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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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  • Hi Alison,

    I was in the same boat as yourself 6 or so years ago and through persistence and developing my admin skills through temporary, non HR roles and securing a longer term temp role in payroll ultimately gave me the skills my first HR employer wanted. A level 3 qualification may help in terms of your understanding but when speaking to others on my course who were not in HR roles at the time, there were elements that lacked context for them, this may have been just a personal perception from them though.
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  • Hi Alison,

    I was in the same boat as yourself 6 or so years ago and through persistence and developing my admin skills through temporary, non HR roles and securing a longer term temp role in payroll ultimately gave me the skills my first HR employer wanted. A level 3 qualification may help in terms of your understanding but when speaking to others on my course who were not in HR roles at the time, there were elements that lacked context for them, this may have been just a personal perception from them though.
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