Will My Brother's HR Role at Mahindra Showroom Benefit His Future Career Moves?

I need your advice. My brother completed HR & Marketing in MBA. So, he got an offer in Mahindra showroom as an HR. The job role includes sending emails to customers, maintaining sales information, and contacting higher-level persons through email. Will this experience count if he switches jobs after some years, as he will be an employee of that showroom? Please advise.

Dear Colleague,

From the brief job role given, it is unlikely to benefit much. If he is given the opportunity to handle proper HR roles such as recruitment of sales staff, onboarding, performance appraisal, compensation administration, compliance, and employee engagement programs related to showroom staff, then it will add value.

Regards,
Vinayak Nagarkar
HR Consultant

Your brother has good qualifications without a doubt. While the opportunity he received at the showroom is good, it is not exactly in an HR role and does not align with his career aspirations in HR. Encourage your brother not to leave his current job but to simultaneously explore opportunities in HR.

All the best

Dear Lakshmikant, Just because your brother has completed an MBA in HR and Marketing does not mean that he should strictly be in either HR or Marketing. He can build his career further based on the current job profile. Over a period of time, he can be an Operations Manager in the Retail Industry. The real application of the concepts of HR or Marketing can happen in operations rather than HR. Many HR professionals, with their MBA in HR, end up doing the job of a personnel manager. What is the use of it? Many others end up in clerical roles!

Your brother needs to be clear about what could be his next promotion and when it can be. For this, he may prepare his career plan. If he improves the quantitative techniques learned during the MBA course, the better. Organized retail is growing leaps and bounds. Very shortly, "Big Daddy" Walmart will enter the Indian market. This will create huge job opportunities in the retail field. Your brother can very well capitalize on that.

Thanks,
Dinesh Divekar