In the United States of America a recent ranking has indicated that 'Human Resource Managers' occupy spot # 3 in the best jobs category. That is a huge lift for all HR professionals, considering that many in India think that it is a job for women or worse thinks that HR Managers are back office paper pushers.
Why is the HR Manager's job rated so high on the list? The obvious answer would be that in a knowledge economy Human Resources are the key differentiator that lend a competitive and cutting edge to an organization and so the HR Manager is a much wanted man/woman. In terms of Job Design and Motivation Theory it would translate into the job having a huge 'Job Identity' and 'Task Significance'. HR Managers are very important.
People would like their jobs to have an impact on the fortunes of their organization and when that is recognized it translates into job satisfaction.HR as a profession has seen major changes and from being a common sense practice has gone on to be concept driven, backed by research and empirical data.
I for one 'am hugely pleased as would be many in the HR family!
http://www.careercast.com/jobs-rated/2012-ranking-200-jobs-best-worst
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2 comments:
That's true sir, I think what matters most than others is that an HR person should think the importance of his job and how is the person achieving those well defined objectives set in tune with benefiting the organization and society at large.
Very true
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