Confusions were something that I was unable to control;
everything and everyone I was once close to abandoned me. My job was not there anymore
and I did not know what the Universe had in store for me. Did I lose hopes?
Yes, I did. Did I give up? I could have
easily done it but I chose not to. Experienced that I went through every day,
every minute and every second of this time shall never be forgotten. It was
close to sixty days and the wait for the next opportunity seemed like
ages. It was during this time I realized
that who really cares for me and who are just with me for the sake of it.
Every minute, my mind and body traveled through an
emotional volcano, mood swings erupted out of them like balls of fire. Once I
would sit and laugh and shout out aloud to the universe that I shall land in a
great job and immediately after a minute or two my hopes would fall apart and I
would sob to death.
Applying for jobs had become a daily routine and every time
I sent an application I only prayed that I get shortlisted sooner but nothing
seemed to be happening. There were times when I was rejected outright for the
experience I had and at times they wanted me to negotiate and join for a lesser
package and all this did not matter to me. One thing that made me sad was the behavior
from professionals coined Human Resource. I belonged to the same pack but these
people seemed way too different in their understanding the terminology “Human
resource”
I was happy that I am a HR by passion and not by degree; I
am a HR by my will and not by force.
This was the phase which made me understand that, knowledge
and passion is not something the industry looks for; the entire set-up is based
on a ridiculous model called “DEGREE and EXPERIENCE”.
As I pondered through this, I went deeper to get an answer.
What is the bare minimum qualification required to be a “HUMAN RESOURCE”
professional?
A pure heart and a clean
mind are the basic requirements to be a great human resource professional is
what I understood that day.
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To be a human resource professional; a degree
from an esteemed university and a logical mind with zero passion and compassion
towards their fellow-workers is as good as being machines.
·
To be a human resource professional; one must have
the ability to understand the emotions of other human-beings even before
starting to ignore their calls or chats.
·
To be a human resource professional; being sophisticated
with great titles behind their names is not a great deal; it is a deal when you
remember the names of the people you interact with everyday – be it a
job-seeker or an ex-employee.
·
To be a human resource professional does not
mean that you need to fiddle around with HRIS or Performance management systems;
it means to tune and set the frequency of minds of the employees aligned to the
organization
·
To be a human resource professional does not
mean to terminate people and manage attrition; it is to ensure that you are the
face of the organization and radiate the energy among others
·
To be a human resource professional; it needs a
great heart and a brain; because we ultimately need to understand that we are
not human-doings but we are human-beings.
I have not found a job yet, it is a different story but
being a HR by PASSION is what I love to be and I am glad that I still have a
heart and it responds to emotions and not emoticons.
