Six dissatisfied employees + six drastic career transitions + one unanimous dream (HR) = six success stories. Viren Naidu speaks to six courageous individuals who made bold career shifts to HR.
HR#1
Two years into the hotel industry where Snigdha Joglekar, HR-Admin, Synygy India was working in the banquets and sales department, she interacted with people from HR while co-ordinating with them for their corporate events. She says, “I built a very good rapport with them by that time. It became apparent that I had an ability to get along with people really well. Hence, I shifted base to HR.”
She surprised everyone by her decision. “My co-workers forced me to drop the idea, since I was really doing well in the hospitality industry. But, I didn’t want to stick around in the hotel business just because I had a degree,” says Joglekar. When she became a part of the Global HR team in Synygy, she had no definite experience and was oblivious as to how the recruitment process worked. So there was lot of learning, which went along with it. And today she has no regrets!
HR#2
Pallavi Jha, Managing Director, Dale Carnegie Training India was extremely excited at the enormous prospect of corporate training in India. From starting her career in marketing with Procter and Gamble Ltd. to taking on the challenging assignment as the Executive Director at HCC Ltd., she wasn’t too sure whether she would end up being in HR.
“At that time, there were few companies that were doing cutting edge stuff. There were lucrative offers, but I didn’t have to muster courage to reject it, because I chose to run my own company and be my own boss. I thought running a corporate training centre gave me more satisfaction and served my purpose of managing people,” says Jha.
HR#3
Shantanu Banerjee, Director - HR, Xansa (India) had a vision of how technology would move from being a mere support function towards becoming the mainstay of the industry. So, when he got the chance to work in IT, he was only too excited. After having spent 8 years in IT, he was pulled by the desire of working with people.
“I guess it was an inherent feeling, because even my colleagues felt that I would do well as a ‘HR’ man. Upon my request to my manager, I was moved to a manufacturing unit – which was far removed, from any large city. I moved from an air-conditioned, dust-free environment to the shop floor of a factory where temperatures soared to 50 degrees plus Celsius. But clearly, the intent and the desire to operate with people was too overwhelming to let these issues come in my way,” admits Banerjee.
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1957112.cms
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HR#1
Two years into the hotel industry where Snigdha Joglekar, HR-Admin, Synygy India was working in the banquets and sales department, she interacted with people from HR while co-ordinating with them for their corporate events. She says, “I built a very good rapport with them by that time. It became apparent that I had an ability to get along with people really well. Hence, I shifted base to HR.”
She surprised everyone by her decision. “My co-workers forced me to drop the idea, since I was really doing well in the hospitality industry. But, I didn’t want to stick around in the hotel business just because I had a degree,” says Joglekar. When she became a part of the Global HR team in Synygy, she had no definite experience and was oblivious as to how the recruitment process worked. So there was lot of learning, which went along with it. And today she has no regrets!
HR#2
Pallavi Jha, Managing Director, Dale Carnegie Training India was extremely excited at the enormous prospect of corporate training in India. From starting her career in marketing with Procter and Gamble Ltd. to taking on the challenging assignment as the Executive Director at HCC Ltd., she wasn’t too sure whether she would end up being in HR.
“At that time, there were few companies that were doing cutting edge stuff. There were lucrative offers, but I didn’t have to muster courage to reject it, because I chose to run my own company and be my own boss. I thought running a corporate training centre gave me more satisfaction and served my purpose of managing people,” says Jha.
HR#3
Shantanu Banerjee, Director - HR, Xansa (India) had a vision of how technology would move from being a mere support function towards becoming the mainstay of the industry. So, when he got the chance to work in IT, he was only too excited. After having spent 8 years in IT, he was pulled by the desire of working with people.
“I guess it was an inherent feeling, because even my colleagues felt that I would do well as a ‘HR’ man. Upon my request to my manager, I was moved to a manufacturing unit – which was far removed, from any large city. I moved from an air-conditioned, dust-free environment to the shop floor of a factory where temperatures soared to 50 degrees plus Celsius. But clearly, the intent and the desire to operate with people was too overwhelming to let these issues come in my way,” admits Banerjee.
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1957112.cms
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