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Career Progression to HR Advisor

Lynda

I have been working as an HR Administrator and have 4 years experience in HR.  I also hold an MSc in HRM and therefore was able to get my CIPD accreditation.  I'm looking to take my career to the next stage but from my job search, there doesn't seem to be many posts that bridge the gap between Administrator to Advisor.  I have been to some Advisor interviews for the experience and practice and although I receive good feedback, it is my lack of formal Advisory experience that leaves me unsuccessful.  Opportunity for such experience is also not a possibility in my current role.  I work full time and have a very young family which makes volunteering my services outwith my job difficult.

My question is, for anyone who has experience of interviewing for HR Advisors, is there anything I can say or do within either my application or interview which would make you take a chance with an inexperienced individual over someone with experience?  Or can you recommend anything that would make me a more attractive candidate to an organisation?

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  • Your best bet will be moving to a similar role with a different company/organisation that allows better development opportunities and advancement, the trouble with HR in SME's is that many HR jobs are dead woman's shoes in that they only come available when if they leave or retire.

    Equally, there are plenty of HR Advisors who can't progress from their current roles because they don't have the experience to go higher. I recently did some research on people who graduated from University with an HR Masters about 10 years ago, the present-day there were a couple of HR Assistants, but the majority were HR Advisors and only a couple of HR Managers.

    The only fast track in HR is for those full-time HR students who gain placements spending a minimum of a year as HRBP's,

    I've recently seen one student have a career break during their HR BSc and work in a placement as an HRBP with a major blue-chip company for a year and they have moved onto another placement for a further year with another big name as an HRBP, by the time they graduate with an MSc they will be a HR Director with a large company!

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  • Your best bet will be moving to a similar role with a different company/organisation that allows better development opportunities and advancement, the trouble with HR in SME's is that many HR jobs are dead woman's shoes in that they only come available when if they leave or retire.

    Equally, there are plenty of HR Advisors who can't progress from their current roles because they don't have the experience to go higher. I recently did some research on people who graduated from University with an HR Masters about 10 years ago, the present-day there were a couple of HR Assistants, but the majority were HR Advisors and only a couple of HR Managers.

    The only fast track in HR is for those full-time HR students who gain placements spending a minimum of a year as HRBP's,

    I've recently seen one student have a career break during their HR BSc and work in a placement as an HRBP with a major blue-chip company for a year and they have moved onto another placement for a further year with another big name as an HRBP, by the time they graduate with an MSc they will be a HR Director with a large company!

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