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HR has always been a technical course to me. Dealing with people is what HR is, thats what HRgurus speak about & is definitely percieved to be, but HR also has its fine lines of demarcation in its subjects and practices. For me, HR is playing with minds of people and its evident in the recruiting business. Books impose HR as- putting right people at the right place at right time with right skills, how much of this Gyaan is true ??

Being in Business HR i have encountered such instances where my clients demanded not the right skills but candidate with low on aspirations, so that they can look upto their seniors and abide to their unspoken and unwritten laws. It may sound hilarious, but a client of mine wanted to recruit a Trainer for the company, specs - he should be 25-27 years old. Clarifications - the person whom he was suppose to report was 30 years old, so the incumbent should look up to him and should have no reservations in the reporting structure. Techincal knowledge was set aside but i had to lead the search only on one criteria...

One more instance, where a close acquaintance of mine had taken up a job in a co. The company was paying him well so he opted to join them keeping into consideration the knowledge & his career growth. He had a technical background and wanted to shift his function in management, so decided take up management course. HR of the company agreed but his immediate senior could not digest the idea of him getting the managment course done for obvious reasons that he may loose a resource in long run. This instance just makes me believe even though companies are being flashy about their employee friendly practices, still fail to capture healthy talent due to stringent and baseless policies.

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