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Transitioning from Agency Recruitment to HR

Busayo

Hi all, 

I'm currently studying my CIPD Level 3 coming from a sales and Recruitment agency background and looking to secure my first role within HR. A lot of the specialist agencies tend to disregard me even for HR Assistant and Administrator roles due to lack out of outright experience in HR and applications on job boards are ignored or rejected despite feeling I have a lot of transferable skills 

I haven't had the best luck with jobs since finishing university 4 years ago having 5 within that time (3 i left voluntarily and 2 being let go from) so the course is helping me shape where I want to be and how I need to get there and develop professionally. 

I've altered my CV to be more HR focused however all of my achievements are sales focused. Due to my job history I've also looked at temp roles and unpaid work experience but no luck. 

I plan to attend the CIPD conference in London that's coming up on March 23rd 2019 to network as well.

if anyone knows where I can be looking directly for said opportunities it would be greatly appreciated

Thank you 

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  • Hi Busayo,

    I was in a similar situation a few years ago as I wanted to move from agency recruitment into an HR role. The avenue that I took was to get an internal recruitment role. This gave me exposure to the HR team and many HR activities. From there I was able to move into an HR Admin role in another company.

    My advice would be to look at internal recruitment roles within sales environments such as call centres and use that as a foothold into HR.

    Best of luck in your search!
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  • Hi Busayo,

    I was in a similar situation a few years ago as I wanted to move from agency recruitment into an HR role. The avenue that I took was to get an internal recruitment role. This gave me exposure to the HR team and many HR activities. From there I was able to move into an HR Admin role in another company.

    My advice would be to look at internal recruitment roles within sales environments such as call centres and use that as a foothold into HR.

    Best of luck in your search!
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