HR Generalist to Specialist - Division of Labor
It's just two weeks that i joined my work place. Have not started working full fledged as yet since we have been assigned projects which are to be completed within one month. Well will just pen down a few recent observations.
What I have observed is a recent shift in the trend of the profiles being offered to HR graduates .Initially freshers were easily given HR Generalists role. However, lately there has been a shift from Generalist roles to Specialist Roles.
Most companies of late have been in an expanding spree. As the no. of employees were increasing, the need for a proper HR dept was being felt. The Generalists were doing a good job but suddenly to get things done in a better way, a need for proper division of labor was felt. it was at this point that the specialists came into the picture. These days most new HR hires are assigned one special HR vertical (if I may call it).Be it recruitment, T&D or Comp & Ben. After getting proper exposure and experience in one vertical in 2 to 3 years, these specialist make a shift to another vertical.Job Rotation you see... Observing the trend it seems that these specialists will now take up a generalist role once they are exposed to all the verticals. This will happen mostly aft 8 to 10 yrs of work ex. If given an option, I would also want my career to follow the same path.
Sounds lucrative enough and also the need of the hour. Thus we realize that division of labor is not restricted to the manufacturing sector. Its all prevailing.
What I have observed is a recent shift in the trend of the profiles being offered to HR graduates .Initially freshers were easily given HR Generalists role. However, lately there has been a shift from Generalist roles to Specialist Roles.
Most companies of late have been in an expanding spree. As the no. of employees were increasing, the need for a proper HR dept was being felt. The Generalists were doing a good job but suddenly to get things done in a better way, a need for proper division of labor was felt. it was at this point that the specialists came into the picture. These days most new HR hires are assigned one special HR vertical (if I may call it).Be it recruitment, T&D or Comp & Ben. After getting proper exposure and experience in one vertical in 2 to 3 years, these specialist make a shift to another vertical.Job Rotation you see... Observing the trend it seems that these specialists will now take up a generalist role once they are exposed to all the verticals. This will happen mostly aft 8 to 10 yrs of work ex. If given an option, I would also want my career to follow the same path.
Sounds lucrative enough and also the need of the hour. Thus we realize that division of labor is not restricted to the manufacturing sector. Its all prevailing.
Just some of my observations i want to add. What u have mentioned here is the ideal path one would like to take in the current scenario. But actually what i have observed is that people donot easily get this shift. once u start working in a particular domain lets say for example recruitment, its very difficult to get an offer and shift in another domain. What people sometime do to get across this is join a smaller organisation to get a generalistic role because the scope of operation is less. But in big structured organisation it is very difficult to get a role switch. Anyways best of luck with whatever u have planned for ur future. :)
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