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Membership is it worth keeping

Rachel Brooks

Hello Everyone,

I am looking at renewing my CIPD Asssiocate Membership but I have struggled getting an HR role which I have tried since leaving university back in 2018. 

I have mostly worked in care and at the moment, my new role is Learning Support with young adults with learning disabilities. I am now thinking should I cancel my CIPD, I never imagined the difficulties establishing a career within HR - even HR assistant jobs ask for a few years experience. 

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  • Hi Rachel Brooks welcome to the communities

    I think in the current climate and market place that this is a dilemma many members of professional bodies including the CIPD will be facing this renewal season. There is no easy answer - I am sure on Monday a member of the CIPD membership team will be along to highlight some of the many and very real benefits we have from membership.

    My own personal view is that it rather depends on if you think you are going to have opportunities to make use of those great benefits this year weighted against the cost (it a straight cost benefit analysis for me). Certainly being a member of the CIPD is unlikely to hurt you in your job search but as you have found its not the golden ticket either.

    If you want to stay current with HR thinking, continue your professional development and keep looking for that elusive first mainstream role then (if you can afford it) I would give it another year. But only if you do something with your membership and don't expect it to do something for you.

    Best of luck

    Keith
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  • Hi Rachel Brooks welcome to the communities

    I think in the current climate and market place that this is a dilemma many members of professional bodies including the CIPD will be facing this renewal season. There is no easy answer - I am sure on Monday a member of the CIPD membership team will be along to highlight some of the many and very real benefits we have from membership.

    My own personal view is that it rather depends on if you think you are going to have opportunities to make use of those great benefits this year weighted against the cost (it a straight cost benefit analysis for me). Certainly being a member of the CIPD is unlikely to hurt you in your job search but as you have found its not the golden ticket either.

    If you want to stay current with HR thinking, continue your professional development and keep looking for that elusive first mainstream role then (if you can afford it) I would give it another year. But only if you do something with your membership and don't expect it to do something for you.

    Best of luck

    Keith
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