MUMBAI: HR has a human problem. Amid all these talents Crunch hubbub about what the eye missed, the real challenge, India, Inc, the lack of human resources professionals. According to industry estimates indicate that for every 50-75 hires, supply of human resources. But compared to the new jobs being created each year, the number of human resources professionals seem minuscule.

Sample. In 2007, only about 337000 new employees expected that the software and services sector, with approximately 4500 professional human resources required. However, there are only a handful of institutions offering courses in HR exclusive, Tata Institute of Social Science (TISS), and XLRI most popular SCMHRD.

These three institutions to produce about 200 students per year. Supply and demand anomaly in the IT sector, is the only significant for the big screen. Experts say India requires 28000 professionals skilled human resources in the coming year, but there seems little happens on the supply side.

The attributes of the industry, the lack of mentality. Students prefer specialization in the financial and marketing RH. Sunil Kumar Maheshwari, Professor (human resources and labour relations), IIM, Ahmedabad, agrees. “Management trainees in the first step in the field of HR receive compared to their colleagues in the finance, sales and service and the lack of recognition is a major reason for them,” he says.

Although HR is a strategic function, and has made the transformation from a transactional role of a judge, that is, students of the discipline is the fact that they do not see as a important function too early. It is clear that growth in the total number of graduates has meant that more people are willing to inside the altitude. RC Datta, a professor and dean of the School of Management and Labour Studies, TISS, said that almost 26 years back, there were 26 by 1500 for human resources, it is now 80 of 6000 candidates.

After KS Subramanian, director, SCMHRD, while the number of candidates for the course was challenging, the challenge remains the right kind of man in the discipline. “It is natural that we have that skill mapping, and then we can candidates to the question. For example, for good HR professional, your ability to listen is to be 10 times talk about your skills,” adds it.