Who are Human Resource Professionals?

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.

·         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.