Hello Mr. Diveker,
Wow, I missed this forum so much in the past years. It’s great to be back after many years and getting this grand welcome. Thanks for your wonderful insight about Human Resource functionality.
Really fascinating to know that for you Talent acquisition, Talent management, Organization and Employee Development, Performance Appraisal, Salary restructuring, Comp and Ben, Grievance handling, HR Administration are just some pity HR functions handled by so called “Junior HR employees.”
I really wonder what the senior HR professional does then? May be busy teaching professional writing to random people on public forums….:)
Just for your info, what I mentioned in my post:
HR ensures there is no GAP in talent; says that HR plays a strategic role in ensuring that the business doesn’t suffer due to lack of competent resources. Hence HR plays a strategic role in doing manpower planning, and budgeting.
It is the HR which ensures that once you hire a resource, they should settle well in their space (guess then only they will be able to perform & then only the organization will perform.) I don’t need to mention that who plays the big role here.
It is the HR, which does the well-rounded grooming of each professional through various IDPs and T&D programs including the one who are due to take the next C-Suite position through succession planning (Oops again a strategic level thing done by HR.)
It is the HR which works on employee’s compensation and benefits to ensure the compensation remains competitive with the external market. If not, the Attrition will go up which if goes beyond a level is not considered healthy. Cost saving for the organization and retaining the best talent is a part of HR functionality (sorry for you but again a strategic task done by HR.)
It is the HR which goes through the cumbersome process of Performance Appraisal, but it will be a good to know info for you to know that Appraisal process doesn’t go only from HR’s table and done in a day. On the contrary, it involves everyone from the HR to the supervisors, to the Line Managers to the General Manager to the HR Director and sometimes to the CEO of the company & easily take weeks or even months to finish. So, if at all your junior HR does all these, then time for you to hire more resources and getting it done correctly and effectively.
Grievance management- It is not a work but ART and a person who is not well aware of HR can never do it effectively. An HR has to become a psychologist, a friend, a family and what not to deal effectively with grievances. Again, by reading your post, I doubt you have much knowledge about the same.
Why I mentioned HR is like ‘Stay at home Mom’ is because even after doing everything from ‘Pin to Plane,’ they get the same treatment like a Mom (who after spending hours ensuring the well-being of the family barely get even a single recognition or appreciation from others. Or shall I say, she is mostly taken for granted. The same is happening with HR these days, people have made it a point to take HR for granted & talk ill about it . Considering what all HR does, it deserves anything but to be taken for granted.
Talking about ROI. YES, it is pertinent to measure HR KPIs and that is the reason we have HR Scorecards, wherein every activity of HR gets measured and quantified. It is a hilarious to know that you feel HR is not able to talk numbers.
On the contrary, in today’s world HR is all about numbers and deliverables. They have long back made their way in the boardroom, unfortunately there are people who still feel HR functionalities are just the JD of a Jr. HR professional. It’s high time when people should and must change their attitude and thinking about HR. If you have an iota of doubt about how to measure ANY HR functions, please enlighten yourself with some study material and white papers. Let me know if you want me to pass on some to you.
Unfortunately, my post was not about all these, but about the treatment it gets after doing as much. Of course, People’s ignorance has a big role to play here (as clearly reflected from your post).
Expecting a better and more mature response next time.
Till then good luck with your trainings,
Regards,
PS: Btw, you are right about what you write reflects your personality…😊. Your post too talks a lot about you as a person.