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How to get into HR

Shevonne

Hey everyone!

I'm just little curious as to how everyone got into HR, I'm really interested in maybe starting a career in HR, but I just don't know how to go about it. I left high school with not the best grades and thought many times about going to college but I've never been a classroom learner. I'm 22 years old and have mainly worked in coffee shops, I spent the past year and a half working for Tesco Bank but handed in my notice in May I probably should've waited until I found something else but I just didn't want to be stuck in some dead-end job that I hated.

Any advice on how I can go about things would be greatly appreciated!

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  • Hi Shevonne,

    It's great that you find HR interesting. As someone who just realised that's what I want to do, and I'm slightly older than you i decided to reply. If you have a chance start working on your base as soon as possible. By that I mean search for interesting books, articles, essays, online courses. Finding an office job would be an advantage too because you could have regular hours so it would be easier to study, and you could gain some necessary skills. When you get a financial stability then you could potentially invest in doing level 3 HR cipd (they do monthly payments as well). Maybe your employer could support you with that? Worth checking. Last but not least, it would be worth to find a mentor who could guide you and support you in your studies. Maybe make a post in LinkedIn and see if you get any answer.
    It's great that you already know what you what to do, and I'm sure learning it will be more interesting for you. Use the time you have to explore and gain as much as you can from many options around.

    I hope that helps.
    Joanna
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  • Hi Shevonne,

    It's great that you find HR interesting. As someone who just realised that's what I want to do, and I'm slightly older than you i decided to reply. If you have a chance start working on your base as soon as possible. By that I mean search for interesting books, articles, essays, online courses. Finding an office job would be an advantage too because you could have regular hours so it would be easier to study, and you could gain some necessary skills. When you get a financial stability then you could potentially invest in doing level 3 HR cipd (they do monthly payments as well). Maybe your employer could support you with that? Worth checking. Last but not least, it would be worth to find a mentor who could guide you and support you in your studies. Maybe make a post in LinkedIn and see if you get any answer.
    It's great that you already know what you what to do, and I'm sure learning it will be more interesting for you. Use the time you have to explore and gain as much as you can from many options around.

    I hope that helps.
    Joanna
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  • in reply to Joanna
    I regret I didn't learn all of that when I was younger but I simply didn't know that's what I want to do :)
  • in reply to Joanna
    Hey Joanna thank you so much for your reply :)

    I just have a couple of questions if thats okay

    I don't mean to ask like dumb questions but when you say working on my base by reading interesting books etc, is there anything specific that you would recommend or just things in general that I would find interesting?

    Also there's quite a lot of levels that you can do, I don't fully understand the differences between them, so what exactly is a Level 3 CIPD and how would that level be most beneficial?

    I've also started recently working again but its just a temporary job so I doubt my employer would support me but I never even thought about LinkedIn so will definitely have a look at that, thank you, I found your response really helpful!

    Shevonne