Hi everyone

I appreciate that this possibly isn't the best forum to ask, but I was looking to find out if anyone here has any experience of moving out of HR. I obtained a degree in Business and HR Management 5 years ago, have been working in HR for about 4.5 years now and, regrettably, have decided that the career path does not suit me.

I think it's mainly as a result of my personality, I'm naturally shy, very conflict-averse and generally have a "live-and-let-live" approach with a strong desire for people to understand one another's point of view (and make a good effort to get on with one another!). I've toughened up throughout my career, but I also have a relatively thin skin and have had to adopt a number of coping mechanisms during my day-to-day role to handle conflict and to "harden up" to situations that others would simply be able to breeze through which sometimes negatively affects my health. I do enjoy parts of working in HR, but on the whole it's simply not for me and I feel awful that in such an over saturated market I'm hogging a really great opportunity for someone!

My question is, does anyone have any experience of or know of anyone who successfully transitioned out of HR into another business function? I'm thinking of moving into something more creative, ideally copy or content writing, but I wonder if it would be difficult to market my skills gained in HR into an entirely different function. I've made an effort over the last year to make sure that other skills that I have (creative and otherwise) are up-to-date and polished as much as I can and have been keeping up with industry developments, but I'm just a little worried that it may be difficult for people to understand the fairly radical change so if anyone has any stories or advice to share, I would really appreciate that.

If you're still reading this, thank you for taking the time!