In the latest Leadership and Entrepreneurial Aspiration Development (LEAD) series, ABS hosted Mr. Vivek Mehrotra, Head-L&D Zomato. Mr. Vivek interacted with students on the topic “Charting your career the SMART way” on 26th Oct 2018.
Mr. Vivek is a distinguished professional with decades of experience into Learning & Development domain. Prior to Zomato he has served Jana bank as Head-L&D and before that he was Dean of Flipkart University and has also served on various senior positions in organizations like Reliance, Lupin etc.
Mr. Vivek begin with the saying that there is no defined rule to get success in your career and then he shared his own life experience that he started his career into Sales with Lupin Pharma and gradually he changed from Pharma to Telecom and then telecom to retail, then banking and now in Food Tech.
He added that HR has transformed now and opportunities are immense to grab, provided one has the right attitude. He also shared that other than recruitment students may also look to build career into Human Resource Business Partner, Compensation & benefits, Talent development etc.
He guided students that technology is entering in HR now and HR is using analytics and other technology to hire and retain employees so one needs to learn about all these technologies also in order to grow in this domain.
Mr. Vivek answered all the questions being asked by students in the end of session and session was closed with vote of thanks by CRC Team.