The Hindu Business Line : Gateway HR solutions to offer more services

New services
The repositioning of the firm will give access to wider markets.
The company plans to evolve HR and legal policies for SMEs.
It may also set up a division focusing on HR and domain knowledge training.

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Chennai Feb. 6 Recruitment and training consultancy company Gateway Human Resources is repositioning itself as Gateway HR Solutions and will offer a wider range of corporate and individual services.

According to Mr N. Swaminaathan, Chief Consultant of Gateway HR, the repositioning will give access to wider markets.

"We are keen on working with small and medium enterprises (SMEs). We also want to move away from offering just training and recruitment services to corporates," he said.

The company plans to evolve HR and legal policies for SMEs.

Evolving policies

This includes aspects such as setting up a HR policy, manpower planning and budgetary allocations, recruitment, and internal leave procedures. The company recently tied up with Alkaline Batteries for similar services, said Mr Swaminaathan. It also plans to assess organisations in areas such as employee satisfaction, retention capability and certain legal obligations.

As part of the repositioning strategy, the company also plans to set up a division focusing on HR and domain knowledge training, which is likely to start operations in the first quarter of next fiscal. About Rs 1 crore has been earmarked to set up the division that will be called Gate Training Academy, said Mr Swaminaathan. "We are looking out for premises to seat about 200 candidates," he said.

The division will focus on communication skills and upgradation skills depending on corporate requirements.

Communication skills training will aim at training fresh graduates, mainly for BPO jobs and will dwell on areas like negating mother tongue influence, and achieving a neutral accent, said Mr Swaminaathan.

Upgrading skills

The module on skills upgradation is targeted at academicians to mould them into career counsellors and make more meaningful contributions to their students' lives. These could include training in areas such as building curriculum vitae of students and analysing student aspirations, he said.

The division will also offer psychometric testing and psychological analysis for individuals and corporate clients. Currently, the company has a format to evaluate candidates based on a written test and is devising a format for self-analysis. To evaluate psychological tests the company would take help from professional psychologists, said Mr Swaminaathan.

Driven by corporate demand, the division will also offer training in certain areas related to core banking such as foreign exchange. "We are planning to approach former bankers to work part time for us to offer this training," he said.

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