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Level 3 to Level 7

Emma

Hi 

Im struggling with deciding what to do next career wise. I have been in my first HR job for almost a year as an HR Assistant, in June I will finish my CIPD Level 3 and my manager is pushing into going straight to level 7. Currently we have no HR Advisor in our team and she wants to me step which i would love to do but i am struggling with the thought of all that responsibility and not much experience. 

So I am wondering what your thoughts are on the difference between Level 3 and Level 7?

Would i struggle not having much advisory experience?

Would i be better off doing level 5?

Thanks 

Emma 

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  • Hi Emma

    Plenty of people seem successfully to complete at Level 7 with either zero or only partial prior vocational experience. I’d therefore put prior vocational experience in the ‘desirable but not essential’ category.

    Far more important I think is your personal aptitude for study at Level 7. I hasten to add that my detailed overall knowledge of the current specific content is limited indeed - back in the distant past when I qualified, the syllabus was very very different.......That said, I’d think on balance that if you’re reasonably sure of your ability to study at Level 7, then skipping the L5 and goin straight to the L7 could be a lot quicker and better use of your and / or your employers time and resources.

    In order to work effectively at Adviser Level, you’ll need to develop the necessary vocational competence, which neither L5 nor L7 ‘ book learning’ in itself can give you - although of course this ‘underpinning knowledge’ *ought* to be delivered n a complementary and integrated manner alongside vocational competence development. But assuming you want and are suitable in terms of innate ability to work in a full chartered professional as opposed to Technician role then maybe go with the L7 directly - especially if the course syllabus and those who deliver it take every possible opportunity to integrate it with your workplace experience.

    Thus, in summary, probably either way will do and L5 first is probably the most thorough and more gentle and safer route to take - but not necessarily on balance the better one for your particular personal circumstances.

    Sorry to have to sit on the fence with this, but do hope at least a little of it helps
  • in reply to David
    PS

    Forgot to mention that your local CIPD Branch and / or CIPD HQ Membership Development people ought to be able to advise you in detail about this.
  • in reply to David
    It also depends on your academic experiences, the higher the better if you do not have much practical experience
    Trust your boss
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