Dear All,
I am Andy and currently pursuing MBA in HR from a reputed B-School in Navi Mumbai... I had a question which has been bothering me for a while and i hope that some HR experts in this forum will help me in setting realistic expectations for myself..
I joined for my MBA last year from a reputed B-School in Mumbai... I worked previously with one of the biggest engineering and construction company in India in the Strategic Resourcing Group (Corporate HR) and my job responsibilities empowered me to be the process owner for campus recruitment drives across India for various technical, non technical and management colleges(Over 100 drives in 2 years). I also was associated with the pre and post joining formalities of thousands of trainees that boarded in the company and conducted joining formalities across all centers of the company in India. Some other achievements have been i have visited several colleges as guest lecturer on their invitation and also conducted induction for trainees on the request of training team head. My concern is that i was not on the rolls of the company and was a third party vendor (Kelly & Teamlease). I am also undergoing a 5 month internship in Compensation and Benefits in a global pharma company.
Now, my placement season is fast approaching and i need to be mentally prepared for it... I have maintained excellent grades(among the toppers) across all semesters and have also been in key leadership positions in my stream and college and have won many roleplay and debate competitions. Plus i have also represented my college in multiple HR forums like NHRD and BMA and on one occassion was a student panelist for a management program.
Now
1. Should i bothered if my experience will be considered during placement during salary negotiations ?
2. What would be a realistic expectation for the salary package for HR (I know college name matters... please assume its a decent 2nd tier college in Mumbai) ?
Regards,
An Aspiring HR Professional
From United States, Woodbridge
I am Andy and currently pursuing MBA in HR from a reputed B-School in Navi Mumbai... I had a question which has been bothering me for a while and i hope that some HR experts in this forum will help me in setting realistic expectations for myself..
I joined for my MBA last year from a reputed B-School in Mumbai... I worked previously with one of the biggest engineering and construction company in India in the Strategic Resourcing Group (Corporate HR) and my job responsibilities empowered me to be the process owner for campus recruitment drives across India for various technical, non technical and management colleges(Over 100 drives in 2 years). I also was associated with the pre and post joining formalities of thousands of trainees that boarded in the company and conducted joining formalities across all centers of the company in India. Some other achievements have been i have visited several colleges as guest lecturer on their invitation and also conducted induction for trainees on the request of training team head. My concern is that i was not on the rolls of the company and was a third party vendor (Kelly & Teamlease). I am also undergoing a 5 month internship in Compensation and Benefits in a global pharma company.
Now, my placement season is fast approaching and i need to be mentally prepared for it... I have maintained excellent grades(among the toppers) across all semesters and have also been in key leadership positions in my stream and college and have won many roleplay and debate competitions. Plus i have also represented my college in multiple HR forums like NHRD and BMA and on one occassion was a student panelist for a management program.
Now
1. Should i bothered if my experience will be considered during placement during salary negotiations ?
2. What would be a realistic expectation for the salary package for HR (I know college name matters... please assume its a decent 2nd tier college in Mumbai) ?
Regards,
An Aspiring HR Professional
From United States, Woodbridge
Dear Aspiring HR Professional,
You have already hit the bulls eye with the experience you have gained. However, your doubts are true, as companies often seeks fickle measures to negotiate and save on few grands.
Request you to stay focused on the experience you have gained and negotiate on the role. Do not discuss about the compensation until you have a clear understand of all your deliverables. Try asking questions such as how much time does it typically take to deliver a task . How is your reporting structure designed? How would the information flow to you?
Similar questions can give you a view to what you would need to deliver and it's level . Weigh the cost of mistakes made by you at work. Once you have fully gained an understanding of it, ask for the monetary compensation they allocate to it
Be assured that , if you are worth your salt , every employer would want to hire you. They would have a min-max salary range and try to fix you somewhere lower to mid, to optimise on your increments later and derisk.
Hope this puts you in a better position to understand the process. Negotiation is a win-win deal.
Speak to them keeping it in mind. Wish you all the best !
Do share with us, once you accept an offer and how did it go .
From India, Mumbai
1858You have already hit the bulls eye with the experience you have gained. However, your doubts are true, as companies often seeks fickle measures to negotiate and save on few grands.
Request you to stay focused on the experience you have gained and negotiate on the role. Do not discuss about the compensation until you have a clear understand of all your deliverables. Try asking questions such as how much time does it typically take to deliver a task . How is your reporting structure designed? How would the information flow to you?
Similar questions can give you a view to what you would need to deliver and it's level . Weigh the cost of mistakes made by you at work. Once you have fully gained an understanding of it, ask for the monetary compensation they allocate to it
Be assured that , if you are worth your salt , every employer would want to hire you. They would have a min-max salary range and try to fix you somewhere lower to mid, to optimise on your increments later and derisk.
Hope this puts you in a better position to understand the process. Negotiation is a win-win deal.
Speak to them keeping it in mind. Wish you all the best !
Do share with us, once you accept an offer and how did it go .
From India, Mumbai
Thank you so much (Cite Contribution).... That seems to be a modest approach...
The only adversity to that reply to determine the difficulty of deliverable pre-hand.... As in, the specified task may sound easy but be difficult and vice versa... Being young in the field... i would fall short of understanding the exact requirements especially in other areas like T&D, Operations, Lateral Recruitment, HRBP etc... where i still have limited practical understanding. I presume i wont be in a position to be negotiate since i wouldnt understand the depth of the tasks assigned till I get hands on exposure...
Secondly with the experience you have in this field... What should be my salary expectations from recruiters given my background ? I dont want to be over ambitious... I want to be reasonable in my approach at the same time dont accept any offer which is below my potential and suited for my experience... hence i thought i consult the experts !
Once again thank you (Cite Contribution)..
Regards,
Andrews
From United States, Woodbridge
The only adversity to that reply to determine the difficulty of deliverable pre-hand.... As in, the specified task may sound easy but be difficult and vice versa... Being young in the field... i would fall short of understanding the exact requirements especially in other areas like T&D, Operations, Lateral Recruitment, HRBP etc... where i still have limited practical understanding. I presume i wont be in a position to be negotiate since i wouldnt understand the depth of the tasks assigned till I get hands on exposure...
Secondly with the experience you have in this field... What should be my salary expectations from recruiters given my background ? I dont want to be over ambitious... I want to be reasonable in my approach at the same time dont accept any offer which is below my potential and suited for my experience... hence i thought i consult the experts !
Once again thank you (Cite Contribution)..
Regards,
Andrews
From United States, Woodbridge
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