WHAT SKILLS DO HR GRADUATES NEED?

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WHAT SKILLS DO HR GRADUATES NEED?
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WHAT SKILLS COMPANIES NEED IN 2019 ACCORDING TO
LINKEDIN
SOFT SKILLS HARD SKILLS
Creativity Analytical Reasoning
Persuasion People Management
Collaboration Digital Marketing
Adaptability Sales leadership
Time Management Business Analysis and muc more
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WHY ARE SKILLS IMPORTANT FOR A STUDENT ?

• According to a recent news report in The
  Standard, students need to be equipped with
  skills because
• There is a need for an education system that
  diverts attention from cramming, rote
  memorization, and the pressure to achieve high
  grades.
• There is a need for our young people to develop a
  pragmatic view of the world, to be gifted with
  life skills that will guide them in navigating
  complex challenges.
• There is a need for our young people to learn in
  an environment that allows the freedom to craft
  unique self- identities and develop healthy views
  of themselves and the world.

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WHICH OF THESE SKILLS ARE RELEVANT FOR A HR
PROFESSIONAL

• ADAPTABILITY
• PEOPLE MANAGEMENT
• COMPETITIVE STRATEGIES

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WHY ARE THESE SKILLS RELEVANT ?

• ADAPTABILITY There are various factors that
  influence and affect the working of a HR
  professional. They include
• Stability of the industry in which the HR
  professional is operating
• Demands of the various job positions
• Evolving thought processes of students/
  professionals
• Pace of technological developments and much more
• All the above aspects requires the ADAPTABILITY
  INGREDIENT in the HR professional to operate
  successfully

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WHY ARE THESE SKILLS RELEVANT?

• PEOPLE MANAGEMENT
• The business of HR is all about people
  management. From the time the potential employee
  steps into the office premise and as long as they
  are in the company payrolls, the HR professional
  has to ensure all that there is to be done to
  help the employee positively perform and exist in
  the organization. This means understanding moods,
  unsaid expectations and the persona of every
  employee. This will help the HR professional to
  then handle each employee accordingly.

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WHY ARE THESE SKILLS RELEVANT?

• COMPETITIVE STRATEGIES
• It is a huge struggle out there to get the right
  candidate especially when competitors in each
  industry are trying to get candidates with
  similar profiles and sometimes get into employee
  poaching etc. The ability for a HR professional
  to figure out a competitive strategy that will
  best fit his organisations requirement will be
  more important in the coming decade.

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This article was written by Prof.Sandya Jadhav (
Sr.Faculty, Regenesys Institute of Mgt)

• To know more about the post graduate programme in
  HR offered by Regenesys Institute of Management,
  you can write to me at sandyaj_at_regenesys.in