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Making the move from teaching to HR- seemingly impossible

Alana

Hi everyone. 

I have been in secondary education/teaching internationally for over 6 years and have some retail/customer service experience prior to that. Having decided to leave teaching, I am really keen to start a career in HR but I am finding it impossible. I have applied for 20+ HR admin positions with no response. I know I need experience, but how do I go about this without being given a chance? 

Through teaching I was able to get some experience with recruitment/interviewing and I have taken some (free) online courses in HR which I have put on my CV. I have been teaching myself about UK employment law and I am very heavily considering embarking on a MSc in International Human Resource Management. I have looked for volunteering opportunities but there aren't many. 

My questions are: 

1. What's the best way to get experience? Keep applying for HR admin roles or is that a waste of time? Contact the HR departments of large companies directly? 

2. Will employers take more notice of me if I embark on the Masters? Although I am 95% sure that this is what I want to do, I really would like some experience before I jump into this

3. I am in talks with a few recruitment agencies for work. Is this a common route into HR for career changers? I really am not keen on the sales aspect of recruitment, but I will do it for a year if it helps me land a HR admin role. 

4. L & D is also highly appealing to me. Should I be focussing more on that as a route into HR? Is it easier to get an entry L & D role as a former teacher? 

Thank you! 

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  • Hi Alana

    Welcome to the communities

    If you use the search facilities you will find a number of similar threads where people have found it difficult to transition into HR from teaching. Theres this one on transitioning back or this one as a career change or in a similar vein this one but there are several others 

    generally HR is quite tough to get into and there are many threads not linked to teaching such as this one

    Personally I don't think doing a masters in International HR will help you get into HR as it may well confuse some recruiters and make it harder to gain the first position. But sure there are other views on that 

    Recruitment agency work is largely sales driven and doesnt always have the best reputation in HR. Some people find a route into HR from it but its not necessarily the best route.

    Transitioning into L&D may well be a good route.

    Good luck hope you find your ideal starting role

  • in reply to Keith
    Thanks for your reply. Will definitely seek out those L&D roles. And thank you for making me see sense before registering for the masters...
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