Dear Barkha,

Companies have often given opportunities to people for switching over their job facets from administration to human resource division particularly becoz few companies in India yet function traditionally with only an admin dept. managing few functions pertaining to the human resource domain. This has rather prepared the individuals to handle few HR tasks even though not the entire function of the same but having realised the distinct roles of the same.

Considering the above scenario, it has been fortunate for a few many individuals for having been considered for full fledged human resource roles in companies that have established HR divisions. Hence, this paradigm shift from admin to HR has really worked wonders for these individuals who started on a note to working as people managing routine and non-specialised tasks, to professionals working on specialised functions considering the organisation, employees and the technology. Now this is what we call as a horizontal growth of  an  employee considering the areas of work performance and operation.

Now as for your friend, who claims to have four years of experience in the human resources is too ahead by way of experience to consider a role as an admin officer. It's like going completely backwards. And yes, if the role was of an "HR and Admin Officer" , there would certainly have not been any problems since that would give him the niche specialisation of managing both the functions well enough. But, switching from HR to admin is not something that I would advise considering the fact that the economical scenario at present is where industries are seeking for professionals specialised in certain functions and areas. No wonder, if by way of unsure decisions, your friend accepts the job of an admin officer, he would find himself getting seriously rooted in the domain of administration and in future when he seeks for a change again to the  human resource domain, getting thru it shall be an umpteen difficult task.

Though there are certain positons that demand a mixture of admin and HR but that are only at the senior levels. For eg. Manager HR & Admin. So, we see that if your friend was someone at the senior level and the role demanded dual tasks (admin & hr) functions, there wud have always been a go ahead from all sides.

Concluding on this note, let your friend look for greener pastures in the HR field itself or for roles that have the cream of HR and a dash of admin functions since that would help him to be on the track of specialised domain areas.

Regards,

CHRM

"Think HR, think CHRM..

Hi there,

A very interesting query u have raisin…..i would say that

In future companies who would be expanding their operations will definitely be splitting HR and Administration. In large companies HR deals with Humans (employees) and Admin deals with resources and logistics of a company. Specialized courses are also been developed for Admin Area, so that person studying them can go into the specific admin field.

If ur friend is a specialized HR person meaning that he has a specific qualification and experience in HR then he should not move into the admin side. He will get good opportunity in future as HR is a growing field.

Warms Regards
Muniza Nasir

Dear Members,

Thank you so much for your valuable response.

Every reply has its own value and importance and I am feeling really glad to see your feedback on the query.

The suggestions given here will definitely help him in the long run.

Barkha Jain