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HR Volunteering - Weekends?

Charlotte

Hi All,

Guessing this will be a bit of a long shot but worth a try...

I started a HR Masters last year looking for a career change and after initially struggling to get a HR Assistant job without experience (I really tried to get voluntary experience with companies!) I finally landed a role earlier this year. The generalist role provides a good breadth of experience and it's useful being within the role for some of my uni studies however I want to try and gain as much experience as I possibly can.

I know it's a long shot but do you know of any voluntary HR experience I could gain on weekends (within the North East - Durham/ Newcastle/ Sunderland etc.)?

I would have used my annual leave to go and gain experience (as I tried to do last year) but now I use up all of my leave for uni work/ assignments/ exams so am a bit stuck with wanting to get more experience but not having the Monday-Friday availability due to full time work alongside uni work.

I thought there may be some charities or the like who may operate on weekends and need some support? I would be open to any kind of company but I know from contacting over 50 companies last year to try and gain experience they are often not open to someone coming in for obvious reasons.

Thanks in advance!

Charlotte

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  • The obvious reason being you can't volunteer if it's not for a registered charity or statutory organisation (the latter is nigh on impossible to volunteer with). However, keep an eye on pmjobs.cipd.co.uk/.../ I don't have anything in your area at the moment but it is often murphy's law that something may pop up at a later date! The roles I have are 8 hours per week minimum and mostly can be done at home, so evening and weekends, some travel but expenses are payable. The roles I deal with don't deal with transactional HR. Currently, have two positions available, one in Northampton and the other Winchester
  • in reply to Paul
    Hi Paul

    Could I have some more info about the roles you talk about?

    Thanks
  • in reply to Sam
    Hi Charlotte, it might be worth contacting your local CIPD branch to see if they have anyone working in the HR team at charities or not for profit organisations willing to offer work shadowing or similar. Or finding a charity that you have strong affinity with and volunteering generally with them to get a foot in the door before seeing if there's any opportunity to do more relevant work with them later on.
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  • in reply to Sam
    Hi Charlotte, it might be worth contacting your local CIPD branch to see if they have anyone working in the HR team at charities or not for profit organisations willing to offer work shadowing or similar. Or finding a charity that you have strong affinity with and volunteering generally with them to get a foot in the door before seeing if there's any opportunity to do more relevant work with them later on.
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