Managing transactions leaves no time to devote to areas that HR practitioners are uniquely positioned for. Consulting is often seen as an attractive choice, but the transition entails more than just a simple career move.
Human resource consulting has come a long way from administrative services like legal counsel, recruiting and policy administration to sophisticated products like compensation surveys, competency mapping, rational review models and personality charting. Since ages, HR consulting has focused on delivering value solutions that revolved under the traditional functional domain in business organizations that had adapted a functional structure at a corporate center and a business dedicated HR managers serving a combination of factory and divisional HR needs. Work in this context meant superficial understanding of the organizational strategy, its vision and goals, core processes. But all that is changing now. Four distinct genres of consulting are available for the HR professional who’s exploring a new career option.
