Career Breaks, Transitions & Building Employee Wellness Systems Ft Hari Subramanian

Voice of Achievers

How do you successfully explain a career break in your resume?

What does it take to transition from a sector to another?

How do you build wellness systems in the organization?

We continue our People & HR mini series talking about facing employers after career breaks with successful explanations, transitions from one career path to another and also about building robust systems to manage employee wellness and implement systems at scale.

Our guest is Hari Subramanian, an XLRI alumnus with 11+ years of experience in HR & Business roles across organizations like the Mahindra Group, Amazon etc. Hari is passionate about writing and is the author of the best-seller book “Hilarious MBA Memoirs”, a satirical take on B-school life.

Currently based in Sheffield (U.K), Hari works as an independent consultant and double hats as a stay-at-home dad. Hear him talk about:

(02.00) – Of paternal leaves and what it teaches individuals

(04.00) - Explaining career breaks to employers- without being defensive

(07.00) - Career breaks affecting compensation, networking & effective planning with financial cushion

(08.00) – Prioritizing needs post career breaks

(10.00) - Explaining fitment when transitioning from one career to another + relevance of mentors during transitions

(13.00) - Building employee wellness systems- proactive and reactive measures

(14.30) - Recognizing early signs of burnout etc & having mental health modules

(16.00) –The relevance of signalling initiatives like fireside chats etc.

(20.00) – The HR and Rangoli- hilariously HR

(21.00) – Step wise breakdown while planning HR or other consultancy careers-expertise, connections &more

(22.00) - HR is gray- HR decision making and employee experience delivery at scale

(25.00) - Retaining talent-how and when- from open conversations, showcasing trajectories, projects upskilling, job rotation, mentorship & more

Original Music- Joseph Mc Dade

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