Which field has a wider scope globally, HR or marketing?

As I am HR, thought of explaining in brief to decide which field has more scope HR or Marketing?? HR/Marketing, each plays completely different aspects of management, The area of concentration and efforts are totally different, though both have one common aspect of managing people.

  HR Training   Apr 7, 2024   0   48  Add to Reading List
  1. HR Studies mainly Focus on People management, human resource development, employee legal issues. Where Marketing mainly focus on Marketing, sales, branding, finance, advertisement, people management etc.,
  2. HR team plays important roles to delegates right person to the right job, which ensures smooth sailing and stability to the organisation. It evaluates performance and design succession planning to create an equal balance and ensures retaining talents. Where Marketing team plays vital roles to bring sales and money, which runs the organisation. It designs innovative promotional strategies that cuts across people and market conditions to bring in profits all time. Marketing teams are involved with the establishment of different possible ways to impress the people to buy the product which could be through advertisement, online marketing, innovative ideas etc
  3. Career Demand is medium: Though it controls every staff across the organisation, the HR team consists few members – hence a smaller team. Higher Career Demand: organisations needs different marketing teams and strategies to sell different products & services – hence a bigger marketing team)
  4. HR jobs are not dictated by market conditions.Hence, it comes with less risk and more job security. Marketing job is based on performance, and markets are unpredictable.Hence it poses a higher risk to job security for non-performers.
  5. Finally What to Choose - HR or Marketing???? Both fields have great career prospects, hence –Better course depends upon our mind mentality and our nature of interest towards the discipline. Marketing and Human resource play a important role in the development of a company.Choose the field that suits you more. Define the role you wish to play in future, and Ensure you have talents and skills to match your choice.