Double professional holiday: HR Day in Russia

HR Day in Russia - historical background

There are HR specialists at every enterprise. Even if the company is very small, it has a person who performs the functions of the HR department, even part-time. Agree, it’s a shame that necessary and important specialists do not have their own official holiday.

Participants in the All-Russian Personnel Congress, which took place at the end of May 2005, proposed rectifying the situation. They considered that the best candidate for “Personnel Officer’s Day” was the date of publication of the decree of the Government of the Russian Empire, which regulated the relations between the owners of industrial enterprises and their hired workers. It was May 24, 1835 . As you can see, personnel management in Russia originated almost two centuries ago. We can say that supporters of personnel classics and admirers of professional history prefer to celebrate May 24, Personnel Officer’s Day.

Another important event occurred on October 12, 1918 - the People's Commissariat of Justice approved instructions on the organization of the Soviet police. What does HR have to do with it, you ask? The whole point is that it was under the police that the first personnel departments in the young Soviet state appeared. So, on October 12, personnel officer’s day is celebrated mainly by personnel employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

What to gift?

Little things that can decorate a HR manager’s workplace:

• desk calendar with bright photographs of different countries;
• new sign for office door;
• foot hammock , allowing you to sit at your office desk with maximum comfort;
• personalized paperweight made of stone, marble or glass, decorated with a funny inscription (“A genius thinks”, “Big Boss” or “Best employee”);
• miniature marker board for writing;
• mini table fan ; book support;
• figurine depicting a representative person or some animal (it’s good if it’s an owl or an owl - symbols of intelligence and wisdom).

A small portrait of a HR specialist, which will fill the space above the desktop, will also be an original gift. If your employee is modest, give him a landscape or still life instead of a portrait. A small painting will make the office environment cozy.

Surely your friend's HR manager hopes that his boss will notice his hard work and offer him a higher position.

Help bring the cherished moment closer: give a gift that will ensure rapid movement up the career ladder.

Great surprises for an HR manager looking for a promotion:

• personalized diary in wooden binding;
• an elite pen from a well-known company;
• leather business card holder or wallet;
• portfolio folder made of genuine leather;
• stylish wristwatches;
• briefcase for working documentation.

A person who is just starting his professional journey in the personnel department, but wants to achieve success, can subscribe to a specialized magazine and give it as a gift. A young specialist will discover a lot of new things by regularly reading the magazines “Personnel Manager” or “Personnel Manager”.

Whom to congratulate

It would seem like an excellent solution: one profession has two holiday dates at once. But the story of the “multi-part” holiday does not end there.

A common belief is that HR day and HR day are one and the same. However, in practice everything is even more interesting!

Technological progress does not stop; it changes the economy, industry and other aspects of our lives. Including HR technologies. New requests and new specialties are emerging in this area. People like HR are recruiters or headhunters. They also have a professional day - the third Saturday in September. As you can see, the workers are personnel, but the holiday is separate.

And at some enterprises, HR officers are even honored on the day the company is founded or the local HR service is established. In short, there are many reasons to congratulate valuable employees. Here is just an approximate list of specialists who are worth remembering when HR Day is celebrated:

• Specialists in personnel selection, training and adaptation.
• HR managers and inspectors.
• Benefits and compensation specialists.

Congratulations

In life, personnel decides everything. Everything will be written down, everything will be taken into account: Who is on maternity leave, who is at their desk, All sick leave will be read, All time off will be counted, Vacations will be written down so-o-o... Personnel! I congratulate you! We can't do anything without you!

I hasten to congratulate you on Personnel Officer’s Day and wish you inspiration in your work, and even though sometimes the work is not easy, I wish you to do everything with special zeal.

Let success always await you in your career, And let there be no disappointments in life, I wish you to always be the happiest of all, And do everything in a good mood!

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Our dear personnel officers! Congratulations on your professional holiday! May your staff be grateful, your programs not hang, and your work always be appreciated. We wish you to always have trouble-free health, strong nerves, inexhaustible strength, and inspiring energy! New victories, good luck and simple boundless human happiness!

How to celebrate

The question of when personnel officer’s day is celebrated has been sorted out a little. You can move on to the most interesting part - how to celebrate. There are many options here too.

Corporate traditions

The tasks of the personnel service include: formation of staffing, registration of employment, monitoring compliance with labor laws and much more. The formation of PVTR and management strategy cannot be accomplished without personnel officers. You also need to constantly be aware of legislative changes in order to protect the enterprise from dissatisfaction with the State Tax Inspectorate and fines. In a word, a good personnel employee is worth his weight in gold, and wise managers understand this.

At enterprises, rewards for valuable employees are traditionally timed to coincide with the date on which HR Officer Day is celebrated.

In the TOP list:

1. personal records,
2. thanks or certificates of honor,
3. valuable gifts,
4. awards,
5. increase.

Useful solutions

Since there is no clear answer to the question of what date is HR Day in Russia, large-scale events dedicated to HR issues are held in both May and October. This is an excellent opportunity to meet colleagues working at other enterprises, exchange experiences, receive useful information and practical recommendations.

For example, you can go to one of the seminars in 2021. Pre-order is already open.

Who is a personnel worker

The HR person performs a large amount of work every day

1. Keeps records of all employees of the enterprise, carefully tracking length of service, tax and pension contributions.
2. Trains employees, if required, in advanced training courses.
3. Develops motivational tasks to interest the team in work.
4. Provides workers with comfortable conditions, and in some places even invites psychologists to discuss important issues and adjust relationships in the team.
5. Resolves disputes between employer and worker, if necessary.
6. He is an excellent psychologist, sociologist, knows how to persuade and win people over.

Movies

Mindhunters
Best Recruitment Movies:

1. Headhunters (Hodejegerne, 2011), directed by Morten Tyldum. An exciting thriller about a specialist in the selection of top managers for major companies, who also steals expensive paintings of his clients. What is useful: examples of negotiations, examples of how to “adopt” highly qualified specialists.
2. Mindhunters (2004), directed by Renny Harlin. A detective thriller about seven FBI agents, among whom is a killer. The one who survives will pass the test. What's useful: examples of what inattention can lead to.
3. The Man Who Changed Everything (Moneyball, 2011), directed by Bennett Miller. The film is about the general manager of a baseball team who was involved in recruiting and organizing the team's game. And how, despite financial difficulties, he managed to create a winning team. What's useful: examples of the work of a person who brought the team from the bottom of the division.

About the profession

A personnel officer (HR specialist, HR manager or HR inspector) is a company employee who is engaged in personnel records management and is responsible for the formation of the enterprise’s personnel policy.

The HR manager's responsibilities include:

• Maintaining documentation on the hiring and dismissal of employees, changes in positions;
• Registration of work books and their storage;
• Maintaining personal files of personnel, making changes and additional data;
• Processing documentation for calculating pensions, labor benefits and compensation;
• Work with sick leave, vacations and benefits payments. Monitoring their compliance;
• Identification of possible problems in the team and reasons for staff turnover;
• Making changes to personnel data in the database;
• Working with the archive.

Let us note that the personnel officer, despite the extensive list of his responsibilities, is primarily engaged in maintaining documentation in a particular organization.

Interesting Facts

Here are a few statistical facts about the heroes of the holiday - personnel specialists:

• The average salary of personnel officers in Russia for the previous year was approximately 30-35 thousand rubles.
• The highest average salary for personnel officers is in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. Here, qualified personnel workers receive up to 45,000 rubles.
• The largest number of open vacancies for the position of personnel specialist is located in the Moscow region, followed by the Leningrad region, then the Republic of Bashkortostan.

Competitions

1. "Guess who".
   Everyone writes their name on a piece of paper and throws it into a large bowl. The leaves, after being mixed, are sorted by employees. Each must have the other person's name. A group of people is divided into two teams. Each in turn tries to portray as realistically as possible the person whose name is written on his piece of paper. The opposing team must guess. The one who guesses the most people wins.
2. "What's on your table?"
   Each team member brings one item from their table. The item will be their product and that they have to come up with a funny name, logo, slogan and marketing plan for that item in a certain amount of time. This can be done individually or in small groups if necessary. The one whose presentation was the funniest wins. The game allows HR managers to try themselves for a moment in the role of a super inventive marketer. Why not?
3. Game of laughter.
   Ask everyone to stand in a circle. Each player takes turns telling a joke or doing something funny. Anyone who starts laughing is out. Continue playing until one person remains and becomes the winner.
4. "Guess the song."
   As the name suggests, this game is all about songs. A song from any chosen genre is sung by one team member within the first five seconds. Anyone who knows what the song is shouts out the name.
5. "Improvisation".
   This game is a great way to get everyone involved in a relaxing, fun game. Divide participants into teams (8 or less). Give each team a set of six random objects and give them five minutes to come up with a two to three minute story mentioning all the objects provided. You can let groups choose their topic, or you can let them choose their own topic. At the end of the event, ask everyone to vote for their favorite story.