Dr. E. Baturalp Pamukçu, General Manager of Türk Nippon Sigorta, shared his assessment on the Human Resources (HR) practices around the world and at Türk Nippon Sigorta. Stating that HR has gone through a significant transformation over the last 1o years, Baturalp Pamukçu said: “10 years ago, agenda of Human Resources consisted of personnel affairs and legal processes; however today, all HR professionals focus on matters such as talent management, motivation, and employee satisfaction.”

Underlining that the position of HR departments in companies has changed accordingly, Baturalp Pamukçu added that today’s HR departments turned into innovative and strategic departments that have a good command of the business processes of companies. Pamukçu pointed at the presence of a younger generation in companies for the last 10 years and advancement of technology as the reason for this transformation, and said: “Job interviews used to be more official and had outmoded formats; however nowadays they can be conducted over Skype, teleconference or videoconference in more modernized ways. Innovation, modernization and digitalization forced by the younger generation on the whole world began to be reflected on nearly all HR policies. Older HR software was also replaced by new web-based applications and programs.”

‘We care about development’

Stating that Türk Nippon Sigorta is pleased to introduce itself as a young but experienced company, Baturalp Pamukçu added: “With the increase in the number of younger employees in our company especially in recent years, our internal synergy and range of motion grew. You need to create a difference if you want young talents to prefer working in your company. We believe that we have created this difference at Türk Nippon Sigorta by caring about personal developments of our employees and supporting them along this journey constantly.

We offer our employees both technical and personal development opportunities. We aim to make sure that our young talents adopt a motive of lifelong learning and raise them with our corporate culture.”