Want some help from seniors
regarding a job. I am a MBA in HR and Marketing(fresher). I got an offer from a company which is going to be launched next month. The name of the company is INDIACOD. It is an online shopping company in the same line as Amazon, Flipkart, Jabong, Ebay, etc. The position is for a Management
Trainee. Should I join it? please suggest if the experience will be of
worth in future... I want to work in this company for the next 2 years. But my field of interest is HR. Is it possible to change to HR after 2 years???
From India, Kolkata
4regarding a job. I am a MBA in HR and Marketing(fresher). I got an offer from a company which is going to be launched next month. The name of the company is INDIACOD. It is an online shopping company in the same line as Amazon, Flipkart, Jabong, Ebay, etc. The position is for a Management
Trainee. Should I join it? please suggest if the experience will be of
worth in future... I want to work in this company for the next 2 years. But my field of interest is HR. Is it possible to change to HR after 2 years???
From India, Kolkata
Hello Vicky,
Any MBA Fresher is usually taken-in as a Management Trainee--but is assigned the department after a period of training.
If you can, why not check-out if you will be put into HR after the training period? This shouldn't be tough--PRESUMING your Major in MBA is HR [with Minors being Marketing].
All the Best.
Rgds,
TS
From India, Hyderabad
Any MBA Fresher is usually taken-in as a Management Trainee--but is assigned the department after a period of training.
If you can, why not check-out if you will be put into HR after the training period? This shouldn't be tough--PRESUMING your Major in MBA is HR [with Minors being Marketing].
All the Best.
Rgds,
TS
From India, Hyderabad
Dear Vicky,
Please request for a meeting with your future employer and seek to understand your role. Prepare for a discussion with a top-down approach, connecting vision of the Organization to your daily tasks. Don't raise any doubts, for what have been offered to you, is still unclear. Here are few areas that you might consider asking:
Reporting structure
Information flow
Overview to the process that you would be managing
Day-to-day tasks
Training and learning support at work
Mentor and options for growth
Whether this role would help you become an HR in two years time will depend what you do for these two years. Here's an article on Interviewee's questions, it might help you framing your thoughts. Wish you all the best!
From India, Mumbai
Please request for a meeting with your future employer and seek to understand your role. Prepare for a discussion with a top-down approach, connecting vision of the Organization to your daily tasks. Don't raise any doubts, for what have been offered to you, is still unclear. Here are few areas that you might consider asking:
Reporting structure
Information flow
Overview to the process that you would be managing
Day-to-day tasks
Training and learning support at work
Mentor and options for growth
Whether this role would help you become an HR in two years time will depend what you do for these two years. Here's an article on Interviewee's questions, it might help you framing your thoughts. Wish you all the best!
From India, Mumbai
Thank you Tajsateesh and (Cite Contribution). HR & Marketing were both my majors. I didn't had any minors. and also they told me that I have to handle all the operations including Marketing, HR... everything.
From India, Kolkata
From India, Kolkata
How big is the team and who would you report to ? Is your reporting manager a functional head or the organisation owner? Get a clarity on the tasks, you would be required to deliver. Let them know you want to prepare and research, to be able to deliver on them, once you join in. Try and keep fewer blind spots in terms of your work area. Remain keen to learn, every area they mention. Map the information flow and escalation matrix as this get you crystal clear about your role.
Often a role with stretched list of tasks is the best role to start with as it will give you an overview to most of the processes. Thereafter you can pick the one , you are inspired most about.
From India, Mumbai
Often a role with stretched list of tasks is the best role to start with as it will give you an overview to most of the processes. Thereafter you can pick the one , you are inspired most about.
From India, Mumbai
the team is very small. my reporting manager is also the organisation owner. the job is mainly tilted towards marketing
From India, Kolkata
From India, Kolkata
Time to be honest! A small firm will hire a new talent for a revenue oriented role. Talents are more billable, when they work for a profit centre than a cost centre, which are mostly the support services.
The size of your firm doesn't need to maintain a cost centre, hence will create hybrid roles, including deliverables from both, the cost and profit centre, respectively.
Your takeaway can be high as you are most likely to have mix of both. On the top, you get to work with the Organization owner. This will add to your maturity far greater than any other role.
However, how far will help you get to the next level, is what we brainstorm now. Lets take a hard look, if you are leaving with not a great learning from the firm , managing tasks which are mostly into sales and marketing , does it help you to become an HR? Honestly, no, it won't. The support function will remain a lesser priority at your job than the revenue oriented one.
You may have experience in hiring , with HR responsibilities right from entry-to-exit, even managing a team and their performance appraisal too! This is HR Operations , as we call it. This kind of an exposure is different from any role as a recruiter or even line-HR at the entry level. Compared to any other role in the same spectrum, this prepares you to be an HR, but doesn't gets you there.
My suggestion, if you don't have a job in hand, its good to accept this offer . You will gain a lot of experience . Later you can frame your experience and apply for HR roles . Even if you join a Recruitment consultancy or even a Training firm, you will need to manage marketing and sales , at almost every level. Marketing may not pose as a problem, till what are you selling at your job will.
Consider this role and then switch once you find the deliverables that interest you. Wish you all the best!
From India, Mumbai
The size of your firm doesn't need to maintain a cost centre, hence will create hybrid roles, including deliverables from both, the cost and profit centre, respectively.
Your takeaway can be high as you are most likely to have mix of both. On the top, you get to work with the Organization owner. This will add to your maturity far greater than any other role.
However, how far will help you get to the next level, is what we brainstorm now. Lets take a hard look, if you are leaving with not a great learning from the firm , managing tasks which are mostly into sales and marketing , does it help you to become an HR? Honestly, no, it won't. The support function will remain a lesser priority at your job than the revenue oriented one.
You may have experience in hiring , with HR responsibilities right from entry-to-exit, even managing a team and their performance appraisal too! This is HR Operations , as we call it. This kind of an exposure is different from any role as a recruiter or even line-HR at the entry level. Compared to any other role in the same spectrum, this prepares you to be an HR, but doesn't gets you there.
My suggestion, if you don't have a job in hand, its good to accept this offer . You will gain a lot of experience . Later you can frame your experience and apply for HR roles . Even if you join a Recruitment consultancy or even a Training firm, you will need to manage marketing and sales , at almost every level. Marketing may not pose as a problem, till what are you selling at your job will.
Consider this role and then switch once you find the deliverables that interest you. Wish you all the best!
From India, Mumbai
thank you. I want to know will 2 years be enough of experience to shift into a different functional area or should i try beforehand? I am asking this because i have big plans ahead
From India, Kolkata
From India, Kolkata
Yes, the Organization is small, so you might have a greater view to the process, provided your reporting manager remains transparent .
This Organization will offer you many responsibilities , as the team size is likely to remain small.
A start-up generally have a close-knit structure, hence you will get to observe other functions very closely.
Downside, will at the most be a brand that is not very widely known and future growth, if the leadership doesnt plan anything for you.
What are the other options do you have ? Look for roles that will not be pegion-holed with a cookie-cutting work-function. That will essentially form a bottle-neck to your learning.
From India, Mumbai
This Organization will offer you many responsibilities , as the team size is likely to remain small.
A start-up generally have a close-knit structure, hence you will get to observe other functions very closely.
Downside, will at the most be a brand that is not very widely known and future growth, if the leadership doesnt plan anything for you.
What are the other options do you have ? Look for roles that will not be pegion-holed with a cookie-cutting work-function. That will essentially form a bottle-neck to your learning.
From India, Mumbai
there is a famous saying ,; learn lessons from past, mind the present, future will takecare of itself...... Great to have big plans... But wise are those men/ women who have a vision but are smart to take care of current situation.... Doing an mba.... Good! As of now, you got a job offer, big group or small group... Well, there is nothing big or small... Its our mindset.... If you analyse your current situation... You will make a sensible, wise decision.... If you have another offer... Then compare.. If none, then join with positive attitude but remeber, journey will be very difficult... Small, indian owner organisations are tough to work along as the owner feels he is riuler & he is paying the salary.... Decision making is centralised & there is little or no delegation but their expectations are very high... In theory such indian owners want performance as of in google, amex, accenture, tata's but when it comes to funds & giving back to employees.... They usually are very conservative.... So, keep these points in mind.... Just remember your final goal... And until then work hard, dedication & honestly.... Yest, atleast 2 yr working should be your motto... Who knows your owner may be a great professional.... And later you may start enjoying & would like to work for another 5 years.... 10 years.... The advantage in such small organisations with single owner is that your work is highlighted asap & unlike large corporates.... In small single indian owner start-ups work is mmore, challenges are high but you get recognition & get spotted soon.... If you through your hard work & extra hardwork , are spotted, he will take care of you.... Rest assured.... So, just go ahead, dare to dream a new dawn, step ahead, take a giant leap & have bilief, knoweledge & skills... Most importantly bilieve in yourself & one day you will be an achiever!
Best wishes, rajesh satyal, head human resources. 9810210690
From India
Best wishes, rajesh satyal, head human resources. 9810210690
From India
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