H R Era,     Special Issue ,    May 26th, 2002

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1. Moderator's Space: From 38 to 1000+ Members

2. Free Executive Counselling from K Thyagaraj for HR Professionals

3. New Members

Siraj, Suresh Kewalramani, S Jayalakshmi (Ms.),

4. Aims of HR Era, How To Contribute Articles, & Legal Stuff

Dear Friends,

HR Era egroup has crossed 1000 membership mark. On the first birthday of this newsletter, which is on May 30th, there could not be a better gift. In the journey from 38 members when we sent the first issue, to now, we have learnt a few little things in this small venture. They will guide us in future.

Participation & Involvement: Majority of HR Era's contents come from Members them selves. Some from independent authors who share their articles for free. Very little from us. Moral - Participation & involvement lead to success. Money is not the sole motivator.

Work and Play: Compiling the contributions into issues of HR Era was "work" when I used to do it alone during first 7 months. After a full day's work, compiling the issues in home all by myself was a tedious task. Surprisingly, the work became a relaxation when Alka joined and we started doing it together. Moral - Having a small team and positive feelings between team members, converts work into play.

Suggestions & Ideas: come from well wishers and all others. Even children can give good ideas. Criticism from others is actually a source for generating ideas for improvement. Moral - Listen to everyone and based on the points they make, identify what can be improved.

Help and Co-operation: comes from unexpected persons, as often as from persons we hoped would help. Moral - Dont be shy in asking for help.

People: Emotional reactions of people vary over a wide spectrum. Here is the range we felt - steadfast support, constant & spontaneous encouragement, neutrality, even occassional jealousy (one person). Moral - Thank your well wishers and move on.

Quality: is always noticed and gets appreciated. If we do quality work, it enhances our self-esteem and it is also the key to continued growth of any venture. Moral - Quality is the mantra.

with warm regards

Rajeev and Alka

Mr K Thyagaraj has offered to give free executive counselling and advice on job changes to readers of HR Era.

He is offering to coach on more than just job changes. When you face any tricky problem which appears to be a dead end to you or puts severe emotional stress, think of Thyag.

Thyagaraj has 20 years of experience in the Indian Corporate in Senior levels. He has worked for Ordnance Factory, Larsen & Toubro, ITW Signode and an IT Company. For last 2 years, he is into Recruitment Consulting. Currently Thyagraj is working as Principal Consultant with Promanns Management Services at Chennai, Heading the Operations.

He is a member of HR Era group for last six months.

Please send your queries directly to Mr K Thyagaraj at Thyag@promanns.com with a copy to HREra@rediffmail.com . You would receive the answer directly from Mr Thyagaraj. When publishing the same in next issue of HR Era, we will NOT disclose your identity, unless you specifically request.

We are sure that several young HR Pros will benefit from Thyag's experience & compassionate wisdom.

We thank him for offering this service free.

Rajeev & Alka

Siraj, Regional Vice President (South) , Indian Society for Training & Development; Director, Institute of HRD, Bangalore

Siraj is an engineering graduate and holds an MBA in HRM. He is pursuing M.PHIL in labour studies

He is the director of Institute of HRD, Bangalore, besides being the present Regional Vice President South of Indian Society for Training and Development. He is a founder member of Bangalore's Toast Master's Club. He has published many articles on HR in many professional journals.

Contact: tiit@vsnl.com , Bangalore

Suresh Kewalramani, Promoter, Gips Management and Personnel Consultants

Message: We look forward to greater and more fruitful interaction between the members of this group

Suresh is a science graduate from Bombay University with around 22 years of experience

Gips, promoted by Suresh, is a major hub for the entire Asia-Pacific region. Its activities in include executive search, head hunting, career counselling/profiling, psychometric testing and resourcing. The clientele consists mostlyof Fortunr 500 companies, multinationals and large Indian corporations

Contact: sgk@gipsmanagement.com , Mumbai

URL: http://www.gipsmanagement.com

S Jayalakshmi, Executive HR, Qualcore Logic Limited.

Message: I seek a long term relationship with an organisation that offers opportunity and scope to learn through exposure to challanging situations.

Jayalakshmi has done her MBA in Human Resources as major from Badruka College PG Centre and has an experience of 2 years.

She is a member of National HRD Network and her papers on Knowledge Management, Going Global - Leveraging Human Potential were published in the souvenier of the conference conducted by the National HRD Network. Jayalakshmi is a CBSE gold medalist for standing first in school and also securing 100% in Sanskrit.

We need more achievers like her calibre in HR Profession.

Contact: srkjaya77@yahoo.com , Hyderabad