I need an action plan for my Ultimate Career Goal

Dear All,

I am brand new to HR having started my first role in August 2018. I am a student member of the CIPD and I hope to achieve my Level 3 Foundation Diploma in Human Resource Practice by September 2019.

My ultimate career goal is to become an HR Field Consultant, perhaps specialising in Employment Law, Change Management, etc.

Please can someone advise me on how to create a thorough action plan spanning the next five years? I am an advocate of CPD but I am not sure where to start.

I am not sure how to ultimately become an HR Field Consultant.

Any advice would be hugely appreciated.

Thank you.

Kind regards,

Jenny.

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Keith over 6 years ago

welcome to the communities and the profession.

The best place to start is the professional map on this site. That will guide you through the thought process and identify the key skills you should develop.

Btw Field Consultant is not a term I am hugely familiar with. Is it a HR BP you are looking at?
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Keith over 6 years ago

welcome to the communities and the profession.

The best place to start is the professional map on this site. That will guide you through the thought process and identify the key skills you should develop.

Btw Field Consultant is not a term I am hugely familiar with. Is it a HR BP you are looking at?
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Jenny over 6 years ago in reply to Keith

Hello Keith thank you for your reply.

I would like to travel and spend time helping different companies implement strategies, then move on to another company/ project. Perhaps one day working solo.

Does this have a name?

Kind regards,

Jenny.
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Elizabeth Divver over 6 years ago in reply to Jenny

Interim - and there are people who specialise in interim positions, perhaps because they can be very goal focused.
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Keith over 6 years ago in reply to Elizabeth Divver

In addition (and a generalisation) but generally Interims are qualified and experienced a step or two over the level necessary for the current assignment. People like to hire people who have been there and done that before and probably done more. So its not unusual for people to move into Interim positions later in their careers and being able to draw on a wealth of successful experience.

Particularly true given your desire to work in the strategy field

Of course many people work as FTCs at lower level and call themselves interim's but for me (and no offence meant) thats really a different role.
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Elizabeth Divver over 6 years ago in reply to Keith

That's a very important point. If you hire an interim, you expect them to to become effective virtually straight away and perform at a high level throughout.
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