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Level 5 or Level 7 with no degree

Jade Kinsella

Hello,

I appreciate his question has already been posted but coming from a slightly different angle - no degree!

I'm currently in a HR role in an organisation of 120 people. My job title is Global Human Resources Manager and apart from one other HR source in our US team I deal with all HR matters for the business and have done for the past three years +

I studied the Level 3 HRM diploma about three years ago and prior to this I did not study any kind of degree.

I am now struggling to choose between studying Level 5 HRM diploma or the Level 7. I have had very mixed advise with a few telling me that Level 5 is just putting into practice what I already do and I would be better off jumping straight to Level 7 and then more recently being told that as I haven't got a degree I would struggle with the style of writing, dissertations and exams that the Level 7 require. This person also suggested I maybe do a Level 5 certificate (as opposed to the diploma) and then move onto the Level 7 to save time.

I want to progress to HR Director as quickly as possible but not at my own detriment.

Any advise would be very helpful as driving myself mad choosing between the two!

Thanks

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    I didn't have a degree and hadn't even studied for A levels at school. I was interested in HR therefore decided to do the CIPD Level 3 course, I found it quite easy even though I hadn't done any studying for over 10 years. I then decided to do the Level 5 course about 2 years later and found that much more challenging. I actually did the Diploma due to funding, it was a lot more work than I had imagined as it was based on an apprenticeship, due to the fact that I am not working in an HR department the practical tasks were difficult to complete and due to the fact that I didn't have a degree I did struggle at first with the essays and style of writing but I got there in the end. (I am undertaking some administrative HR tasks at work). I personally wouldn't have been able to study for Level 7 without first doing Level 5 however as you are already a global HR manager I think you would probably be fine. If you do decide to do Level 5 I wouldn't opt for the Diploma. I was in class where only two of us were doing the Diploma, it took us 2 years to complete and we had to do at least 6 or 7 more academic assignments than the rest of the class plus the apprenticeship work (5 extra assignments), the rest of the class only took 1 year and at the end of the day we all have a Level 5 qualification.
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  • Hi
    I didn't have a degree and hadn't even studied for A levels at school. I was interested in HR therefore decided to do the CIPD Level 3 course, I found it quite easy even though I hadn't done any studying for over 10 years. I then decided to do the Level 5 course about 2 years later and found that much more challenging. I actually did the Diploma due to funding, it was a lot more work than I had imagined as it was based on an apprenticeship, due to the fact that I am not working in an HR department the practical tasks were difficult to complete and due to the fact that I didn't have a degree I did struggle at first with the essays and style of writing but I got there in the end. (I am undertaking some administrative HR tasks at work). I personally wouldn't have been able to study for Level 7 without first doing Level 5 however as you are already a global HR manager I think you would probably be fine. If you do decide to do Level 5 I wouldn't opt for the Diploma. I was in class where only two of us were doing the Diploma, it took us 2 years to complete and we had to do at least 6 or 7 more academic assignments than the rest of the class plus the apprenticeship work (5 extra assignments), the rest of the class only took 1 year and at the end of the day we all have a Level 5 qualification.
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