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MANOJ PANDEY, Head-HR, Ador Welding, shares more on his experience, learning and beliefs in human resource (HR) management. He has always been passionate about interacting with people and has always enjoyed communicating and explaining any concept to a group. It was when one of his managers realised this potential, Manoj Pandey was transferred to a training role from his core technical job. There has been no looking back for him since, as his engagement with HR evolved and intensified. Today, as Head-HR of Ador Welding, he shares more on his experience, learning and beliefs with CW. Lessons learnt: In an enriching career spanning over two decades, there have been some experiences that have taught important life lessons. One of the most important lessons I have learnt is to acquire a skill, master it in a role, achieve excellence and then train and delegate it to someone else, so you can be free to learn the next skill. Distinct advantage: My engineering background and competencies gathered from it, helped me immensely in my HR career. Engineering education sharpens one´s analytical ability, improves rational thinking capability, enhances multitasking ability and prepares one to learn any new concept. Well-established system or starting from scratch? My preference would be to start from scratch. I feel suffocated working under too many tight policies and processes. While I am not against structured policies and processes, I feel a certain amount of ambiguity, uncertainty or customisation brings the best out of your mind. Every human being is unique and hence cannot be handled with 100 per cent set processes and policies. Tackling the war for talent: In my opinion, buying talent must always be the last option; you can do it any day. But building talent is tough, complicated and a lengthy process. However, if done properly, it will give immense satisfaction to employees as well as the organisation. Existing skill gaps: I visit various B-schools and engineering colleges for campus hiring. From the kind of skill gaps I have observed, my simple advice to these institutions is to graduate students to understand their career motivation and select companies or roles accordingly. There are ample opportunities available for deserving candidates. Young job seekers today need to try to learn as much as possible and be a bit patient. If you excel in any work or role, you will get recognised sooner or later. For budding HR professionals: Lots of talk and new theories are emerging about the evolved role of HR in business. While HR should always contribute to business, and align all employees and processes to business, we should not forget our basic work of ensuring employee well-being in any organisation. Often, on the pretext of business results, human needs are ignored. We must be watchful of the same. To share your HR initiatives, write in at [email protected]