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Perception for Human Resource professionals created by Social Media

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The above conversation may be fictional but the underlying thought behind it isn’t.
The perception that friend 1 ( Sharad) had about HR’s is exactly what most people think and a lot of the credit goes to social media. Articles from popular micro-blogging sites are shared on a daily basis on social media and they help in spreading this common thought. As an HR, I take offence to these articles and understand that humour is important but not at the expense of a profession. 
HR is supposed to be the one common bridge between all the other departments. Right from recruitment all the way to the exit, we do it all. And yet our work goes unrecognized.
Is this point of view harming HR as an industry?
No, not yet. I am sure this is a common consensus that people love reading, laughing& sharing there funny HR articles without realizing that they are spreading false facts by dissing an entire profession.

Let me tell you the reality of being a human resource professional in the 21st Century.
HR has diversified in multiple domains, as we are the ones employees look for in case of anything that goes wrong in the organization, be it is related to salary, appraisal, harassment issues, grievances etc.
Functional head also seek HR’s help when it comes for fulfilling manpower requirement, head hunting & getting the industry’s best talent to work, which requires high-level analysis and understanding of work and of-course good human interaction which is not at all a child play.
Why do we forget that HR is the one who invests a lot in grooming the employees so as to attain their next level growth which can only be done by ways of training and development?
To make the employees feel engaged and happy at their workplace is also an initiative taken by HR’s, otherwise, the workplace would have been dull and boring.

Funny is what we love but I think it’s time to take the offence as HR is not a child’s play because if it was, wouldn’t people writing these articles be one too?

Prachi Arora
Key Account Manager,
Autotech
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