One should join HR profession, if they have any of the following qualities:
1) You are very good in legal aspects particularly Labour Laws. You have thorough knowledge about various provisions of Labour Laws, Various forms associated with those laws and implications.
2) You are excellent in Database Management and can Generate N number of reports in just fraction of seconds.
3) You are very good with Number- statistical tools, Mathematical Formulae, Income Tax Provisions (particularly those related to Salary), Costing (Cost Analysis).
4) You have a sharp eye for recognizing the talent, talent identification, talent management and talent development. (Just like Bhuvan did in movie Lagan - Oscar Nominated Movie)
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5) You are great negotiator and can negotiate a best deal with management and employees (Read it as Trade Unions)
6) You are an excellent motivator and can motivate any person to get best out of him. You have a talent to motivate and inspire a non-performer in such a way that over a period of time that person gets counted in the high-performers of your organization and starts getting rewards for his performance.
7) You are a great strategist. You can think like "Chankaya"; you are clever "Birbal" (Both are characters from Indian History) and an Cajole people like Lord Krishna (A mythological Character)
8) You are much matured. You don't think from your heart but you are empathetic. You are not emotional but can understand the way people think. You can solve any work related or professional problem of any of your employee, without getting carried away.
9) You are great in crisis management. If there is any incident or accident in the organization; if there is any rumour in the organization or any crisis…you can ensure that a minimum possible damage is caused…keeping in mind the interests of the organization and its people.
10) You have deep knowledge about various industries. You are like a knowledge hub. You know all about who's who in the field; business models; success stories (case studies) and best practices being adopted by different companies in different industries.
11) You are not a great leader but an excellent leader, who can inspire their team and can get best out of them. No one wants you to be Mahatma Gandhi or Nelson Mandela but yes, you need to be like Ricky Pointing or Steve Waugh (Cricket Captain of Australia ) or like Hansie Cronje (Former Cricket Captain of South Africa ) or like Saurav Ganguly (Former Cricket Captain of India ).
12) They are life long learners. They never think that…it's enough. They keep on learning…new HR related Techniques, HR Strategist, about new-new businesses etc.
Regards
Shweta