Prior to moving to the UK in July 2019 to join my husband, I worked as an HR Assistant with the Marist Brothers of the Schools, Province of Nigeria. After I arrived UK, I research on career prospect for HR, that was how I knew of CIPD. With the advice I got from ICS Learn students' advisor and having a bachelor's degree and an experience in HR, I started my CIPD level 5 course in January 2020, and worked as a carer too.
I have been job hunting since January 2021 and was able to secure only 2 interviews which weren't successful after the second round of the interviews, with no obvious reason for the rejection ( I always ask for feedback so I can improve in my job search). I am as well keeping an eye on voluntary work in HR, but haven't even seen any.
Please I need advice and suggestions on how I can surmount this devastating stage in my career journey. I have completed my CIPD level 5 course now and upgraded to associate member of CIPD without a job.
Hi and welcome to the communities. I'm really sorry to hear about the difficulties you are facing in your job search. As Jules points out this has been a regular complaint from many other community members who have experienced the same uphill struggle to find any HR role and I also echo the same sentiment, it took some time for me to find my first HR role but it did happen. Although you state you have had only 2 interviews I think there are some positives with this. Yes really! Your job hunting has taken up the past 6 months or so during a time when the job market has been facing unprecedented challenges so while it would be encouraging to have more interview invitations I would be more concerned if there had been none. You have certainly been doing something right! There are a couple of things you can do: one is to do a search for historic threads on this forum from other members who have struggled to find their first role and see what the community suggested. The other is to look through the careers section of this website to see what guidance they offer to best present your applications and make some plans for your job hunt. Link is: https://www.cipd.co.uk/careers
Good luck. :-)
Hi and welcome to the communities. I'm really sorry to hear about the difficulties you are facing in your job search. As Jules points out this has been a regular complaint from many other community members who have experienced the same uphill struggle to find any HR role and I also echo the same sentiment, it took some time for me to find my first HR role but it did happen. Although you state you have had only 2 interviews I think there are some positives with this. Yes really! Your job hunting has taken up the past 6 months or so during a time when the job market has been facing unprecedented challenges so while it would be encouraging to have more interview invitations I would be more concerned if there had been none. You have certainly been doing something right! There are a couple of things you can do: one is to do a search for historic threads on this forum from other members who have struggled to find their first role and see what the community suggested. The other is to look through the careers section of this website to see what guidance they offer to best present your applications and make some plans for your job hunt. Link is: https://www.cipd.co.uk/careers
Good luck. :-)
