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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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  • I would just say that I think Keith's advice here is spot on.

    There are 2 issues here, both exacerbated by the challenges of covid. I think, firstly, you have been unfortunate in terms of the HR cultures you have been exposed to, maybe you might benefit from looking at a different sector?, but as Keith mentioned it's not all like this and then secondly your recruitment experience.

    It's really tough out there at the moment and unfortunately the reality is, you are unlikely to land the first job you apply for. You have to kiss a few frogs along the way. I'm afraid resilience does play a big part in any job search journey but remember to be kind to yourself along the way, and remember the context we are living in at the moment, these are unprecedented times (sorry to use that word again!). Try not to beat yourself up too much, if anything you have to work a little harder on things due to all these environmental factors working against us.

    When applying for a role, whilst you might think you are a close match, but is your CV really evidencing the same story? Does your CV fully reflect ALL the relevant EXPERIENCE and SUCCESS STORIES you have, particularly in relation to the job adverts key requirements? Do you demonstrate everything you have in your CV, or are you relying on an element of assumptions? (Assumptions are the most dangerous thing in recruitment - and it occurs all the time, at all stages, take the guesswork out of your CV and tell a better story).

    It's easy for a CV to focus more on tasks and less on the successful contribution you made in the workplace - remember to evidence all the useful detail in your CV - its this type of content that frames the interviewer's mindset about you, before you have ever met and engineers positive interview discussion from the off, rather than having to dig around to draw out the sizzle.

    Hang on in there and ride the storm, you have given so much to HR would be a shame to take a u-turn now :-)

    Hope that helps.
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  • I would just say that I think Keith's advice here is spot on.

    There are 2 issues here, both exacerbated by the challenges of covid. I think, firstly, you have been unfortunate in terms of the HR cultures you have been exposed to, maybe you might benefit from looking at a different sector?, but as Keith mentioned it's not all like this and then secondly your recruitment experience.

    It's really tough out there at the moment and unfortunately the reality is, you are unlikely to land the first job you apply for. You have to kiss a few frogs along the way. I'm afraid resilience does play a big part in any job search journey but remember to be kind to yourself along the way, and remember the context we are living in at the moment, these are unprecedented times (sorry to use that word again!). Try not to beat yourself up too much, if anything you have to work a little harder on things due to all these environmental factors working against us.

    When applying for a role, whilst you might think you are a close match, but is your CV really evidencing the same story? Does your CV fully reflect ALL the relevant EXPERIENCE and SUCCESS STORIES you have, particularly in relation to the job adverts key requirements? Do you demonstrate everything you have in your CV, or are you relying on an element of assumptions? (Assumptions are the most dangerous thing in recruitment - and it occurs all the time, at all stages, take the guesswork out of your CV and tell a better story).

    It's easy for a CV to focus more on tasks and less on the successful contribution you made in the workplace - remember to evidence all the useful detail in your CV - its this type of content that frames the interviewer's mindset about you, before you have ever met and engineers positive interview discussion from the off, rather than having to dig around to draw out the sizzle.

    Hang on in there and ride the storm, you have given so much to HR would be a shame to take a u-turn now :-)

    Hope that helps.
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