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Advice re Masters qualification

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Hello - hoping someone can help.

I am 24 and graduated with a degree in English 3 years ago. I have been working in admin roles since then but would be keen to follow a career in HR. I have applied for entry level jobs but been unsuccessful as I have no formal qualification or experience in this field.

I have been looking at Masters degrees at Sunderland and Northumbria Universities (I live in the North East) which say that they are CIPD accredited but I can't find out what that actually means.

Are these qualifications helpful in getting onto this career path?  I don't want to spend a lot of time and money to find that I am still in the same position that I am now!

Thanks for any advice

Alison

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  • Alison

    Personally I wouldn't recommend doing a Masters now. You are unlikely to get the most development out of your investment as you will have no practical experience to test it against or draw upon. It will be frankly just (literally) an academic exercise.

    If you use the search facilities you will find a number of people who have gone down this route and get quite frustrated that when they apply for jobs they are considered over qualified.

    Your best bet is probably to keep trying to get an entry level HR job and then doing a Level 3 or 5 qualification (which you will probably be able to top up to a Masters at an appropriate time) or do one of those qualifications in the hope it will help.

    CIPD accredited doesn't necessarily mean a huge amount at Masters level. Most people will look at the Masters first and the accredited second. But look out to see if gaining the qualification will automatically gain you affiliate membership of the institute - that's worth having.
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  • Alison

    Personally I wouldn't recommend doing a Masters now. You are unlikely to get the most development out of your investment as you will have no practical experience to test it against or draw upon. It will be frankly just (literally) an academic exercise.

    If you use the search facilities you will find a number of people who have gone down this route and get quite frustrated that when they apply for jobs they are considered over qualified.

    Your best bet is probably to keep trying to get an entry level HR job and then doing a Level 3 or 5 qualification (which you will probably be able to top up to a Masters at an appropriate time) or do one of those qualifications in the hope it will help.

    CIPD accredited doesn't necessarily mean a huge amount at Masters level. Most people will look at the Masters first and the accredited second. But look out to see if gaining the qualification will automatically gain you affiliate membership of the institute - that's worth having.
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