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Sonali

Hi everyone

I really need your advise on how to proceed with my career aspirations. 

I have about more than 10 years of HR experience in India, then we moved to UK and I had to take a gap of 5 years due to maternity and childcare. During this period I tried alot for job opportunities but there was no luck. So after 5 years I did get a job in HR but as a baseline start role. That was surely a disappointment but I thought atleast there is something to start and parallelly I enrolled myself for level 5 CIPD. I really don't want to waste my past experience and start the whole journey from scratch. I have been trying to apply for jobs but there is no luck. 

Do you guys thinks its because my current resume says I am an HR administrator? or is it the gap? or is it no substantial experience in UK market? I am so disappointment as even the relevant work industry where I have spent 10 years of my career is also not valuing my experience. Sometimes I really feel it wasn't really worth moving to UK...

Please throw some light and guidance with your experience in UK market.

Much appreciated!!

Thanks 

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  • Hi Sonali, have you been able to get feedback from places you have applied to?

    I suspect that the most likely reason is that Indian and UK employment laws are quite different so for higher level roles, an employer will want to be sure that you have a really good understanding of UK employment law. Getting your level 5 should help with that - it wasn't clear from your post whether you have now successfully completed your level 5, or recently started it. You may want to look at some specific employment law training too.

    Have you used the CIPD self assessment tool on the profession map? That will give you a really good idea of where you can focus your learning. There are also a number of free courses available to members.

     Is your current employer able to give you any experience in supporting at a higher level so you can gain some UK based examples of higher level HR work? 

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  • Hi Sonali, have you been able to get feedback from places you have applied to?

    I suspect that the most likely reason is that Indian and UK employment laws are quite different so for higher level roles, an employer will want to be sure that you have a really good understanding of UK employment law. Getting your level 5 should help with that - it wasn't clear from your post whether you have now successfully completed your level 5, or recently started it. You may want to look at some specific employment law training too.

    Have you used the CIPD self assessment tool on the profession map? That will give you a really good idea of where you can focus your learning. There are also a number of free courses available to members.

     Is your current employer able to give you any experience in supporting at a higher level so you can gain some UK based examples of higher level HR work? 

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