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CIPD Level 3 newbie

Gemma

Hi all,

So I'm currently doing the CIPD level 3 at college one day a week. It only started a few weeks ago but it all feels a bit daunting as we are starting our first assignment shortly! 

I'm worried I'm not academic enough as I haven't studied for years. I'm not working at the moment just a stay at home mum so felt I needed something for me and feel it'll open more does I job wise as I was an admin assistant before I got pregnant. 

How hard are the assessments? Is it manageable with kids? 

Any experience of someone in a similar position would be good.

Thank you

Gemma

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  • Hi Gemma
    I'm not in the same position as you, but I wanted to give you some encouragement - my colleague is doing the level 3 at the moment and she says the assignments tend to require fairly short answers - her problem is cutting down on the amount of words she writes! There's loads of resources on the CIPD website and loads of people on these forums to test your answers with. Just because you're a stay at home mum at the moment, it doesn't mean you've lost all your other skills - you've just developed new ones to go with them. To be honest, working in HR is a lot like herding toddlers anyway. :-D
    Kind regards
    Jackie
  • in reply to Jacqueline
    Hi Jacqui,

    Aww bless you, thanks for getting back to me. I'm just in the middle of completing my first assessment and I'm finding some of the questions hard. I'm sure once I get into it a bit I'll get a routine going, it's just hard as I've got a little one who demands a lot of attention so evenings and weekend will be study time.

    Have you do a CIPD course? If so which one?

    Gemma
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  • in reply to Jacqueline
    Hi Jacqui,

    Aww bless you, thanks for getting back to me. I'm just in the middle of completing my first assessment and I'm finding some of the questions hard. I'm sure once I get into it a bit I'll get a routine going, it's just hard as I've got a little one who demands a lot of attention so evenings and weekend will be study time.

    Have you do a CIPD course? If so which one?

    Gemma
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  • in reply to Gemma
    Hi Gemma
    I did a post grad diploma in Personnel Management (level 7 equivalent) a long time ago - I was lucky that my employer paid for it and allowed me the time to do it and I was not long out of university so I still had the habit of studying. It did take quite a bit of work in the evenings and at weekends though and I had to learn how to write essays - my degree was in Maths, so I hadn't written an essay since GCSE English!

    My top studying tip was to at least make a start on the assignment early on - I would do a mind map of all the things that might be relevant to the answer, so I wasn't sat staring at a blank piece of paper or computer screen. I would add things to my mind map every time I thought of something and build it up over time. Then I would sit down and plan my answer around the most relevant things from my mind map and write the answer up.

    If you're stuck on an answer, feel free to ask people on the forums - but do bring your own thoughts along when you ask for help. We'll happily give people a nudge in the right direction or help debate perspectives on a particular topic but we won't supply all the answers. ;-)

    Good luck!

    Jackie
  • in reply to Jacqueline
    That sounds like a good idea Jackie. Sounds like your very smart, I'm not that academic.

    I'm on my first assessment and I'm stuck, I posted my question in the forum so if you could have a look and let me know your thoughts I'd be very grateful xxx