HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (Part 5)

 Career In Human Resource Management

Human Resource Management is about managing people at work.  If one wants to make his or her career in this field he must possess certain qualities which are given as follow:

 

Judgment of people: One needs to understand the attitudes and behaviors of people.  How will they react or behave in various situations? Are they workaholics, lethargic, or energetic? What is the level of confidence and patience in them? Are they motivated or de-motivated? How to motivate them to achieve organizational goals. Do the skills of a candidate meet the skill required by the organization?

 

Empathy:  Empathy means sharing someone else's feelings, it requires listening skills.  One must have enough patience to listen about other’s issues, their grievances, and aspirations, etc.   Resolving quality will be an advantage for him. 

 

Diplomacy: Being diplomatic is another quality of a good Human Resource Manager.  He must have knowledge enough to deal with various kinds of aspects and issues in his mind.  He needs to know what to disclose and what to hide. Collecting inputs and analyzing them according to the organization’s needs is another quality.  One needs to be an extrovert and must possess the courage to put across one's views clearly, confidently, and precisely. 

 

Interaction with people: Human resources management is about interaction with people.  One cannot avoid interaction with people.  The more be the interaction, the more will be familiarity with the staff members.  One needs to talk to people to understand their views or problems. Human Resource Manager should adapt oneself according to the demand of time and must be a strategist.  Such traits make a person quite suitable for the Human Resource department. 

 

Education:  One can get a diploma, postgraduate degree, or master degree in Human Resource Management.  After completing the study one may try for a job in the HR department.  There are companies who hire fresher as an executive and on getting some experience the executive is elevated raised to another managerial level.

 

 

 

Employees type

 

There are many types of employees and they cannot be categorized minutely as human nature has varied dimensions. At a wider spectrum, they can be categorized as follows:

 

 

• v Rambler

• v Jumper

• v Planner

• v Hobbyist

 

Rambler:  Such kinds of employees do not strive for a specific goal but move from one job to the other.  Others often consider them to be whimsical and sometimes careless, but they are also seen as adventurous and spontaneous by some. It is seen that such kinds of employees are highly ambitious and talented but frequent jobs change sometimes prove fatal for them. They are impulsive kinds of people.

Sedentary:  It is the exact opposite of the rambler.  They are relaxed kinds of creatures and generally, their first job tends to be their last. They are afraid of change due to various factors. They prefer to stick to their job till their retirement. There may be many kinds of factors for their being sedentary- Lack of good education, courage, and confidence.

 

Jumpers: They are impulsive and take a decision hastily that too without any planning.  They cannot concentrate on one issue minutely.  Jumper rises to a good position within an organization rapidly.  Sometimes they commit mistakes in switching on to another organization finding them entrapped in his self net. These kinds of employers are ambitious and try to reach the peak of success as early as possible.  Sometimes they even do not care what is good and what is bad. They try to grab success by hooks or by crooks.

 

Planners:  Such types of employees set goals and remain well aware of where they want to take their careers. They are articulate enough about the steps they have to take to get to the career level they desire. They are strategists and make out and chalk out the plan before landing it on the practical ground.   Sometimes they have higher ambitions than what they eventually manage to reach. Such kinds of employees are courageous, confident, and visionary.

 

Hobbyist: Such kinds of employees consider their job to be a hobby. They are more interested in personal development outside of work and do not participate in the race of competition. They often form good employees but lack the serious commitment to the job. They remain generally away from politics and diplomacy and are quite interested in maintaining good relations with their colleagues.