How did you get into HR/ get your first role?

Hi Charlotte. Like many others here, I got into it from an office job whereby I was dealing with some HR type issues. When the organisation I was working for as an office manager decided that it needed HR I told them that I was interested and got them to sponsor me to undertake my HR studies. Many many years later, I have had a variety of roles. You say that you have some good experience due to your Volunteer Co-ordinator role so you may want to think of specific examples to provide in interviews of your experience. Also consider doing a skills based CV rather than a CV which purely shows the roles you have been doing, this was invaluable to me in the early days when I did not necessarily have the experience of working in a HR role but had gained a lot of the skills needed. Keep going, you will get there eventually. You could ask your current HR team if you could shadow them which is a good way of letting them know you are interested. A friend of mine did this and as a result was approached by the department when a junior role opened up within the team.

Hi Charlotte. Like many others here, I got into it from an office job whereby I was dealing with some HR type issues. When the organisation I was working for as an office manager decided that it needed HR I told them that I was interested and got them to sponsor me to undertake my HR studies. Many many years later, I have had a variety of roles. You say that you have some good experience due to your Volunteer Co-ordinator role so you may want to think of specific examples to provide in interviews of your experience. Also consider doing a skills based CV rather than a CV which purely shows the roles you have been doing, this was invaluable to me in the early days when I did not necessarily have the experience of working in a HR role but had gained a lot of the skills needed. Keep going, you will get there eventually. You could ask your current HR team if you could shadow them which is a good way of letting them know you are interested. A friend of mine did this and as a result was approached by the department when a junior role opened up within the team.