Lanka's talent market low - HR Head

Harshini Perera

The talent market in Sri Lanka is comparatively low. Human resource professionals however expected it to grow in the post war era but there is hardly a growth in the talent market yet.

Human resource professionals need to understand the development plans of the organization they are working for while business priorities should also be taken into consideration, HSBC, Human Resources Head Ravi Jayasekara said at the launch of HR and IR website recently.

"There is a possibility of taking recruitment and resourcing beyond a process as it currently functions in organizations. Recruitment and resourcing can be used for competitive advantages of an organization," Jayasekara said.

He said HR professionals in an organization need to understand the end goal of recruitment and try to build talents within the organization rather than buy talents from outside.

The new website, www.hrnetwork.lk will come out with HR ethics, best practices and moreover to share practices among professionals. Interested parties can register as a member for this network.

The website and the forum will get HR professionals together and make a platform to learn from each other's practices. It will also handle industry related issues with expertise knowledge while informing others on modern HR techniques and policies.

"There are three thought processes accompanied with talents such as whether to build, buy or borrow talents. It is believed that 75 percent of development happens on the job. Therefore, internal talents should be recruited for vacancies before considering talents from outside," Jayasekara said.