It is usually the talent that proves itself to the company during the hiring process. However, the tables turn when companies scout for micro-niche skills and specialisations. Leading multinational companies are almost wining and dining micro-specialist candidates in a bid to bring them on board. Organisations, driven by the ambition to pioneer their sector, are increasingly discovering business needs that can only be solved by these focus-skilled masters. HR Katha finds out what these highly sought-after skills are, when and why a business needs them and how HR leaders are winning micro-specialist talent over. Micro-niche edge Instead of building entire…
Author: Henna Achhpal | HRKatha
If there is one company that COVID-19’s new work normal did not catch off guard, it is Tata Realty & Infrastructure. The real-estate company was already in the process of executing many organisational changes that are now a reality for companies across the world. Reena Wahi, SVP, head-HR, Business Excellence & CSR, Tata Realty & Infrastructure, walks HR Katha through the key initiatives introduced by the Company this year. The new realities imposed by the global pandemic, in fact, made the execution of many initiatives easier for Tata Realty. Additionally, the Company is a step ahead in embracing not just…
‘As long as the work is delivered, you can do whatever you want’. This is the new mantra driving many team leads, and a certain indicator of work-life integration. HR professionals throw light on the shift from wary team leads to trusting managers. In the wake of the nationwide lockdown, work officially barged into the home space. Many feared this was it. That with no clear boundaries between work hours and personal time, their lives would now be consumed by work. Instead, HR leaders have observed a beautiful amalgamation between the two that has, to their surprise, led to an…
COVID-19 brought the world to a grinding halt but work must go on, and it did, albeit virtually. While getting used to the new work normal has not been easy for most, 2020’s real professional trial was reserved for the HR leaders. The year has proved to be the ultimate rite of passage for HR professionals who have been on their toes, mapping out efficient strategies to mobilise massive workforces towards a virtual work life, without losing productivity. Not to mention the ever-evolving code of conduct that came with working in the midst of a raging pandemic. It is not…
By the time the first lockdown was announced in India, on March 24, 2020, most multinational corporations in the country had already felt the tremors of COVID-19 from their global counterparts and were bracing for impact. “By late February, we were discussing how things would be managed,” says Abhay Srivastava, chief talent officer & senior vice president – HR, Cipla. “A week before the lockdown was implemented in India, we had, in fact, declared all our corporate offices closed.” While the corporate offices and sales and marketing teams warmed up to working remotely using technology, some divisions — those involved…