Im an HR

Ever wondered what a successful HR  leader does? What qualities distinguishes him/her  from the rest? Here are few qualities or characteristics that I thought would highlight out of my experience in the field of Human Resource Management dealing with people behaviors and based on my interactions with HR leaders. 1. Continuous Learning Any successful HR leader, continuously learn and update themselves  on the new age  skills, changing business scenario and the expectation of the younger generation. They believe that  staying abreast of the latest developments in technology would help them, in mapping the right skills for the right job and they work hard at it. Given, the magnitude of change that businesses go through, it is imperative for an HR to stay at the top of the learning curve consistently. Now that HR professionals claim to be at the table it is important,that we speak the language of business that confirms our participation at the table and be a va...

The word Blind Hiring itself hold so much suspense that I thought of exposing it. Managed to collate few definitions from Google and from other Blogs. 1. Blind’ or anonymised hiring refers to the technique of removing personal information from candidate applications during the assessment process. This is most often candidate names, but in some instances, like on Applied, it goes further: aiming to remove all socio-demographic details that might affect decision-making, such as age, home address, and even education. Source ( beapplied ) 2. Blind hiring is an HR practice that aims at reducing biases during the hiring process. The idea is to promote talent acquisition based on a transparent method and hire eligible candidates regardless of their name, gender, mother tongue, religion, and socioeconomic background. It also forbids the hiring managers to ask about the academic qualification and professional experien...