Hi Nikhil,
It doesn't hurt at all, even if it is proved that HR is a female dominated area, I would be Very very glad, as it would be one of the areas where we are ahead... :) what say??
But the discussion here does not talk about ratios....even the subject line says "Is Still HR a female domain" how can it be, many female employees in India leave their jobs after marriage, or after having a baby....so think about it.
There is no data provided by any of the members to prove the so called facts, let us do some research and bring out the facts....then i would be more than willing to discuss such topics.
Yes surely, it would be interesting to read what people feel about this, but with some facts and figures.
Women Employment in India,Employment Opportunity For Women,Education And Employment For Woman,Rights On Own Income Of Women In India
This link here talks about Women employment in India...read the facts...:)
From India, Delhi
113It doesn't hurt at all, even if it is proved that HR is a female dominated area, I would be Very very glad, as it would be one of the areas where we are ahead... :) what say??
But the discussion here does not talk about ratios....even the subject line says "Is Still HR a female domain" how can it be, many female employees in India leave their jobs after marriage, or after having a baby....so think about it.
There is no data provided by any of the members to prove the so called facts, let us do some research and bring out the facts....then i would be more than willing to discuss such topics.
Yes surely, it would be interesting to read what people feel about this, but with some facts and figures.
Women Employment in India,Employment Opportunity For Women,Education And Employment For Woman,Rights On Own Income Of Women In India
This link here talks about Women employment in India...read the facts...:)
From India, Delhi
Dear Friends
As said by Ms. Archana We should not derive any decision by gender, caste, race or anyother scale.
As a matter of fact, some work requires patience and generally ladies are having more patience comparing to gents, hence the work has been entrusted to ladies. That's all. But nowadays all are competing and striving to achieve the goal.
The fatigue work requires only strength with some common sence are entrusted to male employees and the patience work requires only peace of mind are entrusted to female employees. That's the reason, Front office executive, receptionist, Personal Secretary, Office Executive, Accounts, HR are filled up with ladies staff, whereas IR, Engineering work with fatigue, Mechanical work, Driving, Marketing, etc., are being taken care by gents staff.
A small example will clearly explain why such deployment is made.
If a gent is driving a car and get trapped in heavy traffic immediately he will try to break the road rules and try to come out from the traffic chaos, whereas if a lady is driving a car means in the above scenario, she will obviously keep patience and wait for getting cleared from the traffic jam.
Hope it will clear your doubt as to why Ladies are dominating the HR Field.
From India, Kumbakonam
As said by Ms. Archana We should not derive any decision by gender, caste, race or anyother scale.
As a matter of fact, some work requires patience and generally ladies are having more patience comparing to gents, hence the work has been entrusted to ladies. That's all. But nowadays all are competing and striving to achieve the goal.
The fatigue work requires only strength with some common sence are entrusted to male employees and the patience work requires only peace of mind are entrusted to female employees. That's the reason, Front office executive, receptionist, Personal Secretary, Office Executive, Accounts, HR are filled up with ladies staff, whereas IR, Engineering work with fatigue, Mechanical work, Driving, Marketing, etc., are being taken care by gents staff.
A small example will clearly explain why such deployment is made.
If a gent is driving a car and get trapped in heavy traffic immediately he will try to break the road rules and try to come out from the traffic chaos, whereas if a lady is driving a car means in the above scenario, she will obviously keep patience and wait for getting cleared from the traffic jam.
Hope it will clear your doubt as to why Ladies are dominating the HR Field.
From India, Kumbakonam
Unfortunately, I cannot name companies in this forum as it would be unethical. But rest assured, it doesn’t mean I am talking through my hat! :-)
From United States, Daphne
From United States, Daphne
Hi,
Thanks to Yaasmin, dead soul, ngurjar, Vaishalee, prashant, preagni, Aftab, archnahr and boss2966 for there valuable feedback. Views shared by you all are very interesting and inlighting.
According to me whether we agree or not female HR candidate always get a preference our male and as one of us said if she is beautiful she will definitely lend a job.
Equal opportunity, free from caste, gender and etc….. are good to have in paper but implementing them is not so issue. I don't think you require to be super intelligent to know that females are preferred that’s why ratio of female employees in HR is more.
Some of us will say they are having required skills and characteristics which fits for HR filed but it can be mere perception which is rejecting most of the male candidate at time of screening phase and not providing them ample opportunity to prove them self.
According to me gender and other difference are still very much relevant whether we accept it or not.
Above mentioned views are personal and everybody is free to have their own view.
From India, Hyderabad
Thanks to Yaasmin, dead soul, ngurjar, Vaishalee, prashant, preagni, Aftab, archnahr and boss2966 for there valuable feedback. Views shared by you all are very interesting and inlighting.
According to me whether we agree or not female HR candidate always get a preference our male and as one of us said if she is beautiful she will definitely lend a job.
Equal opportunity, free from caste, gender and etc….. are good to have in paper but implementing them is not so issue. I don't think you require to be super intelligent to know that females are preferred that’s why ratio of female employees in HR is more.
Some of us will say they are having required skills and characteristics which fits for HR filed but it can be mere perception which is rejecting most of the male candidate at time of screening phase and not providing them ample opportunity to prove them self.
According to me gender and other difference are still very much relevant whether we accept it or not.
Above mentioned views are personal and everybody is free to have their own view.
From India, Hyderabad
Males are having more Accidents...Because most accident happens because of females ....Male ....Dil tu Bach hai jee..................... Joke ...
From India, Hyderabad
From India, Hyderabad
Dear all,
When i was pursuing my PG, the time came to pick up a specialization and picked HR as my specialization, Those days my Friends suggested me to migrate into marketing from HR coz HR deserve only for Female.
Few times even i felt that i did a mistake by choosing HR after getting lots of rejection ration but one fine day i realize that the probe is within me not with the employer /interviewer if i am not getting short listed..
I did hard work on my feedback, result: Now, i am in HR...
That all depends how you take things up to you, If i would have listen my friends or surrounding that HR professional is only for Female's then i might have loosed my desire and dream...
I will give u best example:
One fine day, my Friend had been for an HR executive Interview and he had not been short listed by employer and when i asked him then he said as usual, employer preferring only female's then male and on the next day i had been to the same company for the interview but i had been short listed by the same employer and i could not find such things.
My mate was not been short listed might be he was setup his mind in to the wrong perception / Impression and not given his good shot or The employer / interviewer thought me that I am a female, LOLzzzzzz…
I am pretty shock that even today’s era few are in impression that HR profession is only for females then male.
Guys, Change your perception / Impression coz none of profession is made for particular Gender.
From India, Bangalore
When i was pursuing my PG, the time came to pick up a specialization and picked HR as my specialization, Those days my Friends suggested me to migrate into marketing from HR coz HR deserve only for Female.
Few times even i felt that i did a mistake by choosing HR after getting lots of rejection ration but one fine day i realize that the probe is within me not with the employer /interviewer if i am not getting short listed..
I did hard work on my feedback, result: Now, i am in HR...
That all depends how you take things up to you, If i would have listen my friends or surrounding that HR professional is only for Female's then i might have loosed my desire and dream...
I will give u best example:
One fine day, my Friend had been for an HR executive Interview and he had not been short listed by employer and when i asked him then he said as usual, employer preferring only female's then male and on the next day i had been to the same company for the interview but i had been short listed by the same employer and i could not find such things.
My mate was not been short listed might be he was setup his mind in to the wrong perception / Impression and not given his good shot or The employer / interviewer thought me that I am a female, LOLzzzzzz…
I am pretty shock that even today’s era few are in impression that HR profession is only for females then male.
Guys, Change your perception / Impression coz none of profession is made for particular Gender.
From India, Bangalore
It is all mindset. I did not find anywhere in my career of 22 years that females are preferred in HR/ personnel department. there must be one reason when people say that they prefer females candidates, must be that they might stick to the organization little longer than males. Male people always yearn for growing faster and hence they desire to hop companies frequently.
Whereas, female candidates in HR are complacent. They consider lot of other factors like reasonable salary, close proximity to their dwelling place, etc. They also have additional responsibilities of managing household chores. Even if they get an opportunity in other companies in a better position and salary where she might have to travel little farther, they might not take up this offer as they need to take care of their children, in-laws, and lot of other jobs at home. Hence they prefer to stay back with the same company to work for some more period unlike male employees. This is actually advantage for the employer, and hence the employer might prefer female employees rather than males.
People have to think in a broader perspective. Male - Female discrimination is almost non-existence. Ladies are taking up position in all fields and they are equally respected. If someone say that the beautiful ladies only are preferred and others - despite the fact that they possess ample knowledge and skills - are not considered, I only pity them that they need to mentally grow a lot.
Balaji
From India, Madras
Whereas, female candidates in HR are complacent. They consider lot of other factors like reasonable salary, close proximity to their dwelling place, etc. They also have additional responsibilities of managing household chores. Even if they get an opportunity in other companies in a better position and salary where she might have to travel little farther, they might not take up this offer as they need to take care of their children, in-laws, and lot of other jobs at home. Hence they prefer to stay back with the same company to work for some more period unlike male employees. This is actually advantage for the employer, and hence the employer might prefer female employees rather than males.
People have to think in a broader perspective. Male - Female discrimination is almost non-existence. Ladies are taking up position in all fields and they are equally respected. If someone say that the beautiful ladies only are preferred and others - despite the fact that they possess ample knowledge and skills - are not considered, I only pity them that they need to mentally grow a lot.
Balaji
From India, Madras
Read this article...... HR Is Female
HR is a 47 year old white woman. She’s married, with kids and has pets that probably aren’t cats. She has either an advanced degree or a nationally recognized certificate.
While HR is widely understood to be a difficult place to sell and do business, it’s worth considering that the problem lies with the sellers, not the buyers.The uniformity of the profession’s angst about salespeople, marketing and vendor performance suggest that there’s something really wrong with the way that vendors see their HR customers.
These are a few of the top level insights from the new HRxAnalysts report, What HR Thinks and Feels: The 2011 HRxAnalysts Psychographic Survey of HR Professionals. Based on nearly 1,000 surveys (250 questions each), the report summarizes the first layer of our enormous database of HR lifestyles, attitudes, political alignment, sales orientation, career choices and other details about the character of HR. Conducted over the course of two years, the study is both valid and reliable. The confidence interval is about 98% and the margin of error is about 2%.
HR is the only predominantly female function in the contemporary organization. It is the beach head of accomplishment in the generational move of women from home to the executive suite. While the oft-repeated stereotype is that men are HR’s decision makers, the truth is that women occupy two thirds of the HR executive seats.
It’s useful to imagine that the people who populate the HR Department are heroes. The function provides work, upward mobility and access to the heart of organizational culture for a class of people with little organizational history.
Being a fundamentally female function, HR behaves differently than other parts of the organization. It’s more networky and can be nurturing. It’s natural that development is housed here.
The essence of HR might be its ability to make clear judgments about really intangible things like personality, potential and match-making. These are stereotypical female things.
Having an extended conversation about the essential femaleness of one particular management discipline is a challenging thing to consider in our cultural environment. But, if the real difference between HR and other functions is rooted in this difference, we’d better figure out how to have the straight talk. It’s impossible to deliver really useful products and services without an unbiased vew of your customer.
Take a look at the HRxAnalysts‘ website. We are going to be deeply investigating the real character of the HR Profession. Our work suggests that things are way different than conventional wisdom suggests.
From India, Belgaum
HR is a 47 year old white woman. She’s married, with kids and has pets that probably aren’t cats. She has either an advanced degree or a nationally recognized certificate.
While HR is widely understood to be a difficult place to sell and do business, it’s worth considering that the problem lies with the sellers, not the buyers.The uniformity of the profession’s angst about salespeople, marketing and vendor performance suggest that there’s something really wrong with the way that vendors see their HR customers.
These are a few of the top level insights from the new HRxAnalysts report, What HR Thinks and Feels: The 2011 HRxAnalysts Psychographic Survey of HR Professionals. Based on nearly 1,000 surveys (250 questions each), the report summarizes the first layer of our enormous database of HR lifestyles, attitudes, political alignment, sales orientation, career choices and other details about the character of HR. Conducted over the course of two years, the study is both valid and reliable. The confidence interval is about 98% and the margin of error is about 2%.
HR is the only predominantly female function in the contemporary organization. It is the beach head of accomplishment in the generational move of women from home to the executive suite. While the oft-repeated stereotype is that men are HR’s decision makers, the truth is that women occupy two thirds of the HR executive seats.
It’s useful to imagine that the people who populate the HR Department are heroes. The function provides work, upward mobility and access to the heart of organizational culture for a class of people with little organizational history.
Being a fundamentally female function, HR behaves differently than other parts of the organization. It’s more networky and can be nurturing. It’s natural that development is housed here.
The essence of HR might be its ability to make clear judgments about really intangible things like personality, potential and match-making. These are stereotypical female things.
Having an extended conversation about the essential femaleness of one particular management discipline is a challenging thing to consider in our cultural environment. But, if the real difference between HR and other functions is rooted in this difference, we’d better figure out how to have the straight talk. It’s impossible to deliver really useful products and services without an unbiased vew of your customer.
Take a look at the HRxAnalysts‘ website. We are going to be deeply investigating the real character of the HR Profession. Our work suggests that things are way different than conventional wisdom suggests.
From India, Belgaum
I think female candidates always selected for recruitment profile only. But male candidates for hr generalist profile. Regards, taksh kumar
From India, Delhi
From India, Delhi
ahi,
as far as i have noticed, HR is well managed by ladies. There are + and - always. She acts as a mother, manager and a friendly collegue. She can adjust and bring out colourful reactivity things inside the work atmosphere. Can easily make the male employees to feel at easy at the time of disappointments....infact in our HR dept we are 4 ladies and 2 men.
From United Arab Emirates, Dubai
as far as i have noticed, HR is well managed by ladies. There are + and - always. She acts as a mother, manager and a friendly collegue. She can adjust and bring out colourful reactivity things inside the work atmosphere. Can easily make the male employees to feel at easy at the time of disappointments....infact in our HR dept we are 4 ladies and 2 men.
From United Arab Emirates, Dubai
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