sector banks

- Management consultant or HR consultancy firm

- Recruitment agencies operating at regional, national and global levels.

- Career in software companies and job portals

- A teacher to teach HR related subjects and soft skills like communication, business etiquette    etc. at universities, colleges and management institutes.

- A coach, mentor or counselor

- Software companies are in need of HR domain experts.

• IIMs,

• Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), Delhi University,

• Xavier Labour Relations Institute (XLRI), Jamshedpur,

• Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon

• Symbiosis Management Institute, Pune

• Tata Institute of Social Science (TISS), Mumbai,

• ICFAI,

• IMT, Ghaziabad

• Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra,

• Guru Jambheshwar University, Hisar,

• Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh,

• GNB Garhwal University, Srinagar (UK);

• Lucknow University, Lucknow,

• Sikkim Manipal University,

• Gurukul Kangri Vishwavidayala, Haridwar,
• Several other universities and institutes

Reference:

Singh, Naipal, 2010. Career opportunities in Human Resource management. Employment News, 23, 1-2