I currently have not long finished my course before the lockdown started, I passed with flying colours. The college were supposed to place us in a placement, but that bit never happened because of the lockdown. I have offered loads of unpaid work but no paid work. How did you all start off? My problem is this, unpaid work does not pay the bills, in addition to having a disability I am unable to go to work that is beyond my local city! How did everyone else start off their career? What made you chose HR for a career?
I started off in as a ‘HR & OD Support Officer’ for a local authority. The JD (and pay) were reflective of a very basic admin role (basically taking minutes and filing) but the role was a lot more than that in reality and I learnt a lot, so I stuck it out for 10 months and moved into a HR Advisor role and then 18 months after that into a HR Business Partner role. Unfortunately the market is swamped at the moment with experienced HR professionals who have been made redundant due to Covid-19, but don’t give up! You will find something eventually.
I started off in as a ‘HR & OD Support Officer’ for a local authority. The JD (and pay) were reflective of a very basic admin role (basically taking minutes and filing) but the role was a lot more than that in reality and I learnt a lot, so I stuck it out for 10 months and moved into a HR Advisor role and then 18 months after that into a HR Business Partner role. Unfortunately the market is swamped at the moment with experienced HR professionals who have been made redundant due to Covid-19, but don’t give up! You will find something eventually.
