How easy, difficult or virtually impossible is it in reality and practice to move from being an HR Administrator (as a mid career changer) starting out at the age of 45 to eventually becoming an HR Director / Head of People?
Is it a question of having entered the profession at least 20 years too late or just waiting to see where you are at in 20 years time, as one would need as an absolute minimum at least two decades worth of solid HR experience and an accompanying career track record to become an HR Director / Head of People?
Or alternatively, would it be that it’s not completely impossible per se, but as you entered the HR profession and sector later in your working life, you now need to extend it and your career at the same time to win back extra time and (health permitting), add on at least an extra 10-20 years with a possibility of eventually becoming an HR Director and Chartered Fellow in your 70s or 80s, as it does take time to reach the heights of any profession?
Along the way, is it possible to skip or jump over certain levels on a career pathway, or is it set in stone that one must be an HR Officer before coming an HR Advisor, and an HR Business Partner before becoming an HR Director?
Your answers will also give a wider clue about socio-economic mobility in general, as no exact, scientific or specific formula exists to make a career move from one end and level of a profession to the other.
