Noticed this blog, and I hope the anonymous author posts some of his/her "surreal" HR experiences in a plant. Looking forward to it :-)
The Evil HR lady (love that name!) goes to a Mexican restaurant and thinks about equal opportunity and affirmative action. A deliciously evil and tongue-in-cheek post.
Penelope stresses on the fact how self-esteem is critical to career success and holds up Paris Hilton as an example. Though I disagree that millenials are the self-esteem generation. Well, maybe, at an average level self-esteem is moving up after generations, but there still will be people with low self-esteem and people with high self-esteem in each generation. It ultimately boils down to the culture of the place one is born in and the quality of parenting one is given.
Dub Dubs looks at how early career can be a time of learning and that organizations are not always closed to ideas and innovation. This post also touches on generational issues in the workplace. Of course, it's not always easy for organizations to embrace innovation, specially if it flies in the face of everything that the organization believes in and has made it successful in the past.
Russ Eckel also things that generalising about generational issues is not smart, and that work ethic is not really dead, unlike what others may believe.
"Dub Dubs looks at how early career can be a time of learning and that organizations are not always closed to ideas and innovation"
ReplyDeleteGautam, i think there is too much over-reliance on the word organisation. In my experience, it all comes down to the people.
Typically organisations are not closed to innovation, but your manager might be. I have seen cases where one team is very moribund, while the team sitting in the area next to them is a hotbed of great ideas that get recognized; The people getting promoted very fast etc.
On a related note, since your post is also about early careers and self-esteem; One thing that is not studied much by HR professionals is how much your first manager influences your outlook towards your job, career and self-esteem. Great people who get recognized get such a kickstart that the optimism and confidence from that drives them forward in a virtuous cycle. With the attrition rates in the Indian IT sector, this might be something HR staff might want to look into when allotting outstanding fresh grads that they really think will go far.