Company Sector: Public Sector
Total Work Experience: 10 + Years
Education: MBA in Human Resource Management
Get to know me personally:
Favorite quote, something that motivates you to give your best day after day?
Push yourself because no one else is going to do it for you
Favorite business book?
Bring Your Human to Work
Favorite business leader, why?
Ratan Tata
Favorite Tech product for your work?
Microsoft teams for meetings and interviews
Favorite Tech product for your work?
Microsoft teams for meetings and interviews
Favorite question to ask while taking an interview?
- What would you be looking to learn/develop in the role you are applying for.
- Why are you applying?
If you were not an HR professional, what would you be?
Lawyer
One thing you would like to change about how corporations work.
- Greater flexibility around working hours would be nice.
- Less cluttered file storage on servers.
- Have clarity on the vision of the company and stick to the core values.
What do you wish you knew when you started your professional career?
I wish I knew more about owning ‘yes’s and ‘no’s and that ‘yes’ comes with responsibility and knowing your limits. I wish I knew that I might have to say ‘no’ to things in my career, too, and make choices, and that might come with experiencing loss.
Leadership, according to you, is:
Leadership is a skill to influence and inspire someone in achieving goals along the way.
Get to know me professionally:
When and why did you pick HR as a profession?
I did my masters in MBA in HR that’s when I decided to pursue my career in HR
According to you, what is the role of Technology in HR?
Technology plays an important role in HR. Technology in HR management is another application of companies using hardware and software to aid human activities. Companies use all types of technology in human resource management. interfacing IT / HR duties – Onboarding recruitment, leave apply, expenses, payroll, etc. HR technology provides managers with decision-making tools to help manage costs and enables them to reduce the time spent on administrative and legal compliance work while maintaining an efficient and effective workforce to deliver quality service
What aspect of your job do you not like at all?
- Admin
- Data tracking
- Housekeeping
Top 3 qualities every HR professional should have.
- Business Acumen
- Empathy
- Communicating and Leading
If you could automate only one thing in your job, what would it be?
Managing staff data and onboarding.
How do you keep track of the performance of the people you're in charge of?
- Keep an ongoing performance document that has clear objectives / KPIs set for the year.
- Set regular meetings with the job holder to check on whether they are on track/ off track, get 360 feedback from stakeholders round the year ( at least twice in a year).
- Document the feedback and share it with the Job holder.