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My poor experience in HR

Luke

Hi, I was just wondering for some personal advice around my career in HR. I have wanted to work in HR my whole life and I have accomplished so much on my journey to HR, including achieving my level 7 at age 24 and achieving chartered status the same year. I have held two mid-senior roles within HR both of which had ended in redundancies that weren’t completed correctly. I have also worked in some toxic environments and to cut a long story short I have never been treated so poorly than I have whilst working within HR. I am really passionate about HR, I really want to make a positive difference to everyone at work (why not, we spend a lot of our lives at work!) I have been interviewing for roles for around 6 weeks now, I have walked into interviews and been told I am really competent HR professional and they know I could do the job. However I haven’t been successful in getting roles at present for the following reasons: -It’s a step down or the role is too small - There is no specific feedback we just felt the other candidate had the edge over you but your interview was really strong. - Or it wasn’t a right fit and the role has gone back out to advert I understand as HRP’s we have to be resilient, but at the moment I feel like I’m falling out of love with HR. Has anyone else been through this and can offer me some tips to help me stay resilient? I just feel at the moment I’ve wasted a lot of my time and energy in a career that doesn’t respect me! Thanks in Advance!

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  • Hi Luke,

    Two phrases within your post really stuck out to me: your desire to 'make a positive difference to everyone at work' and that you'd 'wasted a lot of your time and energy'. Put aside the qualifications and the roles that you've done and have a think about times where you have made a positive difference at work. Even small wins count - a manager who never used to spend time talking to their team or sorting out someone's pay issue or advising a leader on who should go in a redundancy pool to ensure that it's fair for those included. While you might not know about it and the people involved might not have necessarily known about your influence in these situations, it does matter. These achievements might be even more meaningful if you've been working in a tough environment too.

    Resilience is tricky, particularly after 16 months of a pandemic and redundancy can be a real knock even if you see it coming. Cut yourself a little slack - six weeks isn't too long to job hunt. The market is picking up - be open minded as to where you look and what you look for (perhaps an interim role would work for now) and think about what practical achievements you can bring to a new employer.

    Good luck.
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  • Hi Luke,

    Two phrases within your post really stuck out to me: your desire to 'make a positive difference to everyone at work' and that you'd 'wasted a lot of your time and energy'. Put aside the qualifications and the roles that you've done and have a think about times where you have made a positive difference at work. Even small wins count - a manager who never used to spend time talking to their team or sorting out someone's pay issue or advising a leader on who should go in a redundancy pool to ensure that it's fair for those included. While you might not know about it and the people involved might not have necessarily known about your influence in these situations, it does matter. These achievements might be even more meaningful if you've been working in a tough environment too.

    Resilience is tricky, particularly after 16 months of a pandemic and redundancy can be a real knock even if you see it coming. Cut yourself a little slack - six weeks isn't too long to job hunt. The market is picking up - be open minded as to where you look and what you look for (perhaps an interim role would work for now) and think about what practical achievements you can bring to a new employer.

    Good luck.
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