Having come from a secretarial role that had some responsibility of managing disciplinary hearings and whilst studying for my L3 CIPD which I have now passed, I secured myself a HR coordinator role in the same organisation however I feel this role is offering me limited experience to HR as the majority of HR is outsourced externally and my sole responsibility in my HR role is managing sickness absence. I am worried I have made a mistake and that I won't have much to offer in the future if I apply for more senior HR roles as my HR exposure is very limited in my current HR role. I have started seeing a mentor which I hope will help as at the moment my current role is making me lose confidence. Has anybody else felt like this when they first started out in HR and if so how did you go about gaining more exposure?
There is some great advice here, the CIPD community is a fantastic place to keep up with what is going on and how things can be handled (good to get a general feel for how things can be done). I would be lost without it!
Have you looked at the CIPD profession map? I try to evaluate myself against it twice a year and see what areas I can/want to improve in and where I am getting enough experience. It might help identify ares of HR that you could get involved in where you are contently, like Deborah said, could some of it be taken back in house?
Getting mentor is fantastic too. Do you attend local CIPD branch events? It's a good way to meet people and perhaps open up your network to find opportunities?
Don't loose heart. It just takes time which I know is frustrating.
