Why HR management

For me the most difficult part of doing my MBA was taking up a specialization! Many of the MBA candidates are well aware of the specialization that they intend to take ...but for me it was rather a difficult decision to make.With a Mechanical engineering background and a short experience in IT,many suggested me to take up SYSTEMS.However it no where matched my arena of interest.Then came the state which muddled me between Finance and Marketing.Looking at the current global conditions and the tough time the Finance folks were confronting it again became an obvious decision to cutoff that option too (to be very honest I did a SWOT analysis of myself and for me my biggest weakness was my Finance ka database.It stood to almost nothing hence it was easier to wipe out that option too).Believe me the most addlepated part was to make a decision between Marketing and HR...Both bundled of the things I would like to pursue as my career....But then What do I take up. When out of my inquisitiveness I consulted a number of friends and aquantances I reached the final decision of taking HR ...(by that time I had already attended a couple of marketing lectures).My final decision depended solely upon my interest,My strengths and weaknesses and my intuit and the insight I got from others. My intention of briefing the entire background of taking up a specialization is solely for the reason that many of us are not really aware of what actually interests us and what we would like to pursue in future.Take my word...looking at the packages and previous placement record is a b*llshit parametre of deciding the specialization that one would like to take.Instead go with your interests and your own strengths ..they are much more instrumental in shaping your career than anything else.In my case ...when many of my peer thought that my decision of taking HR was becoz I wanted a stress free and easy going job...for me the reason was quite different .When many thought I am underestimating my potential with this decision (they arrived at this thought from the fact that I was a COEPian and also a topper for one trimester!!!) However for me it meant solely to go with what intrests me.That time I neither looked at tha packages nor at the previous records of HR placement.So may it be whichever specialization ...just go for what You feel will help you unleash your potential and calibre to the fullest becoz it will be something that you would be loving to do!