Hello Flora
The career growth and pay is directly proportional to your knowlege, skills and talent in HR. I agree with Mr.Jeevratnam that employee welfare is an important function of HR and you can go for it. However, if you are burning with ambition to climb the career ladder and to have a fat purse, you need to diversify your skills into other areas of HR like manpower planning, talent management, training need analysis, employee engagement, performance evaluation/management, IR, statutory compliances and policy conceptulising etc..You need to seize the opportunities that come by your side or create one (wherever possible) to acquire an all round talent. The market is scarce of talent.
B.Saikumar
HR & Labour Law advisor