Hi All,
Just looking for a bit of advice, I will be relocating in September/October and think this would be a good time to really look at my career and what I want to gain from it.
A bit of background:
I have been HR pretty much straight out of uni since 2017, worked my way from a HR Administrator up to where I am as a HR Manager, unfortunately I did have stints where I was a called a 'HR Manager' but unfortunately the role was more just admin work so I did waste a bit of time, schools are notorious to give fancy name to jobs rather than looking at if the substance of the job matches the actually duties required! All my experience in HR has been in schools (mixture of Maintained and Multi-Academy trust) except for a stint where I did an internship at a university.
I am currently in a role where I am getting some good ER casework experiences and this is the part of HR that I really like. The thing is the the volume ER casework isn't there, and as someone who wants to maybe eventually be a ER specialist, I'm not sure if this is the right environment for me.
I just wanted to ask for any suggestion of where I go from here, I am currently doing a CIPD Level 5 course which hopefully will give me better chance of interviews. I think maybe being in a standalone role in the short career in HR I have so far might have held me back as I've never been managed by a 'HR Professional' so I've always had to be the be all or end all of HR advice at the schools I work in. Although these forums have been beyond helpful!!
I'm not sure if I should go for a HR advisor role and take a slight pay cut to gain that valuable experience and more so the 'volume' of ER casework under my belt as I don't think ill cut the mustard going into a HR Manager role in the private sector.
Just wanted any advice or thoughts, am I thinking about it in the right way?
