Hi,
The first question most of my friends ask me is " Why out of this whole gamut of professions you chose Human Resources and within that Compensation & Benefits..............."
Staright answer: I like listening & talking to people, understanding them. Not just their "external-self" but the internal being. My interest lies in understading "What they are" instead of "What they project they are". I really love this. Whenever we meet people - at office,home,on the road,in the lift,in the bus,taxi,in a plane etc. there are lot of indications beyond words that reflect their persona.
Understanding that "real persona" quickly and translating that understanding into a useful input is what I love. And for putting my this habbit into practise the best career option was Human Resources.
OK..now WHY COMP ?? Organisations today are striving towards offering TOTAL REWARDS* package as best value prepostion for attracting & retaining employees.
(*Total rewards is a mix of comp, benefits, performance management, career path and work-life balance & work culture being offered as a bundle by few employers today)
Among the total rewards compensation has a lion's share. Work Culture,Career path, Work-life balance etc. are VERY important for employees but the closest to most of them is compensation. Most of the discussions boils down to compensation : What are you paid? Something which is closest to every employees heart, something which is very critical to the organisation, something which reveals the real self - compensation was natural choice to me.
Beyond this, I love number crunching. I can play with numbers on MS Excel for nights. The objective make some sense out of those that can be used for some meaningful discussions/descison making.
There a lot a discussion platforms for "comp geeks" (like me:-) but the best I assume is www.worldatwork.org . Earlier known as American Compensation association, World at Work offers the best knowledge platform for people like me. I am really impressed by their paper on Total Rewards which talks about the TR in detail.
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The second paragraph about understanding "Inner self" is beautifully written.. as individuals are very complex and this is what makes HR more challenging. It takes HR to a different level!
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