Questionnaire for HR Professionals

NameCompany NameDesignationContact no.Email idDate-

Q1) What skills and qualifications are required in your organization for employment of HR Professionals?

Q2) What does your organization primarily require in a HR Fresher? a) Soft Skills b) Technical skills Q3) Rank the following soft skills in the order of your preference? a) Communication skills b) Numerical skills c) Analytical skills d) Presentation skills e) Interpersonal skills f) Team building g) Time management

h) Leadership qualities i) Decision making j) Problem solving k) Negotiation skills l) Any other skills (please specify)

Q4) Rank the following technical skills in the order of your preference? a) Accounting skills b) Engineering skills c) Computer skills d) Techno-commercial skills e) Any other skills (please specify)

Q5) Rank the following Personal values in order of your preference-

a) Honesty/Integrity/Morality b) Adaptability/Flexibility c) Dedication/Hard-Working/Work Ethic/Tenacity d) Dependability/Reliability/Responsibility e) Loyalty f) Positive Attitude/Motivation/Energy/Passion g) Professionalism h) Self-Confidence i) j) Self-Motivated/Ability to Work With Little or No Supervision Willingness to Learn

Q6) What is the weightage of foreign language in your organization?

Q7) What are the core skills required for your organization as an HR?

Q8) Rank these skills according to your preference or business requirement?

Q9) Are these skills sourced internally or externally? a) Internally b) Externally

Q10) Do you believe in multi skilling your employee? a) Yes b) No Q11) Do you agree that multi skilling helps in saving costs and time of the organization? a) Yes b) No Q12) Does multi skilling keep an employee engaged in an organization? a) Yes

b) No Q13) Is multi skilling advantageous or disadvantageous in the current scenario? Why? a) Advantageous b) Disadvantageous Q14) Are you continuously upgrading your employees in multi skilling? If yes how a) Yes b) No Q15) Is multi skilling key to reduce retrenchment and controlling brain drain?

a) Yes b) No

Q16) Should multi skilling be done randomly or should it be done considering employees need?

Q17) Should multi skilling be made compulsory? Why?

Q18) Does multi skilling increase the cost for the company or adds to its assets?

Q19) While selecting an employee, would you only focus on the academic qualifications or experience?

Q20) While selecting an employee, would you only focus on the academic qualifications or extra curricular activities?

Q21) Do you think in India, there is lack of employable talent? If yes, what is needed to be done?

a) Yes b) No

Q22) What do you mean by selecting the right person for the right job?

Q23) Do you think attitude needs to be considered while selecting the right candidate? If yes, what kind of steps would you take to select a candidate with the right kind of attitude?

a) Yes b) No

Q24) What kind of training programme needs to be provided to the young generation to make them employable?

Q25) What do you mean by offering cutting edge curriculum leading to employment opportunities?

Q26) Do you think that the skill gap lies in the quality of talent because of brain drain?

a) Yes b) No Q27) Employability of a professional experienced person is more in the organizations as compared to academia or others?

a) Agree b) Disagree

Q28) Do you think Educational institutes are able to give practical knowledge to students that help them in order to get job/ become employable? Yes/No [reasons if any]

Q29) Do you think there is need of Practical oriented training to fresh graduates in order to face tough competition & stand out in market? Yes/No [reasons if any]

Q30) Which topics need to be covered in the Module as to make them HR savvy? Kindly elaborate in detail.

Q31) What Additional input need to be given as to make them productive from the day one?

Q32) What are the essential [must have] skills, Qualities, Qualification, competencies, knowledge attributes that an HR Executive [Generalist] should posses?

Q33) What are the HR Managers expectations from a HR Trainee?

Q34) What should be the training structure?