Suggestions Required For Professional Growth

Dear Group.
I am An HR exe in a UK based CRO. I am in a Generalist role at present. Since last two years I was a recruitment specialist for a Consultancy. I think that my skills are under utilised. Please guide me whether I should go back to my recruitment role.
Please let me know how I can be successful being a HR Generalist and/or HR Specialist(Recruitment.)
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Regards
Vikrant
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"Take Care that You Get What You Like Otherwise You Will Be Forced To like What You Get"

Dear Vikrant,

This is Sudha, a member of the cite hr community. I was just going through ur posting and thought may be i can share my opinion and experience with you.

The problem faced by you is also faced by many people. As you said that for the past 2 yrs you were into recruitment and now u have moved to the Generalist profile. The first and most important thing is your interest. If you are interested and more interested in Recruitment profile then may be you should concentrate on that field but if you want to be in Generalist field, then may be you should give some time as you are new to this kind of profile. In case you want to gain experience in both recruitments as well as the Generalist profile, then may be continue with the current Generalist profile and gain some exp in this field also as u already have some exp in recruitment. But as I said it is very important for us to first decide our interest. It is also possible to select a profile where both generalist and recruitment profile are included. Kindly let me know ur interest so that we can discuss among ourselves and then probably come to a conclusion about the same according to ur convenience and interest.

Please feel free to get back to me if any other help reequired.

Cheers,

Sudha

Hi,

The "growth" whether personal or professional is always a tricky affair.

Without being spiritual about it, first try an answer for yourself, your comprehension of the concept of "growth".

Is it money, position, power, popularity or something else?

Consider, for a change, growth as equivalent to your realisation of the potentials that you were born with and those skills you acquired while living!

Unless the goal is clear and understood, it may to be prove to be a futile search like that of a mirage! It is a very frustrating realization on achieving what you aimed at and then feeling that you did not want to achieve this anyway or that you could have achieved something else!

In matters of career, the growth graph moves from being a "specialist (or a functionary) to being a "specialist" (or being a generalist) You have to steer along this path. To do that you need to be careful about opprotunities that you choose to encash, organizations that you manage to work with, the tenure at each organization and most importantly what have you been learning along the way. For this journey you need to develop broad patience, perspectives, acquire multi-disciplinary knowledge and skills and manifest your efforts into something durable, valued and permanent that people desired or deserved and that simplifies the process of living in a dignified way!

Be alert to changes and opportunities around you. More money does not necessary mean a higher job or better opportunities for growth. Never change in a hurry. Never join in a hurry. When employed, give each assignment adequate time and your contribution before finally judging the continuance ot separation.

A rollong stone may gather a lot of shine but no moss. Whatever the direction, your growth should be dignified, durable and consciously achieved!

If you need elaboration of what is said above, feel free to ask! It is not advisable to think in short term perspectives, especially in matters of growth.

Regards

samvedan

August 7, 2006

Dear Sudha
Thanks for your Valuable suggestion. You are absolutely right, when you say about INTEREST. When I got into HR, I never knew that I want to be a Generalist or a specialist. But as the time passed on, I have developed an Interest in Recruitment which makes me uncomfortable in a Generalist profile. May be I got adapted to work under pressure and I enjoy working in that environment.
I think that I have not spent enough time in a Generalist profile to acquire knowledge within. I am thinking of sticking back to a Generalist profile for next Two yrs atleast.
Let me know if I can think any other possibilities.
Vikrant
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Dear Vikrant,
G.B Shaw once said " Happy is the man whose profession is his hobby"
I would just like to comment one thing. You should always play on your strength. Do what you are good at. Most successful Managers always have succeeded by doing what they are best at. Growth, money, fame will come to people who are good at things and have always played on their strength.
It is upto you to decide. I am stating this because I feel the quotation you have at the end of your postaptly describe the situation
Kind Regards,
SC