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This Aint Your Daddy’s HR
Do I have your attention? Good, because we are in the mist of an HR revolution. It’s either join up, or be left in the dust.
What do I mean by this?
Well, gone are the days of Human Resources representing the company’s interests solely. The new age HR Manager is an inclusive individual, serving the collective needs of both employer and employee. In the new “collaborative” workplace, an HR Manager wears many more hats than in years past.
It can be debated as to whether this is a result of a disgruntled workforce staging a collective mutiny, or the evolution of HR professionals. Either way, the time has come.
Join me on the other side.
As a HR Manager of a leading manufacturing company, I have firsthand experience with Human Resources-the good, the bad, and the ugly. I fell in love with this industry in 2006 and never looked back. It has been challenging at times, but always rewarding.
HR is no longer just the “Personnel Department”, but a major player when it comes to shaping the vision and direction of the company. This site is all abut coming together to share best practices and elevate each other and our respective companies to new heights. We’ll talk, laugh and even vent on occasion, but it will always be a steppingstone to improvement.
So, if you’re looking for the regurgitation of old HR idioms and maintaining the status quo, this is not the place for you. In this blog, I’ll be exploring ideas and methods to help us all become the HR managers that the workforce and corporations of today require. We’ll be exploring any and everything related to HR, but adding our own unique twist and observations.
While we will deal with some of the standard HR issues, such as FMLA, staffing and performance reviews, we’ll also tackle some of the issues that are relevant today, but were not even a thought twenty years ago.
For example, do you think dear old dad had to comb through the dress code policy to see if Punk haircuts are specifically mentioned? How about having to explain to George in QA that his three lip piercings are a bit of a distraction for his coworkers. Sound familiar? These are some of the lovely issues HR Managers deal with, which were unheard of twenty years ago.
With the boomers headed for retirement, the face of the workforce looks very different. Instead of the employee who never asked for anything other than a paycheck and fiercely defended the company, we now have professionals who demand concessions which provide a better work/life balance. Is it good, bad, or just different? We’ll explore these questions in future posts.
One of the biggest issues affecting the workforce is the global recession. This event may have done the most to drastically alter the employment scene. Our employees are fearful of layoffs, benefit reductions, and even the stability of the company. Are we equipped to deal with the anxiety of 500+ employees?
HR is such a vast umbrella. There is almost no limit to what you can encounter in this role. However, there is also room to expand greatly your professional skills, making you an extremely marketable person. We deal with everything including project management, mediation, budget analysis, counseling……need I go on?
To be successful stewards of the company, we have to educate ourselves and evolve with the workforce, or we will essentially become obsolete. We should know how that feels. I’m sure we all have seen the employee who is stuck in “how we used to do it”, unable to adapt to any hint of change. So much so, that they become redundant and lose their value as a member of the team.
Don’t let that be you.
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Amit Bhagria
BTW…
What do you see as the major difference between the HR of today and say…20 years ago?
Hiii Amit,
I really love reading your mails. Those are really innovative and nice to read.
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Hi All Young HR Managers
here i love to post my doubts in front of you people
what you guys suggest to retain a experienced dis satisfied technically professionals.
and how far labour and employment laws are impotent for a new era of HR Professionals
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Your articles are good.
What are the qualities one should be needed to become hr manager?
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hi Amit, thanks a lot for the lovely mails.
am very grateful.
rgds sophie
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Hi Amit,
First of all thank you for your helpful mails.
this field is of great interest to me so will wait for more interesting topics.
i wish you lots of success.
regards
Kavisha
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Hi Amit,
This is my first time, were i am reading some cool and innovative mails related in todays Business World…….. Is quite interesting Amit.
Hope u continue with the same spirit.
Thank You and Great Work.
Warm Regards’
Remya.
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Amit Bhagria Reply:
August 12th, 2011 at 6:07 pm
@Remya S Nair, Hi Remya….Thanks for the feedback….I would look forward for more reviews from your end.
Cheerzz
Amit
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Hi Amit….
i will be thankful if u provide me wid stuff on HR
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dear amit,
well furnished.
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amit,
pls tell me about the scope of MBA in aviation
vidya
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helle Amit,
Is it possible to voice out if you are not been paid for several months in an interview. When you are going on salary negotiation,is it advisable to rise it too high let say 100% of what you are currently earning or averagly?
looking forward for a reply soon.
Thank you.
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your mails are really innovative and nice to read.
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Dear Amit,
I have been in HR, previously Personnel dept. for the past 15 years and doing routinely the work of statutory compliance, court cases, union negotiations etc, but after seeing your mail, it is necessary for every HR manager to innovate some in HR or atleast to know the day to day developments in HR to practice. Thanks, your mail is inspired me a lot and accepted me a friend of yours.
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Am a young energetic young proffessional pursuing Management but want to specialise with Human resource management…May be give me the tips to enable me bekam that good executive wen it kams to hr practices….
i will be glad to have your comments.
Thanks.
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Hi AB,
How do u do? Thanks for accepting me as part of your team. Am an HRM Student in one of the Private Universities in my country. Am in level 300 and i aspire to become a competent and and effective HR manager soon, but the meaning of some HR terms borders me and i’ll be grateful if you can help me out with simple answers.
1. What is HR
2. What is HRM
3. Functions of HRM
4. Functions of HR
5. Roles of HR Manager
6. HR Planning, HR Strategy, HR Procedure, HR Policies and the difference b/n training and development.
They are quite lengthy but i hope you will help me out through my mail.Thanks and hope to hear from u soon. Bye. Sari writes !!1
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Hi there !
I am doing Ph.D in management – My topic is A study on the Problems and Prospects of Outsourcing the work and knowledge.
I have planned to do project in HR practices. So, Anyone help me. I wanna follwing details as soon as possible.
1. List of HR outsourcing companies in Bangalore and Chennai.(Not only the Reruitment)
2. The main reason for Outsourcing?
3. Mainly which works (apart from recruitment consultants) are outsourcing?
can you forward those details to susila08@gmail.com
THanks and Regards,
Susila. S
Tamilnadu.
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thanks a lot, this is very informative, it updated me and helps me in my decision-making. Merry X’mas!
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Dear Amit,
It is very nice and usful message to HR professionals. Thanks for sharing. Keep innovating.
Rgds,
S.Prasad
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Dear Amit
Thank you very much. l find this article energizing. Keep on keeping on. Once more thank you.
Regards
L. musekiwa
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Dear Amit,
Thanks for bringing me on board and I feel proud to be part of this innovative team.
I have been energized by the few articles read and I look forward to sharing.
Wishing you all prosperous new year.
Best reards,
Cate
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thank you for such a wonderful article…
woild like to discuss about current trends in recruitment and selection procedure. this was a big hurdle for me to research on this topic during my project. It wil be favour for me to discuss on this topic… are there companies who follow different practices for selecting a candidate?
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