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Old 15-09-2004, 01:30 PM
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Dear All,

I finished my BA in International Business after which I worked in Business Development, HR Development and Recruitment roles for about 2.5 years. I have recently finished my Masters in Human Resource Management. My future career plans would be to start again from a recruitment role (where my strengths are) and then branch into HR administration in the same company/ industry (my career goal is to be a HR generalist).

My concern is that whether companies agree to such a shift between the internal divisions in HR? Most companies have specific HR divisions like recruitment, training and administration, and I want to know if there is a possibility of an employee to change between these divisions i.e. do they allow a horizontal career growth between its functions?

As my background, interest and experience is in recruitment, I thought right to start my career initially with the recruitment focus, then branch in as an internal recruiter and moving into HR administration from there. I am not sure that this plan will work in the Indian scenario. Can anyone throw light on my confusion?

If someone can share their views, comments and advise on the above predicaments based on their experience, I would very grateful.

Thank you.
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Old 15-09-2004, 03:07 PM
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Hi Karthik

Yes it is easy to get movement within HR. You should not assume your strengths based on your interests, but only on your competencies. You might discover more things as you start working. There might be a lot of emerging HR career options that we cannot even envision yet.

Specific HR divisions are a fact of life in today's large corporate scenario. However if you would like to get all round exposure you could opt to join a smaller firm. Divisions do not imply silos, hopefully not yet !

In a small sentence, my advice would be not to be too focussed, but to keep your mind open to options and experimentation

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Old 16-09-2004, 01:54 PM
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Dear Ghosh,

Thank you for the advice, very reviving!

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