Career progression in HR

Is it often considered a given in the profession that:

Someone with 3 years experience as an HR Administrator should then be able to automatically step up to an HR Advisor level role, provided they also have the CIPD Level 7 and Associate Membership of the respective professional body;

Ditto for someone with 3 years experience as an HR Advisor for an HR Business Partner role.

Ditto for someone with 3 years experience as an HR Business Partner for an HR Director’s role.

However, as a gap analysis in all their job descriptions and person specifications, they lack either previous HR Advisory, HR Business Partnering or HR Directing experience, so how do most people do it then by ‘making the jump ‘ or ‘bridging that gap.’?

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  • What is in a job title and can one also vertically or laterally progress within the same level role in HR?

    I often see the following roles advertised, especially in the NHS but also the private sector:

    HR Administrator & Senior HR Administrator;

    HR Advisor & Senior HR Advisor;

    HR Business Partner & Senior HR Business Partner;

    HR Director & Senior HR Director.

    Are they all essentially the same roles with one just gaining more seniority of title and perhaps pay through more years of and longevity of experience?

    Is there any real difference in them if they are also all on the same pay grade level scale but one just attracts a higher hourly rate within the same pay band?

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  • What is in a job title and can one also vertically or laterally progress within the same level role in HR?

    I often see the following roles advertised, especially in the NHS but also the private sector:

    HR Administrator & Senior HR Administrator;

    HR Advisor & Senior HR Advisor;

    HR Business Partner & Senior HR Business Partner;

    HR Director & Senior HR Director.

    Are they all essentially the same roles with one just gaining more seniority of title and perhaps pay through more years of and longevity of experience?

    Is there any real difference in them if they are also all on the same pay grade level scale but one just attracts a higher hourly rate within the same pay band?

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