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Unsure if its my time to move on.

Gina

Hi Everyone,

I'm currently unsure of my next steps and wanted to put my thoughts out to other HR Professionals for help.

Since joining my current organisation I've grown immensely in skills and knowledge, and have grown from a HR Administrator to HR Assistant and then to HR Adviser. When i became HR Adviser, the HR Manager went to part time and the organisation started to put me through training so that when she left, I could look at progressing to HR Manager. My Manager was always open and advised she wouldn't be with the organisation much longer when she went to part time. In October of last year, my manager handed in her notice (which was 3 months) and i wrote a business case and how the HR team should be restructured. I handed this over for SMT to review. During this time a lot of promises were made and i was told I was going to be given responsibilities, such as budgets for the department, line management, a pay review to reflect this.

However just before my manager left, I was told that I wouldn't be taking on the budgets, I would have no pay review, however I would recruit an assistant and take on our volunteering team, while the HR Manager from another organisation would come in and oversea things, however I would still be in charge day to day. I understood the reasons behind this and accepted it, however this felt like another stumbling block in my career. Progression is key for me and i'm happy to stay at a level if i know progression would be there in the future (even if its not straight away). I've always been a career climber as I'm the type of person who sets a goal of where i want to be and I'll work as hard as I can to get there.

Recently I've seen a role that is perfect and after discussing it with the recruiter for the organisation, there is also the chance of progression, even if it isn't straight away. The organisation sounds great, so i applied. Now i know there's no guarantee that i will get the role, but now i'm in that strange turmoil of do i move. I'm thinking do i stay where i am, look after my employees and just hope for progression that may never be there or do I take the leap if the option is given to me. 

Thanks for your reading this.

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  • My experience is that when people start looking then 80%+ of the time they never settle down again in current organisation and ultimately move on.

    I think by asking the question you probably know its time to move
  • in reply to Keith
    Thanks Keith, this is a very good point and something I've thought about when coming across this role. On one hand i feel like i might be ready, however on the other hand i feel like i might be letting down those employees who come to me for help. However i also feel this role has been great at growing me and maybe it is someone else's turn to have that growth with the organisation.
  • in reply to Gina
    You aren't letting down employees. You are being paid to provide a service and sadly / inevitably none of us are irreplaceable. My view (FWIW) is that most people can only grow so far in one organisation. There are exceptions but ultimately you are still seen by some in the more junior roles for ever

    Keith
  • in reply to Gina
    Hi Gina
    It's a difficult one really. I think I might be tempted to wait until you have had a discussion with the manager who is coming to oversee things? They might be the sort of person who adopts more of a collaborative approach and that you can learn things from, or even fight your corner for you. I don't know how hierarchical your organisation is. Just make sure that if you are going, you are going for the right reasons. People promise all sorts of things, this happened to a friend of mine recently who wanted to progress from Assistant to Adviser and she found that when she got to the new organisation she was doing more of an admin job than before. If you are fixed on going, make sure you ask them lots of questions about progression and examples of people who have progressed within the organisation.
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  • in reply to Gina
    Hi Gina
    It's a difficult one really. I think I might be tempted to wait until you have had a discussion with the manager who is coming to oversee things? They might be the sort of person who adopts more of a collaborative approach and that you can learn things from, or even fight your corner for you. I don't know how hierarchical your organisation is. Just make sure that if you are going, you are going for the right reasons. People promise all sorts of things, this happened to a friend of mine recently who wanted to progress from Assistant to Adviser and she found that when she got to the new organisation she was doing more of an admin job than before. If you are fixed on going, make sure you ask them lots of questions about progression and examples of people who have progressed within the organisation.
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  • in reply to Fiona Mary Palmer
    Thanks Fiona, I'm completely understand the over promise, under-deliver as sadly I've been in that situation before, which i think is why I'm very over cautious on this occasion and not jumping in feet first.
  • in reply to Gina
    At the moment you're dealing in hypotheticals - if you get the job interview and offer should you go? Wait until you get the interview, assess the potential employer against what's on offer at your present organisation (after all interviews are a two way process) and then see how you feel.
    If nothing else going for an interview will help you evaluate what may be on offer elsewhere and clarify your thinking.