Converted to HR…

After completing my CA I had never imagined in wildest of my dream that I would be doing anything to do with people consulting or Human Resources. My closest encounter to the function was doing some process due diligence and risk audit while managing my independent practice. I used to laugh it off at that time for the fact I found that function very administrative in nature and really not much direct business impact.

 

As luck would have it I got sucked into People consulting in mid 2000….at some point I surely want to pen down the circumstances in which I joined people consulting at PriceWaterhouse Coopers and since then I made several valiant efforts to get back to the real business world J

 

I have always had a fundamental problem with the HR fraternity at large and the function. Maybe difficulty in digesting some of the facts was more since I came from a hard wired financial world, where everything would always link back to the P&L or the Balance Sheet. Some of the early amusing facts I discovered were:

·     No one ever has a business plan or even a simple cost and benefit analysis for any initiative

·     No one ever wants to establish a direct linkage of their work with business performance….everyone wants you to believe there is a “strong empirical evidence”, not even remote linkage mind you

·     There is never a conversation about routine matters….everyone is always thinking about transforming the organization

·     Almost no one actually understands any financial word

 

Pardon my saying so it almost felt very common sensical work. Though maybe that’s what every work requires anyways J

 

Having being in this arena for close to 8 years now I must admit I have always felt reluctant to admit I am a HR professional. To all the friends and family I mentioned I do some fancy organization consulting or strategic consulting. It just felt better J

 

There have been some very interesting moments of learning and experiences however during these 8 years. For a long time I wanted to start blogging and pen down some of those….however I just didn’t understand the world of blogging. As much as I thought I was good with technology I realized technology for me meant MS world and Google. It has taken me a long time to just figure out how to get blogging.

 

Just the fact that my knowledge is so limited to MS World I guess it’s about time to self admit, I have become a part of the HR fraternity…..while of course financial management will always flow in my blood.

 

~~Rohit~~