I was once a Human Resources Officer of a bank for over 8 years. During my 8 years in the bank, I had covered all areas of HR work from staff training and development to staff loans, staff compensation and benefits and my last stop was in the recruitment area. Though working in the human resources division of a large bank was stressful, I nevertheless enjoyed my stay there as I had wonderful colleagues. That was my first job and I had gained a wealth of experience from this department.
Of all the areas in the HR Division that I had worked in, I find that recruitment is the least I enjoyed. Workload was high and each time there was a recruitment drive (which was very frequent as staff turnover was high), everyone in the HR division would be working at full steam. I had to interview between 6 -8 candidates a day, put up recommendation to the respective division heads, perform employment checks on the candidates, et al. Recruitment was not my sole responsibility. On top of recruitment, I was also in charged of staff compensation and benefits. So can you imagine how over worked I was then? If only the bank I worked at outsourced the recruitment services job to a recruitment agency, I would have stayed on in the bank. I left the bank as I could not handle the amount of work and I felt that I was underpaid. Having said all these, I am still thankful that I had the chance to work in a bank as I had gained my maturity, strength and loads of experience there.
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