Plant (Factory) Personnel
The Plant Personnel function of HRD deals with maintaining healthy and
positive industrial relations. The activities here include
recruitment, payrolls, appraisals, administration, and all matters
concerned with the Workers' Union. A stint in Plant Personnel offers
exposure to handling highly sensitive issues such as discipline and
union negotiation. Top firms like ITC, HLL, Coke specifically recruit
candidates for the personnel management function.
Corporate Personnel
Corporate Personnel deals with HR activities in the corporate set-up
that includes all managerial and supervisory staff. It covers all
aspects from an employee's entry to exit, such as recruitment,
attendance, leaves, pay, appraisals, audit and exit interviews. A lot
of modern HR practices such as ESOP, 360-degree feedback and flexible
timings have been path-breaking initiatives by some bright HR manager.
You should possess good communication and inter-personal skills and
present yourself as accessible, competent and charismatic. Two
well-known HR firms are William Mercer and Noble & Hewitt. Apart
from these all the top firms need HR professionals as it is one of the
basic service functions in every company.