| | 8 October 2020HIGHERReviewTHE CHANGING HIRING DYNAMICS POST PANDEMIC Tell us about yourself. How did you pave your way into the HR industry? Associated with Datamatics group for more than 15 years now, I currently serve as a SVP and a Global Head of HR and other business enabling functions. I think I enjoy the newness, simplicity and complexities of HR. Every day is a new day if you wish to explore, understand and contribute. I believe otherwise as well, our life is all about con-necting and collaborating with humans and that is what we survive upon.Enable, empower, work, learn, grow and cel-ebrate together; being in HR, you get a chance to progressively learn the art of being with people. I start-ed exploring work options at a very young age. I believed in WORK TO LEARN model. I joined, immediately after I finished my 12th, organization as a shadow profile to un-derstand more about HR, marketing, sales, and finance. I spent little or more time, while I was studying, in all these functions to gain practical knowledge before I decided to join HR. I must say, HR was not my first choice initially, but eventually, it became the BEST one.How much of a challenge is digital adoption going to be in the hiring process for college students?Not at all a challenge! Actually, it's erasing limitations and boundaries defined by traditional systems. In my view, it will positively impact and create more opportunities than challenges. Digitization has empowered people to embrace change, engage, communicate, connect, and collaborate more efficiently and effectively. I am sure it will make the hiring process faster, productive, and ADAPTABLE. Imag-ine the comfort of one integrated app or tool that is easy to operate and access anywhere. Technology implementation in the hiring process will increase exponentially and prove to be an enabler, if accepted correctly and adapted in a balanced and needed manner.What is the impact of COVID-19 on your industry in terms of jobs and skill development?SKILL DEVELOPMENT is the only recovery mechanism. Covid-19 has drastically impacted the global economy. Its impact on the IT sector is relatively low than others, but firms have faced several projects cancellations and delays in renewals. With experts predicting unprecedented economic downfall leading to significant job losses and pay cuts, orga-nizations have become more conscious of future readiness. Dr. Ankita Singh, Senior VP & Global Head of HR, CIGNEX DatamaticsDr. Ankita Singh, Senior VP & Global Head of HRVice President and Global Head of HR at CIGNEX Datamatics, Dr. Ankita Singh has over 19 years of progressive experience in managing and leading various aspects of Human Resources spanning across high paced business domains of ITES. Having completed HR and Business Strategy related Executive Management Programmes from IIM-A, ISB Hyderabad and XLRI, Ankita has mastered establishing innovative and competitive initiatives and institutionalizing a strong performance driven culture at CIGNEX Datamatics. In this exclusive interaction with Deepshikha Singh, Managing Editor, Higher Education Review magazine, Dr. Ankita Singh, Senior VP & Global Head of HR, CIGNEX Datamatics highlights on future of hiring post-pandemic and various innovative approaches to talent management.IN MY VIEW
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