What are the career opportunities for HR professionals in the IT industry?
Career opportunities for HR professionals in the IT industry are mainly three-fold: HR Generalist Careers: HR professionals in this category need to be sort of jack of all but master of none. They need to be familiar with the entire lifecycle of people function and be good in implementation. They front-end all HR activities in the organisation, and are the face of HR. This is also called Operational HR HR Specialist Careers: Here one needs to have sheer depth in a specific area within the HR function such as compensation & benefits; competency & assessment; performance management; organisation development; resource management. They need to build customised models and define organisational policies and processes. They should be contemporary in the area of specialisation and should possess deep understanding on the implication of specialised HR function to other HR sub systems in the organisation. This is known as Strategic HR. International HR: Understanding labour & employment regulati
