Tag: Human Resources

To remain relevant to business, HR needs to embrace change and leverage technologies for effective talent management.

While HR professionals like to believe they are the confidantes for people in the organisation, the sounding board for all concerns, the reality is far from it

Seeing a clear connection between stress levels and performance, the Railways is making efforts to ensure a conducive work environment

The role of HR has evolved tremendously over the years, but what remained intact is its responsibility of bringing people together and ensuring they work in harmony.

From a labour-focussed function, to a more talent-management one, the human resources function has undergone massive transformation since its inception about two decades back. HRKatha traces this journey.  

Be it negotiating salaries during hiring, to bring down employee cost for the organisation, or disclosing the management’s decision to let go of people, HR always ends up having to do the dirty job. On the one hand there is the management that requires HR to execute a certain task beneficial to the organisation, and on the other, there are those people whose careers are at stake—a catch 22 situation for HR. It is left to HR to decide whether they should balance out the situation or get their hands dirty, by blindly following the management’s orders.

Sameer Wadhawan, vice-president, human resources, will now head franchise capability and business transformation. Manu Narang Wadhwa, from American Express, will replace him as head-HR.

The relationship between HR and finance is integral to a company’s success.

To meet this demand and increasing business , immediate hiring is top priority for mobile payment companies.

Vikraman joined the company as a graduate trainee and has spent over 31 years with NLC.

AAI has commenced the recruitment drive to fill approximately 2,100 posts by 2016-17 in different cadres.

In addition to leading human resources, corporate communications and administration for the firm, globally, he will now also look after legal and corporate affairs.

In the rat race to appear technologically advanced, are HR professionals forgetting something that’s vital to their existence?

New age companies have brought in a change in mindset and forced recruiters to rethink.

Happiest Minds follows a 7Cs and 7Ws model to ensure the happiness of its workforce.

Online taxi and auto rickshaw aggregator Ola Cabs is all set to scale up its HR function and Saikia to play a vital role in sourcing top talent

A ‘Purple Squirrel’ is a game changer, armed with every attribute-education, competencies and experience- that would make him/her to be the ultimate find for an employer.

Twenty years in human resources has helped Amit Das, president and CHRO, Reliance Communications, change his outlook towards life. An avid reader, who derives insights from intellectually stimulating discussions with even his close friends, is a true global HR leader. HR Katha traces his professional journey and the learning that have shaped his great career…