As the field of Human Resources further develops in the country, we see that more people are opting to make careers in HR. But maybe not everyone is cut out to be an HR manager. Are degrees & experience sufficient or is there something more that distinguishes a good HR professional from an average one?

Shaista Ayesha put forth a question to the TimeTrax members: Can people be trained to become good HR manager? We are highlighting a few of the comments that were posted on the TimeTrax forum, you can always join the discussion...

Since existing HRDs were not truly operating as HRDs they attracted people from various areas and it appeared as a lucrative option and the result was a mix which has been going on although things are moving towards betterment.- Syed Umar Rahman Shah

Darin George - I think HR Managers are friendly and conservative people. Friendly people that do not take risks.

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In other news

EfroTech has designed a special course on “Human Resource Information System (HRIS)” for the business students of Al-Hamd Academy to give them a real experience of corporate practices. The good news for the students is they can take this course at a subsidized fee (upto 60%).

Andaleeb Abbas thinks that Managing Up is the most neglected area of HR in the Corporate World. She says that the principles of managing up are the same as managing a difficult customer

Qazi Ahmed says it has to do with conflict of interest as what top management is advised by HR is not pleasant to their ears.

M.Fahd Khan believes HR teams must come up with tangible data, evidence based management approach to convince the top managment to alter business decisions and facilitate business strategy. He's working on human capital Income Statement and P&L Statement and it is giving him valuable insights

What do you think?

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Here's what the others say:

Syed M. Faraz Ali - Mainly, to retain a competent employee, the line manager, first, has to find out the needs that are important for an employee

Qaiser Murtaza - Even if you make every thing perfect in your organization it will not even stop the employee turnover ratio, but it may result in reduction in the ratio.

Yameenuddin Ahmed - You can't 100% control the turnover, however, by giving your people worthy long term visions, you can unleash their true potential.

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