Guest Lecture – Best HR Practices and Emerging Trends
Date: 9th July 2014
Ms. Rekha Santosh, Head – Retail HR at ING Vysya Bank, interacted with students over the topic ‘Best HR practices and Emerging trends.’ Ms. Rekha is a seasoned HR Professional with over 12+ years of experience in Financial / Service industry spanning across specialist functions like Compensation & Benefits,, Recruitments and Business partnering.
Ms. Rekha started the session by asking students regarding the reason for them doing MBA and went on to elaborate that it is of no use to be doing something if we don’t love it or are not passionate about. She went on to detail the students, about the “Arjuna Moment,” when a person does something exemplary and the world around stands up to recognise and appreciate their feat. She also emphasised about the importance of Networking and how important it is to earn the respect of peers.
Ms. Rekha then pointed out that Failure is not a matter of abomination anymore, but it is important to learn from our failures because that is going to make us a better professional as well as a better person, which ultimately paves the way to growth and better opportunities. She reiterated the importance to keep learning all along with life and be adaptive because the world is changing rapidly; especially owing to Technology and hence who keep learning will ever remain in demand.
Towards the end, Ms. Rekha discussed the current emerging trends in the market and opined that Technology, Customer focussed services, Flat organisation hierarchy, Skill-based hiring and High emergence of entrepreneurs were some of the trends to look out for. She concluded the session by advising students about the growth sectors in India and expressed that those looking for high growth rate should be looking towards opportunities in Infrastructure and Retail whereas those looking for a steady growth should be looking into Banking, Insurance or Data Analytics space. In the end, she congratulated students for making the correct choice of doing MBA now as growth prospects are rife and Fresher hiring is the buzz word in most of the industries these days.
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