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January 2022 Magazine Edition
When 2020 began, a few would have deduced that a full year is going to be spent on getting used to remote working. A year later, 2021 turned out to be all about recovery, redefining work, alternate offices, rampant hiring, and also the ‘great resignation’ – all the while vaccination was in full swing. The role of HR gained so much significance since then and moved from being just a support function in an organisation to become a decision-maker in the business strategy. This edition of All Things Talent will take a look at the year gone by to anticipate a “2022” that sees HR take up a more crucial role in all industries.
SPOTLIGHT
2021 in Retrospect: Golden Year for Talent Hunt, Not So Much for Diversity
Read our special story on how last year revived the hiring rush, shooting over the pre-pandemic levels in some cases, but diversity and inclusion remained a secondary topic of discussion.
SPECIAL INTERVIEW
Pravin Prakash, Chief People Officer, BYJU’S throws light on how the top ed-tech firm has strengthened their insurance policy with a variety of parameters to include same-gender partners as well.
Sriharsha Achar, Joint ED & CHRO, Star Allied Health Insurance lists out the several factors that make hunting for the right talent a challenge in the sector and how they overcame it.
INTERVIEW
Nidhi Marwah, Group Managing Director, The Executive Centre is quite certain reverting to traditional offices may not be a possibility in the future.
Ritu Moitra, CHRO, Duroflex reveal how the company is working towards letting their employees sleep on the job and also recruiting sleep evangelists.
Satyajit Mohanty, Vice President – HR, Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals shares how the consumer durables industry is shifting its focus towards absorbing talent from other aligned industries as well during these testing times.
Sumit Kumar Singh, VP & Head HR, Lava International explains why the mobile manufacturing company will focus more on hiring millennials and Gen-Z
COVER STORY
Op-eds by industry leaders Ganesh S, Global CHRO, Emeritus & Eruditus; Arti Agarwal, Head – Human Resources, TATA Asset Management; Puja Rungta Agarwal, People Practice, Happiest Minds Technologies; Rahul Deshmukh, Group CHRO, Allana Group and Vineeta Kukreti, Director, Human Resources, Fiserve.
Other Articles
A review of the interesting developments of 2021 will reflect how last year could very well be considered a Midas …
Sumit Kumar Singh, VP & Head HR, Lava International India skipped the ‘smart electronic age’ and without having the hardware …
Sriharsha Achar, Joint ED & CHRO Star Health and Allied Insurance Co Ltd. In a conversation with All Things Talent, …
Rahul Deshmukh, Group CHRO, Allana Group The increased importance to HR as a business function is primarily due to lessons …
Vineeta Kukreti, Human Resources Director – Fiserv HR can help organisations prepare for the future of work. It plays a …
Candidate experience is a hot topic right now. But the question is – with the rise in job opportunities, can …
Arti Agarwal, Head, Human Resources, Tata Asset Management The current resignation behaviour is here to stay and is likely to …
Nidhi Marwah, Group Managing Director, The Executive Centre Speaking to All Things Talent, Nidhi Marwah, Group Managing Director, The Executive …
Talking to All Things Talent, Satyajit Mohanty, VP – HR, Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Limited shares his insights on HR …