Fired in the sense (just shouted, right?) and not "Terminated." Please clarify.
Bincy, it's all a part and parcel of work. These are learning stages; don't get disappointed by this. It was not meant to demotivate you, but he felt it was necessary, given your 7 months in the trainee role, that you should know certain terminologies. Otherwise, it's a failure for your trainer too.
There will come a time when your DGM will appreciate your work. So work smart! ;-)
Good Luck!
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57Bincy, it's all a part and parcel of work. These are learning stages; don't get disappointed by this. It was not meant to demotivate you, but he felt it was necessary, given your 7 months in the trainee role, that you should know certain terminologies. Otherwise, it's a failure for your trainer too.
There will come a time when your DGM will appreciate your work. So work smart! ;-)
Good Luck!
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No, nothing is boring; it's only your temporary current state of mind that is compelling you to dwell on that. Your attitude reflects that you want to make progress in your field. Take advantage of your spare time to consider new subjects or areas in HR where you can expand your knowledge. Conduct research on these topics, compile data to enhance your knowledge and future job prospects. You can also suggest new areas for development and improvements to your management, which will ultimately boost your self-confidence in your field.
Please let me know if you need any further assistance.
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Hello Shiva,
I have been seeing sooo many responses to guide you....not sure if you really need yet one more:-).
But frankly, I think you have a REAL problem.....am not kidding nor am I pulling your leg. In fact, the way I look @ it, TWO problems- it could be either or both, in your case.
First & foremost, pl. ruminate & analyse as to WHY YOU TOOK HR line as a career. If you realise it's the wrong area to be in FOR YOU, based on your temperment, attitude--qualifications being the last--don't think you are the only one in this world. There are many who get into something and then later realise they made a WRONG CHOICE--based on WRONG PREMISES on their capabilities vis-à-vis the needs of the field.......and this includes many so-called experienced ones in various fields.
I have met so many candidates who prepared to get into the Software development line….…just b’cos either they noticed or friends told them the salaries are very good, lots of foreign trips without spending a penny from their pockets, etc. And I mean guys who just did Diplomas, B.Com/BA and even some ITI guys.
What they failed to see WHEN THEY WERE MAKING THE CHOICE was that IT jobs NEED A HIGH LEVEL of Analytical mindset, which doesn’t figure anywhere in their qualifications. And then by hook-or-crook, they get into the IT field [this is where corruption in the IT industry entered, way back during the Y2K days] and after the honeymoon period, they get disillusioned and blame everyone & everything—EXCEPT THEMSELVES for a choice gone sour.
In a single line, career choice is MORE to do with COMPATIBILITY, like a marriage, than just with YOUR strengths and/or weaknesses.
I can only empathise with the likes of you, Shalu, Savithri, Rashmi, et al.
So Ms. Saher, Dada and others who have a similar opinion—that this is a stupid question……pl. pass my comments if you still think so.
Now coming to the Problem area no. 2.
Based on your comments to other member comments, I can see very clearly that YOUR LEARNING PROCESS HAS JUST STOPPED…though that’s surprising, since you have just begun your career. Boring, lack-of-interest and such comments are a RESULT [NOT the cause] of the stoppage of the learning process. Like someone said—Learning begins @ birth & ends with death. Or at least, that’s how nature has made us to be.
And believe me Shiva, this can happen in the very beginning of one’s career or even after the guy builds-up a couple of decades experience.
In a way, I would say, you are lucky that it happened in the beginning, giving you the great opportunity to make a course-correction without much damage to the overall career graph. What if you faced this situation after 10 yrs of exp? First, you wouldn’t be able to speak so freely & openly of this problem—natural human ego hang-up being the reason [incidentally some of the ones who responded to this thread seem to give the impression of having this trait]. And when you don’t/can’t express it, the chances of feedback is restricted too…… and you just end-up continuing the same mistakes until you retire……I am not joking-I have seen quite a few such cases—and couldn’t help except pitying them.
And the ONLY WAY TO ensure your learning process doesn’t stop is to follow some of the suggestions Zalak, Asha, Simhan & Sundararajan mentioned.
But even before implementing their valuable suggestions, """FIRST & FOREMOST begin to DELINK your learning process & the actual implementation of what you learned""". Though it’s said—necessity is the mother of invention, in actual practice, "DON’T LEARN SINCE YOU NEED IT. LEARN JUST B’COS YOU GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN". I can tell you this much Shiva—"quite a few times, the chance to practice what you learn comes only later". If you are doing something, try to do it differently to better the result……not b’cos the boss asks you to but b’cos you want to test how YOU CAN BETTER YOURSELF. THE MORE YOU SET YOUR OWN targets, the better goal-oriented you can become [and another advantage in this way is you won’t have your boss breathing over your neck].
The HR nuances/tips what I am practicing/suggesting now were learnt by me way back in the early 1980s during my first job—mind you I am a technical guy by experience. At that time I always wondered what am I learning and why……but thankfully I didn’t allow that self-doubt to stop the learning process. And only in the past few years do I realize that hadn’t it been for that exp of handling hundreds of issues & people parallely during the first 4-6 yrs of my career that gave me the skill to look @ things from different perspectives, I don’t think I would fit into the HR line at all--@ best a mediocre guy and @ worst a misfit HR guy getting muck in the face on a daily-basis. I am mentioning this since I can only quote from MY experience.
And looking at the whole thing from the perspective of philosophy/karma or whatever you want to name it as, there’s nothing that happens without a reason. Just don't allow yourself to be in a situation whare you will regret later in life that you can't handle a particular situation JUST B'COS YOU DIDN'T LEARN WHEN YOU GOT A CHANCE earlier in life.
I hope I have conveyed what I wanted to, without any scope for misinterpretations/misunderstanding.
All the best.
Rgds.
TS
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I have been seeing sooo many responses to guide you....not sure if you really need yet one more:-).
But frankly, I think you have a REAL problem.....am not kidding nor am I pulling your leg. In fact, the way I look @ it, TWO problems- it could be either or both, in your case.
First & foremost, pl. ruminate & analyse as to WHY YOU TOOK HR line as a career. If you realise it's the wrong area to be in FOR YOU, based on your temperment, attitude--qualifications being the last--don't think you are the only one in this world. There are many who get into something and then later realise they made a WRONG CHOICE--based on WRONG PREMISES on their capabilities vis-à-vis the needs of the field.......and this includes many so-called experienced ones in various fields.
I have met so many candidates who prepared to get into the Software development line….…just b’cos either they noticed or friends told them the salaries are very good, lots of foreign trips without spending a penny from their pockets, etc. And I mean guys who just did Diplomas, B.Com/BA and even some ITI guys.
What they failed to see WHEN THEY WERE MAKING THE CHOICE was that IT jobs NEED A HIGH LEVEL of Analytical mindset, which doesn’t figure anywhere in their qualifications. And then by hook-or-crook, they get into the IT field [this is where corruption in the IT industry entered, way back during the Y2K days] and after the honeymoon period, they get disillusioned and blame everyone & everything—EXCEPT THEMSELVES for a choice gone sour.
In a single line, career choice is MORE to do with COMPATIBILITY, like a marriage, than just with YOUR strengths and/or weaknesses.
I can only empathise with the likes of you, Shalu, Savithri, Rashmi, et al.
So Ms. Saher, Dada and others who have a similar opinion—that this is a stupid question……pl. pass my comments if you still think so.
Now coming to the Problem area no. 2.
Based on your comments to other member comments, I can see very clearly that YOUR LEARNING PROCESS HAS JUST STOPPED…though that’s surprising, since you have just begun your career. Boring, lack-of-interest and such comments are a RESULT [NOT the cause] of the stoppage of the learning process. Like someone said—Learning begins @ birth & ends with death. Or at least, that’s how nature has made us to be.
And believe me Shiva, this can happen in the very beginning of one’s career or even after the guy builds-up a couple of decades experience.
In a way, I would say, you are lucky that it happened in the beginning, giving you the great opportunity to make a course-correction without much damage to the overall career graph. What if you faced this situation after 10 yrs of exp? First, you wouldn’t be able to speak so freely & openly of this problem—natural human ego hang-up being the reason [incidentally some of the ones who responded to this thread seem to give the impression of having this trait]. And when you don’t/can’t express it, the chances of feedback is restricted too…… and you just end-up continuing the same mistakes until you retire……I am not joking-I have seen quite a few such cases—and couldn’t help except pitying them.
And the ONLY WAY TO ensure your learning process doesn’t stop is to follow some of the suggestions Zalak, Asha, Simhan & Sundararajan mentioned.
But even before implementing their valuable suggestions, """FIRST & FOREMOST begin to DELINK your learning process & the actual implementation of what you learned""". Though it’s said—necessity is the mother of invention, in actual practice, "DON’T LEARN SINCE YOU NEED IT. LEARN JUST B’COS YOU GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN". I can tell you this much Shiva—"quite a few times, the chance to practice what you learn comes only later". If you are doing something, try to do it differently to better the result……not b’cos the boss asks you to but b’cos you want to test how YOU CAN BETTER YOURSELF. THE MORE YOU SET YOUR OWN targets, the better goal-oriented you can become [and another advantage in this way is you won’t have your boss breathing over your neck].
The HR nuances/tips what I am practicing/suggesting now were learnt by me way back in the early 1980s during my first job—mind you I am a technical guy by experience. At that time I always wondered what am I learning and why……but thankfully I didn’t allow that self-doubt to stop the learning process. And only in the past few years do I realize that hadn’t it been for that exp of handling hundreds of issues & people parallely during the first 4-6 yrs of my career that gave me the skill to look @ things from different perspectives, I don’t think I would fit into the HR line at all--@ best a mediocre guy and @ worst a misfit HR guy getting muck in the face on a daily-basis. I am mentioning this since I can only quote from MY experience.
And looking at the whole thing from the perspective of philosophy/karma or whatever you want to name it as, there’s nothing that happens without a reason. Just don't allow yourself to be in a situation whare you will regret later in life that you can't handle a particular situation JUST B'COS YOU DIDN'T LEARN WHEN YOU GOT A CHANCE earlier in life.
I hope I have conveyed what I wanted to, without any scope for misinterpretations/misunderstanding.
All the best.
Rgds.
TS
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I don't know what you are saying or maybe it also depends on what size your organization is. I work in Kenya in one of the big companies where we employ around 2000 employees. I have been practicing HR for the last four and a half years and have never been bored. It needs creativity, and like us, you don't only do recruitment and induction alone; there are many aspects of HR that I am involved in. Also, interacting with staff on a daily basis. You can't be bored doing what I am doing, so I think it depends.
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Hi, well for that matter, any job is boring after a while. It depends on how we make it interesting. It is not very feasible to change fields after gaining knowledge in a particular domain. Either we change position, or a different vertical in the same domain may make it interesting.
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Prashant H. Pawar,
Yes, I very much agree with the sentiment that HR can indeed be boring. I, too, have worked as a Manager in HR and found it to be boring. Subsequently, I shifted my focus to Manager roles in Admin and Marketing. HR often involves unskilled clerical work, whereas roles in admin and marketing offer valuable learning opportunities and networking possibilities, ultimately being more productive for the organization.
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Prashant H. Pawar
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Yes, I very much agree with the sentiment that HR can indeed be boring. I, too, have worked as a Manager in HR and found it to be boring. Subsequently, I shifted my focus to Manager roles in Admin and Marketing. HR often involves unskilled clerical work, whereas roles in admin and marketing offer valuable learning opportunities and networking possibilities, ultimately being more productive for the organization.
Thank you,
Prashant H. Pawar
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There is a saying in almost all the Indian languages, "The one who does not know how to dance always blames the dance floor for his inability to do so" or "The Grapes are Sour".
Let us not indulge in such mudslinging towards any job in this platform.
If you find HR as unskilled, clerical work, you are obviously in the wrong job as you are not cut out to handle people.
You are good in administration, which is more clerical, but which you enjoy. Marketing is dynamic, no doubt, but that too has clerical aspects.
If you are not interested in HR, why join such forums and cause disturbance to those who are interested in the field.
It is sad that historically HR has not been valued and is still evolving to be assigned its true value, but by no measure is it unimportant or useless.
By making such derogatory remarks about a profession that you are not keen on and certainly not made for only displays your weakness and inferiority, the truth being you are not capable of dealing with people, which is your personal failure and not a universal truth.
Please refrain from making such comments on this platform. This thread has already been stretched too far and given far more importance than it deserves.
If you or any of you are not interested in HR, please stay away from the profession and go where you find happiness. Please do not waste the precious time of really dedicated and interested HR professionals.
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Radhika
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Let us not indulge in such mudslinging towards any job in this platform.
If you find HR as unskilled, clerical work, you are obviously in the wrong job as you are not cut out to handle people.
You are good in administration, which is more clerical, but which you enjoy. Marketing is dynamic, no doubt, but that too has clerical aspects.
If you are not interested in HR, why join such forums and cause disturbance to those who are interested in the field.
It is sad that historically HR has not been valued and is still evolving to be assigned its true value, but by no measure is it unimportant or useless.
By making such derogatory remarks about a profession that you are not keen on and certainly not made for only displays your weakness and inferiority, the truth being you are not capable of dealing with people, which is your personal failure and not a universal truth.
Please refrain from making such comments on this platform. This thread has already been stretched too far and given far more importance than it deserves.
If you or any of you are not interested in HR, please stay away from the profession and go where you find happiness. Please do not waste the precious time of really dedicated and interested HR professionals.
Thanks and Regards,
Radhika
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Hi Friend,
Your opinion may be true since we refer to it as "Monotony" in our HR terms. However, I would like to share something from my 6 years of experience.
"Never love your work/profession; instead, marry it."
(As one day love may fade, but once you marry, you enjoy spending time with a partner who cares for you every moment! Life is not only black and white; there are many more colors – try to mix and use them! Hope you understand! Try to see things differently. This is just my feeling, no pressure to do the same! Cheers, Bud!
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Your opinion may be true since we refer to it as "Monotony" in our HR terms. However, I would like to share something from my 6 years of experience.
"Never love your work/profession; instead, marry it."
(As one day love may fade, but once you marry, you enjoy spending time with a partner who cares for you every moment! Life is not only black and white; there are many more colors – try to mix and use them! Hope you understand! Try to see things differently. This is just my feeling, no pressure to do the same! Cheers, Bud!
SATYA.
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Hey Shiv,
Well, I don't know what to comment on your statement, but yes, I found HR very interesting when I joined the company for my internship. However, now I am stuck with my project and I am not able to sketch out the right methodology. So, now I find it quite boring. :(
Still, HR ki jai ho !!!
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Well, I don't know what to comment on your statement, but yes, I found HR very interesting when I joined the company for my internship. However, now I am stuck with my project and I am not able to sketch out the right methodology. So, now I find it quite boring. :(
Still, HR ki jai ho !!!
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Hey, I don't find it boring but yeah, on a daily basis, we don't have so many tasks to complete. As I have only completed 6 months in the HR field, I don't find it boring; instead, I find it a very interesting and creative job.
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Hi Friends,
I agree with the views expressed to some extent because of monotonous or routine work. But once you decide to pursue a career in a particular field, make efforts to achieve the topmost position. It is rather risky to divert your present career, and it may take a long period to establish yourself. My advice is to avoid switching over as much as possible. In the HR field, there are a lot of opportunities. The best way is to find a company with the best policies and work culture. I hope you will agree.
Avinash Kanoray
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I agree with the views expressed to some extent because of monotonous or routine work. But once you decide to pursue a career in a particular field, make efforts to achieve the topmost position. It is rather risky to divert your present career, and it may take a long period to establish yourself. My advice is to avoid switching over as much as possible. In the HR field, there are a lot of opportunities. The best way is to find a company with the best policies and work culture. I hope you will agree.
Avinash Kanoray
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Phone: 9890752690
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Dear All,
Thank you all for the replies. While undergoing the same task in a circle, I posted this question. As I received wonderful responses on this post, I will start new practices as suggested by our respected members of the forum.
Thanks to Rekha, ts, ash, Bipin, Sudarajan, Sam, Preetam, and Jayesh. Thank you, Debasish, for the good attachments. We have also received a good note from the seniors on this.
Thank you all once again.
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Shiv
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Thank you all for the replies. While undergoing the same task in a circle, I posted this question. As I received wonderful responses on this post, I will start new practices as suggested by our respected members of the forum.
Thanks to Rekha, ts, ash, Bipin, Sudarajan, Sam, Preetam, and Jayesh. Thank you, Debasish, for the good attachments. We have also received a good note from the seniors on this.
Thank you all once again.
Regards,
Shiv
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HR will not be bored if the management allows new things like technology and concepts to be adopted by the organization. If we have the chance, we will try to convince management to increase productivity with less cost by implementing effective innovative ideas.
Good words and communication make employees believe in providing effective performance at work.
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For all those who say HR is boring...
Think of new ways of implementing your old HR procedures, innovative ways of developing team building and employee retention, and look forward to learning at least one new concept for life every day, and you all should be fine.
Life is short, and actually, there are umpteen things we need to accomplish. I am wondering why people say it is boring.
According to APJ Abdul Kalam, "When learning is purposeful, creativity blossoms. When creativity blossoms, thinking emanates. When thinking emanates, knowledge is lit. When knowledge is lit, the nation progresses." Accordingly, all the HR people have a lot to contribute to the progress of our nation, so let us all join hands in developing the nation.
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Think of new ways of implementing your old HR procedures, innovative ways of developing team building and employee retention, and look forward to learning at least one new concept for life every day, and you all should be fine.
Life is short, and actually, there are umpteen things we need to accomplish. I am wondering why people say it is boring.
According to APJ Abdul Kalam, "When learning is purposeful, creativity blossoms. When creativity blossoms, thinking emanates. When thinking emanates, knowledge is lit. When knowledge is lit, the nation progresses." Accordingly, all the HR people have a lot to contribute to the progress of our nation, so let us all join hands in developing the nation.
Regards,
Swapna
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Boring???
It seems like you are creating your own boundaries and want to be comfortable, which is making you feel bored. In fact, you can do a lot more development in your respective areas. If you feel bored in your work as an HR, start comparing with your counterparts in other companies that maintain better policies than ours. Try to keep yours in line with theirs. In this process, your work environment may not allow you to do so, but you need to fight for it. Your efficiency can be rewarded based on how well you are trying to balance your fight. I think that's enough to bring you out of the boring box. But don't forget to enjoy your fight always.
Cheers,
Prabhakar
From India, Vijayawada
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Boring???
It seems like you are creating your own boundaries and want to be comfortable, which is making you feel bored. In fact, you can do a lot more development in your respective areas. If you feel bored in your work as an HR, start comparing with your counterparts in other companies that maintain better policies than ours. Try to keep yours in line with theirs. In this process, your work environment may not allow you to do so, but you need to fight for it. Your efficiency can be rewarded based on how well you are trying to balance your fight. I think that's enough to bring you out of the boring box. But don't forget to enjoy your fight always.
Cheers,
Prabhakar
From India, Vijayawada
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