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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 was made redundant about five years ago, and found myself in a situation I hadn't had experience of before. First point is that it made me a better HR professional since - I have a better understanding of what it means and feels like to go through redundancy, which I've been able to use.

    Second point is that many agencies (in particular) had an apparent problem with the fact that I was immediately available. What I had felt would be a positive advantage came with a suspicion that was unwarranted. I started doing an interim role (in an entirely unrelated field), and suddenly I was applying for a job from a position of employment which seemed to change things in relation to interviews, agency contact and interest - and shortly had the role I'm still in now.

    I recognise that the situation we're in now is different and perhaps mine was anomalous, but for your own confidence and in case there's any resonance with my experience, I'd strongly suggest going after an interim role. You never know where they may lead.
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    Hi Nina, so pleased you got a role following redundancy and you did that via a role that was, I guess FTC and then went perm.

    I'm an interim and posting as it can and is a career path of and in itself. Some people, like me, choose to leave a permanent job, set up a company and pursue an interim career. It's great that many people who are made redundant or try it and then go permanent again do, it happens and it's cool. It's also not the same as being a career interim. An interim is most likely to be senior and running their own business.

    I'd heartily recommend a temp to perm arrangement Luke and perhaps interim could be a choice or an option further into a successful HR career.

    I'm posting this as, with IR35, it would be fab for fellow HR professionals to differentiate the workforce in a way that helps the interim profession remain a valuable and accessible market option for the future.
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  • in reply to Nina Waters
    Hi Nina, so pleased you got a role following redundancy and you did that via a role that was, I guess FTC and then went perm.

    I'm an interim and posting as it can and is a career path of and in itself. Some people, like me, choose to leave a permanent job, set up a company and pursue an interim career. It's great that many people who are made redundant or try it and then go permanent again do, it happens and it's cool. It's also not the same as being a career interim. An interim is most likely to be senior and running their own business.

    I'd heartily recommend a temp to perm arrangement Luke and perhaps interim could be a choice or an option further into a successful HR career.

    I'm posting this as, with IR35, it would be fab for fellow HR professionals to differentiate the workforce in a way that helps the interim profession remain a valuable and accessible market option for the future.
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