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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
    Sorry to hear you have been having such a tough time. To add to the excellent advice from colleagues, I would suggest at interview focussing more on what you have achieved for your previous employers, rather than success in exams etc. Whilst qualifications etc are nice to have, when we're recruiting, many of us tend to be more interested in candidate's track records.
    At interview, I'd be focussing very much on what you bring to the company, rather than where you want your career to go.
    I hope you find a job that you love soon - I have been in HR for 13 years this year, all of it in the NHS, working in several different Trusts and across all functional areas and, for the most part, it's been very fulfilling
    Emily
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  • Hi Luke
    Sorry to hear you have been having such a tough time. To add to the excellent advice from colleagues, I would suggest at interview focussing more on what you have achieved for your previous employers, rather than success in exams etc. Whilst qualifications etc are nice to have, when we're recruiting, many of us tend to be more interested in candidate's track records.
    At interview, I'd be focussing very much on what you bring to the company, rather than where you want your career to go.
    I hope you find a job that you love soon - I have been in HR for 13 years this year, all of it in the NHS, working in several different Trusts and across all functional areas and, for the most part, it's been very fulfilling
    Emily
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