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Progressing an HR career

Heidi Malaure

I am currently working as the Chief Operating Officer for a small firm of about 30 people. In this role, I have responsibility for HR and this ranges from keeping the admin (i.e. leave records and personnel files) in order and dealing with all our recruitment to having handled redundancies, Settlement Agreements and COT3 (we've never quite made it all the way to the Tribunal). I can also see TUPE on the horizon as we've recently acquired another business (though the two are not yet fully merged). I'm currently studying for my CIPD Intermediate Award in Employment Law (level 5). Moreover, earlier in my career, I spent 5 years as a researcher at an executive search and selection consultancy. I also have an advanced level of management training in that I completed my CIM Level 7 diploma a few years ago and this covered issues such as reputation management, strategic planning, financial analysis and risk management.

I am very attracted to specialising in HR and am wondering what my options are, given my experience and interests. I am opening to most ideas, including taking a step backwards if that is what it takes to reach my end goal, and adding to my qualifications.

I'd be grateful for people's thoughts on what I can do and where I can look.

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  • Target HR jobs in sectors with which you are familiar and big up the extensive HR experience that you have accumulated in your current and previous operations assignments. I'm sure that a combination of knowledge of a specific sector and your HR experience would be of great interest to those wanting to hire a business savvy/commercial HR professional. An HR post in a Market Research company for example might be one such target.
    Given the amount of HR work that you are doing in your current role ...isn't there a case for more accurately reflecting the ( HR) scope of your role in your job title by calling yourself Chief HR and Operating Officer.
    I also saw a very helpful post earlier today on a related topic - this is the post ( from Andrea) albeit relating to applications being made in the public sector ...but the advice holds good for all sectors " You should read the job description, person specification and other material carefully and then very specifically address in your application how you meet the requirements of the post. Most public sector organisations provide a lot of information to applicants, including on their webpages. Making a job application is likely a very time consuming process as you have to tailor your application to the organisation and the post. Good luck!"
    In your situation tailoring how you position your experience to the job you are applying for will be critical to your success in achieving your ( career) goal
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  • Target HR jobs in sectors with which you are familiar and big up the extensive HR experience that you have accumulated in your current and previous operations assignments. I'm sure that a combination of knowledge of a specific sector and your HR experience would be of great interest to those wanting to hire a business savvy/commercial HR professional. An HR post in a Market Research company for example might be one such target.
    Given the amount of HR work that you are doing in your current role ...isn't there a case for more accurately reflecting the ( HR) scope of your role in your job title by calling yourself Chief HR and Operating Officer.
    I also saw a very helpful post earlier today on a related topic - this is the post ( from Andrea) albeit relating to applications being made in the public sector ...but the advice holds good for all sectors " You should read the job description, person specification and other material carefully and then very specifically address in your application how you meet the requirements of the post. Most public sector organisations provide a lot of information to applicants, including on their webpages. Making a job application is likely a very time consuming process as you have to tailor your application to the organisation and the post. Good luck!"
    In your situation tailoring how you position your experience to the job you are applying for will be critical to your success in achieving your ( career) goal
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