Will HR Jobs Survive in the Coming Years? India’s Future HR Job Explained

The big question that all job seekers, employees, and HR aspirants are asking now is “Will the HR job still exist in the coming years?”  The answer is simple: Indian HR jobs are evolving but they are not going anywhere. Indeed, as the workplace progressively turns out to be multifaceted, digital, and staff-centred, HR turns out to be more important.

Top Trends Shaping the HR World

1. AI and Automation: Technology Instead of HR?

In large organizations such as IBM, AI currently attends to up to 94 percent of regular HR requests, and it can automate routine activities such as resume evaluation, payroll, onboarding, and schedules, thereby also speeding up and improving accuracy in performing the task.

Nevertheless, there is nothing like the human touch. The HR field is transforming into work that requires empathy, strategic vision, and problem-solving skills, such as employee relations, leadership development, inclusiveness and wellbeing.

AI is not a substitute. They require intelligent HR to deploy, utilize and optimize those technology tools so that there is fairness, and there are ethical practices.

2. Expanding Industries Require HR More than Before

Areas such as IT, start-ups, healthcare, financial, ecommerce, and retail are hot markets and they all require robust HR departments to oversee the process of hiring, engagement, compliance, and culture development.

The job market in India is on track with an estimated growth of 9 % in the year 2025 in HR roles, especially in the tier 2/ 3 cities.

3. Emerging New HR Career Opportunities

Some of the next-gen HR roles are People Scientist, Diversity Manager, HR Data Analyst, Employee Experience Specialist, Chief AI Officer- which demonstrates the evolution of niche and tech-focused career paths in HR.

Required skills: Data analytics, DEI (diversity, equity, inclusion), people management, digital transformation, and crisis management.

4. Status and Salaries of HR 

The average salary of HR managers in India has risen to between 7 lakh to 14 lakh in a year and the number is much higher in cases involving leadership positions. Indeed, CHRO (Chief HR Officer) compensation has risen five times as quickly as CEO compensation in the last twenty years.

The role of human resource management has become a strategic activity: Whether it is recruiting talent or advancing employee well-being, human resource management is core to the success of businesses and more Indian companies are turning to employee retention, skills, and building diverse teams.

Quick Facts: Future of HR Jobs

Area	Change in 2025	India Focus
Routine HR tasks	AI automates most	Humans handle strategy
HR roles	More specialized & tech	Need for upskilling
Job market	9% overall growth	HR jobs set to rise
HR pay	₹7–₹14 lakh/yr mgr ave	Faster CHRO pay growth

 

Future HR workforce will be required to change: According to experts, within the next three years, approximately 40 per cent of the workforce will ask something new because of AI but the role of HR will be to assist and advise the transition.

As routine HR tasks become automated, there will only be an increase in the need of skilled, creative human resource professionals and new HR positions. HR will always be critical in defining the workplace of the future as long as businesses recognize the importance of their people.