Dear Sathish
Be it a recruiter or Generalist, love your work and you will never have to chase other things. Grass looks greener on other side, always water your side better to make it more greener.
However its always refreshing to keep a yearning to learn more about various specialties and scope in chosen career. HR has many functions which are worth exploring and you shall always strive to better yourself.
In my opinion, whatever you choose or get into, spend respectful time into learning that profession, experience the pros and cons and master them. You will always move on as wiser and learned.
Specific to your career advise, don’t chase courses and certificates to beef up your CV. If your intention is to learn, then read books of topics which interest you and learn from experience. Make a sound decision of investing in courses and certification which appeals to your interest and add valued skill to your abilities. Learn skills which are niche and technology oriented, rather then investing in generic skills. For example. Learn HRIS, compensation & benefit strategies, Labor Law, Collective Bargaining, Legal Compliance, PMS etc.
Work as a recruiter for 2 – 3 years, enjoy the challenges and live through the grill. Meanwhile hone your skills in other aspects of HR which attracts you. Don’t go for another field because someone said its easy being generalist, this and that. Don’t go for the glamour either. Study, research and analyze what are the core duties, responsibilities, scope and involvement of the desired field you want to get into. Don’t take haphazard hasty decision to resign and chase those elusive roles. Keep working no matter what. Look into yourself, your abilities and constraints to decide whether you are capable for new role you desire, rather then listen to 10 people with different POVs. Don’t over rate or under estimate your self. Be objective about your skills and be brutally honest in your self assessment.
Don’t live in a hurry ! High positions, money and respect will come to you by virtue of your conduct and performance, rather than seeking restless shortcuts to high fancy job titles resulting in stressful failures due to non competency.
Spend your energies in networking better and wider, network to learn not exploit, make friends not contacts.
Wish you all the best.