Seeking HR Project Ideas and Career Growth Tips for IT Recruiters – Can You Help?

Hi all!

This is a wonderful forum filled with a lot of energy, knowledge-sharing, and great advice/guidance on offer. Cannot be a better place where I can seek some suggestions and guidance on the following:

1. More and more HR is playing a vital role in business strategy. Can someone please suggest a project on this and highlight its importance?

2. I would really appreciate it if someone could upload/link an HR project for reference. This could prove to be of great help and guidance not just for me but for everyone who can gain a lot from this.

3. Career progression of an IT recruiter. In what ways can a recruiter broaden skills, grow, and explore future opportunities?

Thanks,
Hari.

Dear Hari,

It would be nice to know your background and interests before giving a suggestion. HR is a really big domain. For your project, if you take my suggestion, select a small fringe area and do comprehensive work on it rather than trying to touch a bigger area - it often ends up in a mess.

Select a small area of your interest in which you know you will be able to handle it. Get data, samples, information, support, and time. Do good homework and prepare yourself.

Please feel free to talk to me regarding your project. I would definitely try to be of help.

Regarding IT recruiter career prospects, I would advise taking a test. Just take any career supplement today and compare it with an earlier date; you will see the difference. The IT sector is moving in a boom again, and this time it's coupled with ITeS and similar recruiting potential. The future seems bright. To broaden your skillsets, you should have an understanding of the IT field, know the technologies and hot skills in demand, the transitions, and also the companies that recruit manpower, what is the movement of human capital, and the various sources. It won't help if you cannot answer the difference between J2EE and Core JAVA, Siebel, or JDE. It's not obviously required to be an expert either.

To keep it in a nutshell - break the term 'IT Recruiter' into two parts: 1. IT and 2. Recruiter, and you are on your way!

Best of luck.

Dear Hari,

Thank you for your ideas. I agree that it would be wise to select a small area and do a comprehensive job in that. Could someone help me understand how an HR strategy impacts business performance and ROI? What specific responsibilities does a performance management or knowledge management person handle?

In the vast realm of HR, how does one transition to different specific roles such as staffing, performance management, or change management, unlike a generalistic approach? What is the future scope in the Indian market in terms of non-generalistic HR?

Thank you,
Hari

Hi Hari,

I have posted an article on Corporate Performance. Probably, that would give you a start.

Regards,
Soumya Shankar