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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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  • Luke, thank you for posting. I'm sure your experience and the thoughts and shares below, will help anyone who might be reading and wondering if this career is for them too.

    Lots of great advice. I hope the feedback you're getting will help you land the best job. It is a tough market, competition is likely to be fierce and I imagine many employers might feel they can be extra choosey. Hopefully in the coming months, with persistence, on-going work and the ability to keep applying without losing too much heart, which is natural when we don't get the job, you will find a place where you feel you can grow, listen, learn from colleagues and keep developing.

    I'm an interim so I meet potential clients all the time and have noticed how hard it can be to, read a brief (or JD in your case) or advert or talk to the recruitment consultant and sometimes even the client and get enough of a feel for whether the opportunity is too big, small, right or best for me. It's an on-going learning experience and feedback helps.

    Finally, I'd add HR is like any profession. I've had many great experiences of working with fab colleagues and in great teams. It is also not immune to instances of poor behaviour, bad processes and general stuff that happens when humans come together. We are always capable of great things and the not so good things in life and work.
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  • Luke, thank you for posting. I'm sure your experience and the thoughts and shares below, will help anyone who might be reading and wondering if this career is for them too.

    Lots of great advice. I hope the feedback you're getting will help you land the best job. It is a tough market, competition is likely to be fierce and I imagine many employers might feel they can be extra choosey. Hopefully in the coming months, with persistence, on-going work and the ability to keep applying without losing too much heart, which is natural when we don't get the job, you will find a place where you feel you can grow, listen, learn from colleagues and keep developing.

    I'm an interim so I meet potential clients all the time and have noticed how hard it can be to, read a brief (or JD in your case) or advert or talk to the recruitment consultant and sometimes even the client and get enough of a feel for whether the opportunity is too big, small, right or best for me. It's an on-going learning experience and feedback helps.

    Finally, I'd add HR is like any profession. I've had many great experiences of working with fab colleagues and in great teams. It is also not immune to instances of poor behaviour, bad processes and general stuff that happens when humans come together. We are always capable of great things and the not so good things in life and work.
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