Vishal,
Those individuals who work in the HR area focus on human issues as they confront the interface between human beings and elements of a company. How could that be boring? We confront as many opportunities as we do humans; we're all different, aren't we?
I often Counsel new MBA candidates on areas of opportunity.
I have maintained for the last three years or so that the pursuit of HR--especially in areas of both Organizational Development, and Organizational Behavior (or Behaviour, if you choose the alternate spelling)--offer a true, longer-term, stable and focused future with a fairly well-defined career pathway.
Within the next 10 to 15 year horizon, any type of HR position in which there is to be a moderated or modulated interaction between humans and companies, humans and company departments, or humans and other humans, offers great opportunity.
Burnout? In Organizational Behavior, we study a variety of methods to avoid/reverse burnout, and not only Counsel others in those methods, but utilize them ourselves!
One caveat I would offer is this; anyone active in HR areas must be what we used to call a "people person"...an individual who appreciates and embraces the human elements of interaction.
To have someone in an HR position that does not immediately appreciate human foibles, instantly and correctly assess human opportunity, and consummately enjoy human interaction demonstrates poor positional placement on the part of the employer.
As to being boring, I don't see myself as boring at all. Others don't call me boring. Friends don't call me boring. Consults don't call me boring, and they pay my fees--generally on time. I know a host of HR people, and I don't think I've ever thought of them as boring.
Hm. I'll take a poll of my friends and see if anyone thinks I'm boring. I'm sure that will be a truly scientific poll. I'll get back to you and let you know the result. Or perhaps I should publish it as a study, and sell the results.
All kidding aside, no, I vote that HR people are not boring.
Alan Guinn, Managing Director (not a boring MD)
The Guinn Consultancy Group, Inc. (not a boring company)