Qatar needs more HR professionals
Dear Sir,
The reports on the new trends in Qatar’s job market (Gulf Times, April 24 and 25) by Ramesh Mathew underline the need for greater introspection by employers, prospective employees, recruitment agencies and others involved. The challenge today is in attracting and retaining talented and skilled employees to further enhance the efficiency level and to add impetus to the fast-paced growth Qatar is aiming to achieve. Human capital can play a pivotal role in achieving the accelerated growth of this great nation.
I feel that Qatar urgently needs human resources (HR) professionals who are qualified, competent and experienced to evolve strategies not only to hire but also to retain talents.
As an HR professional with more than one and half decades of experience in Qatar with various industries, I find that HR is yet to make its proper impact in the state. While chartered accountants, engineers, and others have established themselves enviably well, HR continues to be undermined. It is high time to realise the importance of HR in taking organisations forward.
Under no circumstance, cost should be allowed to act as an impediment when hiring a talented pool of resources which can bring manifold benefits to the organisation and to the country in general.
According to Benjamin Franklin, “An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest”. Hiring of low-calibre personnel may cost the company less but it will affect productivity and hamper its smooth running in the long term.
HR’s role should never be undermined for achieving progress, prosperity and enhancing efficiency. Forward-looking employers must adopt the slogan “pay for performance”. In the unfortunate instance of employers failing to recognise talent and reward them at the right time in the right way, they will stand to lose significantly and substantially.
To achieve results and to accelerate growth in today’s competitive market for hiring talents, employers have to “pay for performance”, “recognise and reward talents” and stop from being biased and prejudiced in the hiring and career progression process.
V Kalyanaraman/(e-mail address supplied)
Be active, be happy
Dear Sir,
In reference to the article, “Keep moving to keep enjoying life” (Gulf Times, April 26), one would like to say that idleness is to the human mind like rust to iron.
Nothing happens if we sit idle. If we want to make money, we have to work hard. Similarly, if we want good health, we have to exercise regularly. The people who are depressed prefer to sit alone and idle. They can overcome depression provided they engage themselves in some work. It is rightly said that an empty mind is a devil’s workshop. Hence, we ought not to let our minds become rut by choosing to lead a sedentary life.
But this does not mean that we should always be in a hurry. We should enjoy all our activities, which is possible only if we do it at our own pace. But such an approach will obviously not work in sports and games where laggards don’t succeed.
C Robinson/[email protected]
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