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Studying a postgraduate course... but no HR experience

Giovanna

Good evening All,

I am a new member of the Cipd community , so nice to meet you. I have a question: I have recelty started a part time course in Hr Management at a Business school. Currently I have a kind of admin job (reservations coordinator) but I don't have any experience in Uk in Hr (I am from Italy . Which kind of skills in my cv shall I have, a part from my study committment , to get an interview for an entry level position ? I would like to say that my aim is to get out from hospitality as I think it is a tight world for hr positions (they tend to save money and to hire hr managers directly so there are not so many positions as hr asssistants), plus in my hotel i have no chance to get some cross training in hr , due to the confidentiality. I feel like I am wasting money , cause i will get a Cipd level 7 without experience,. I really need a job in hr before completing my studies. Could anyone give me some tips about it ? Thank you very much, much appreciated. 

Giovanna

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  • Giovanna

    Welcome to the communities.

    Sorry and this will sound harsh (especially for your first post) but I think you are ill advised to be doing a level 7 course with no experience in HR. This will lead to both you potentially struggling on the course (as no real world experiences) and also maybe struggling when you pass as you will be potentially over qualified for your experience.

    There are level 3 and Level 5 courses and one of these might have been a better route and if its not too late I might look to transfer. These would give you a better grounding, are potentially easier to do without too much HR experience and less risk of being seen to be over qualified

    As David says there is no magic bullet and it might be a case of buying enough tickets in the raffle...

    I would also be tempted to target Italian companies in the UK -as your language skills might come in useful

    Best of luck
  • in reply to Keith
    Hi Keith,
    thank you very much for your advice, I will try to get the most out of my academic course, because I have already attended a workshop in disciplinary procedures which I felt very familiar with , as I worked as volunteer legal case worker for a trade union. Finger crossed :) Best, G.
  • in reply to Giovanna
    Best wishes.

    You may well find that people are reluctant to take on a qualified and experienced lawyer to a junior he position. And reluctant to take on someone without HR experience to a senior HR position. It's a bit of a Catch 22.

    I think youvwillbyavevto tailor your cv very carefully to not appear over qualified on several accounts which will scare if potential employers.

    But keep plugging away.
  • in reply to Keith
    www.danieli.com/.../seat-offices.htm

    might be one of the major Italian companies with a UK / global presence you might aim your scattergun at - obviously there will be hundreds more - just an example
  • in reply to David
    Thank you very much David for your help . Much much appreciated .
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