HRM is a strategic issue in the current corporate scenario. The present research paper tries to identify challenges for the HR professionals of 21st century and thereby suggest measures and strategies to face these challenges. The researcher uses secondary sources of information and concludes that to face the challenges faced by HR professionals in this present time, they must first be trained for strategies adopted so that they could get ready to implement those strategies and policies related to HR should also be linked to the business strategies.

Keywords: Alignment, Challenges, HRM, Strategies.