Today I saw an ad which I never thought I would ever see in India.
Infosys has consistently been amongst India's best employers.
Ergo, the best HR minds are working at Infosys, right?
And since the best like to work with the best, they would be pounding on Infosys' HR gates to get to work with them, right?
Wrong.
Seems like there is a huge amount of HR talent shortage in Infosys, going by the ad they've put out in the Hindu supplement for jobs today. They've advertised positions in HR for business support, Recruitment and Organization Effectiveness across locations.
The experience band they are looking at is 5-7 years which seems to be the people most in demand these days ;-)
There are many reasons why companies like Infosys might be feeling a talent shortage in HR.
1. The large IT companies have a huge HR group, numbering almost 200-300. Good HR folks want to move to smaller groups to increas there chance of being visible.
2. The talent pool for good HR professionals is quite limited in India, to institutes that are only a handful in number.
Going forward we are going to see more and more of innovative measures like this to bridge the talent gap.
Infact the way industry is growing or projected to be growing, there will be a shortage of people in all areas
ReplyDeletethis is very symptomatic of the good in Indian industry. Suitable people are tough to find. Good orgns look for people who can hold both ends of the spectrum with force and grace - at one end: adhering to cos values which are most often reflected in ways things are done; and at the other: be creative, bring in new ideas and shake up status quo.
ReplyDeleteMy suspicion is that Infosys would tend to tilt more towards the former.
Its not too surprising infact. If you have a team of 200- 300 people in the HR tem then visibility can be a huge issue. If Infy is looking at 5-7 years of experience that essentially means they are tapping the so to say "hungry to proove" band of people!! i am not too sure unless you have an absolutely dynamic business focused boss and some great work on your plate if someone would realy strive to be there.
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Its not too surprising infact. If you have a team of 200- 300 people in the HR tem then visibility can be a huge issue. If Infy is looking at 5-7 years of experience that essentially means they are tapping the so to say "hungry to proove" band of people!! i am not too sure unless you have an absolutely dynamic business focused boss and some great work on your plate if someone would realy strive to be there.
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I agree with Gautam. I am a HR professional based in the UK. We in India certainly need to have a nodal agency like the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) they have for HR professionals in the UK. Recently the NHRD and CII have said they would form some sort of a Chartered status for HR professionals in India. Hope that comes through and we have some quality recognition in the HR profession.
ReplyDeleteAnother aspect is the lack of HR academic institutes. XLRI, TISS and Symbiosis are the only recognised institutes by most Organisations. Here I would comment the curriculum of these institutes is age old and no modern global HR best practices are included. Hence the bottom line, a dearth of HR professionals in India.
Vijay Pereira
I dont think there is a real talent shortae.Everyday newspapers come out with news of talent shortage and now a days its hard to find one without this.The problem in India is unemployability and infatuation for premier institite graduates.common, open your eyes and seee,there are enough talented people in unbranded institites.If the companies cant open up to this fact then they will go on crying for talent.Its not very easy to find these talents and they wnt be available to you in a silver platter.you have to toil hard to identify and segregate them.If the company is ready to go this extra mile then results wil be friutful.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Moonmoon.. we have a whole lot of graduates being churned out each year..unfortunately most of them though talented, are not from a "recognized" college, or lack the right 'attitude'.
ReplyDeleteas for having a body like CIPD, i dont know. I just became a graduate member of CIPD, will get my degree from the university of Edinburgh..and i still cant find anyone who wants to hire me becuz i donot have "adequate" experience
Absolutely right, something really to ponder about. I being a techie, and go for I-views when I really face sarcastical HR's and their attitudes, its pathetic, sometimes I feel like I really walk away with out attending the interviews.
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