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Upgrading from Chartered to Fellow in an SME

Emma

Hi everyone

Today I received an email from CIPD suggesting that I could consider upgrading to Fellow, no doubt because of my updated profile following membership renewal back in June together with 8 years of Chartered membership status.

In looking at the requirements my biggest concern that as I work as standalone in HR in an SME with offices internationally, whilst there are elements of strategy and the long-term,  I also have to cover operational work too so not sure I will ever meet this requirement below:

To achieve Chartered Fellow status, you’ll need to demonstrate at least three years’ current experience working consistently at a senior level. The scope of your role will be strategic in nature, with an impact across many functions; you’ll rarely work operationally.

One of my ambitions in the next three years is to achieve Fellow status, but my concern is that the CIPD assessment may not allow for the fact I have to wear a few hats.

Does anyone else have any experience or suggestions at all please? Or is this perhaps more of a pipedream that may remain elusive in the meantime?

Thanks in advance

Emma

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  • Hi Emma,

    We absolutely recognise the challenges for those of you working in SME's and the need to wear a number of hats.

    I've checked in with Zoe Ryan, who is Head of Membership Assessment here at CIPD. Zoe told me that achieving Chartered Fellow status comes down to whether you are accountable for the HR strategy and the people agenda and how you can demonstrate that.

    You might want to update your CV to reflect the key aspects of your role and send it through to the Upgrading team at memupgrading@cipd.co.uk. They'll be happy to review this for you free of charge and give you some feedback as to how your current experience aligns to the Chartered Fellow criteria.

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  • Hi Emma,

    We absolutely recognise the challenges for those of you working in SME's and the need to wear a number of hats.

    I've checked in with Zoe Ryan, who is Head of Membership Assessment here at CIPD. Zoe told me that achieving Chartered Fellow status comes down to whether you are accountable for the HR strategy and the people agenda and how you can demonstrate that.

    You might want to update your CV to reflect the key aspects of your role and send it through to the Upgrading team at memupgrading@cipd.co.uk. They'll be happy to review this for you free of charge and give you some feedback as to how your current experience aligns to the Chartered Fellow criteria.

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  • in reply to Steve Bridger
    Hi Steve

    Thanks for the advice and for checking in with Zoe on the principle of the Fellow, I guess in some ways acting as a standalone may mean responsibility for the HR strategy if only by default ;-).

    In looking at the criteria, I think the experience may still elude me as of yet in terms of time spent but it's useful to have next steps as to where I can focus on.