Dear Seniors
I m a B.com Graduate and MBA in HR, I started my career with Mafoi in ITes Volume Hiring for BPO clients, this was my first HR job. I worked for 6 months and with the nature of recruitment and unprofessionalism showed by the candidates I found this job thankless and grilling for no fault of mine. At point when I just could not go on with the unprofessional attitudes of this candidates and having faced stress, brickbats and embarrassments from client’s HRs for no shows, offer declined, no shows at joining date, absconding after joining the company by the candidates. I decided to resign without having another job in hand, I was getting many offers but in the same line of business, which I dint want, I was already working with one of the most reputed Recruitment firm and I was facing so many difficulties which were not in my hand or power to resolve. There was no point taking up similar job offers. I was searching jobs for 10 uncertain months, and finally I got an offer from an Audit firm in middleast, they offered me a generalist profile, with designation as HR Coordinator, On reading the job description I liked the nature of work and found it to be a very good learning experience to grow and excel in HR industry.
Its been one year I have joined this firm, and over the period of time I have realized, that this is a very disorganized setup, run under a single owner’s directions. There are functional departments, so is HR, a support department to facilitate HR functions, This firm can be considered a mid size Audit firm with staff strength of 200+ employees. There are HR policies and Procedures in place, relevant forms and Electronic systems for HR functions. However majority of the time none of them are followed as per the guidelines, everyone in the company does not have an attitude nor the will to follow the process. So when I joined this company with excitement and hope that I will be able to use my HR knowledge which I have acquired in my studies. But As I try to seek cooperation from the staff I m facing reluctance and I m not taken seriously for the tasks. There are rules but some individuals who are in favourite books or having authority find it against their ego to follow the line, the rules are for their own benefit, still they don’t follow.
Recruitment : Any manager can hire anyone they want, and just dump it on HR to finish the process of joining, even sometime that is not followed properly.
Appraisal : Inspite of having proper forms and policies in place, the promotion and increments are as per manager’s wishes and favorites.
And many other bottlenecks in following the written down rules. Major ones are :
Lack of communication is so great that my work is affected, I m asked to make reports and without having being informed How can I present accurate reports. Also when I m proactive and seek information to complete my tasks, I m made confused to get the right information. Sometime I m confused if I shall take the initiative or not.
I m just working like a clerk following instructions, making reports. I m not involved in any meetings, decision makings, or discussion related to HR. Sometime I get to know information from others in the company which are of HR nature.
I m confused if working here is building up my HR skills or not ?? I m feeling left behind and lagging behind in acquiring skills and knowledge in HR field for a promising career in HR. Currently I m 27 years old, with only 1.5 years experience in HR field. I m afraid If I don’t add any skills or specialization to my profile I will end up like a clerk and not be marketable in the Job market.
Please advise me on any certification, course or change I can bring to my life in order to grow and have a job which is challenging and rewarding.
I would really appreciate the wisdom and advise shared by Experts here.
Thanks & Best Wishes
I m a B.com Graduate and MBA in HR, I started my career with Mafoi in ITes Volume Hiring for BPO clients, this was my first HR job. I worked for 6 months and with the nature of recruitment and unprofessionalism showed by the candidates I found this job thankless and grilling for no fault of mine. At point when I just could not go on with the unprofessional attitudes of this candidates and having faced stress, brickbats and embarrassments from client’s HRs for no shows, offer declined, no shows at joining date, absconding after joining the company by the candidates. I decided to resign without having another job in hand, I was getting many offers but in the same line of business, which I dint want, I was already working with one of the most reputed Recruitment firm and I was facing so many difficulties which were not in my hand or power to resolve. There was no point taking up similar job offers. I was searching jobs for 10 uncertain months, and finally I got an offer from an Audit firm in middleast, they offered me a generalist profile, with designation as HR Coordinator, On reading the job description I liked the nature of work and found it to be a very good learning experience to grow and excel in HR industry.
Its been one year I have joined this firm, and over the period of time I have realized, that this is a very disorganized setup, run under a single owner’s directions. There are functional departments, so is HR, a support department to facilitate HR functions, This firm can be considered a mid size Audit firm with staff strength of 200+ employees. There are HR policies and Procedures in place, relevant forms and Electronic systems for HR functions. However majority of the time none of them are followed as per the guidelines, everyone in the company does not have an attitude nor the will to follow the process. So when I joined this company with excitement and hope that I will be able to use my HR knowledge which I have acquired in my studies. But As I try to seek cooperation from the staff I m facing reluctance and I m not taken seriously for the tasks. There are rules but some individuals who are in favourite books or having authority find it against their ego to follow the line, the rules are for their own benefit, still they don’t follow.
Recruitment : Any manager can hire anyone they want, and just dump it on HR to finish the process of joining, even sometime that is not followed properly.
Appraisal : Inspite of having proper forms and policies in place, the promotion and increments are as per manager’s wishes and favorites.
And many other bottlenecks in following the written down rules. Major ones are :
Lack of communication is so great that my work is affected, I m asked to make reports and without having being informed How can I present accurate reports. Also when I m proactive and seek information to complete my tasks, I m made confused to get the right information. Sometime I m confused if I shall take the initiative or not.
I m just working like a clerk following instructions, making reports. I m not involved in any meetings, decision makings, or discussion related to HR. Sometime I get to know information from others in the company which are of HR nature.
I m confused if working here is building up my HR skills or not ?? I m feeling left behind and lagging behind in acquiring skills and knowledge in HR field for a promising career in HR. Currently I m 27 years old, with only 1.5 years experience in HR field. I m afraid If I don’t add any skills or specialization to my profile I will end up like a clerk and not be marketable in the Job market.
Please advise me on any certification, course or change I can bring to my life in order to grow and have a job which is challenging and rewarding.
I would really appreciate the wisdom and advise shared by Experts here.
Thanks & Best Wishes