New HR Manager in Garment Firm: What Should I Focus on as a Fresher?

Hello friends,

I have completed an MBA in HR and have landed a job as an HR manager in a garment firm. As I am a fresher, I am unsure about what to do for the organization or what my duties entail. Can anybody suggest to me what I should be doing?

Though I am not a professional HR, I can help you out with some basics. Start by framing policies, rules, and regulations. Establish a strict attendance monitoring system. Build contacts for candidate searches, screening, shortlisting (after telephonic or initial basic interviews), finalizing, recruiting, and issuing offer letters, appointment letters, temporary and permanent ID cards, transfer letters, promotion letters, increment letters, appreciation letters, rewards, termination letters, and ensuring compliance with PF, ESI, PT, MLWF, Bonus, Leaves, Medical Insurance, and Policies. Organize events, games, and celebrations to enhance team building.

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Hey, Yasmeen, thanks for the suggestion. Can you please tell me if there is any place for emotion in professional life?

There may be a chance of emotion in professional life, but particularly in HR, you can't show it.

If you are an HR professional, then yes, a lot. Basically, you need to understand the emotional needs of the people, which helps you in building interpersonal relationships with them.

To be a good HR manager, one should have the power to motivate the people. Convincing the people and directing them towards the right path is the duty of an HR Manager to reduce conflicts inside the organization.

Regards,
Kitresu

Human Resources - The very nature of the profile is connecting with people. When it involves human nature, emotions are bound to be involved. While you need to focus objectively, you need to proceed with a sense of compassion and empathy when required. Don't expect people to thank you. Carry on with your functions with humbleness. Never be angry. Anger only cultivates hate, and finally, it is important how you respond.

Respond - Pause, clarify, and reply...that is a response. An impulsive reply or action (without thinking) is a reaction and not a response. These are a few gems I have learned. Practice them in your personal and work culture. You cannot go wrong.

Hope you got the solution to your problem, Yasmin. One more thing - you need to improve your communication skills as you are going to play the role of a Manager-HR, which is as important as your field of work.