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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,

    I remember posting on the forum about 4 years ago now, asking how to go about getting into HR as I also struggled.. I was a single parent studying level 3 with no experience and, with only wanting part time work, the odds seemed stacked well against me..

    I will say though, keep trying! You will find something eventually, even if you have to take on an office role with added HR admin work. Also, when I was studying I did some volunteer work in the HR dept of a local office. Is this something you could do? It would look good on your cv.

    Regarding the membership, if your actively still applying for HR roles and you can afford to keep it, then do. It will be really useful to have once you get your foot in somewhere, and in the mean time keep an eye on the forum as you learn a lot from it.

    Good Luck! :)
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  • HI,

    I remember posting on the forum about 4 years ago now, asking how to go about getting into HR as I also struggled.. I was a single parent studying level 3 with no experience and, with only wanting part time work, the odds seemed stacked well against me..

    I will say though, keep trying! You will find something eventually, even if you have to take on an office role with added HR admin work. Also, when I was studying I did some volunteer work in the HR dept of a local office. Is this something you could do? It would look good on your cv.

    Regarding the membership, if your actively still applying for HR roles and you can afford to keep it, then do. It will be really useful to have once you get your foot in somewhere, and in the mean time keep an eye on the forum as you learn a lot from it.

    Good Luck! :)
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