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Julie

Hiya

I am at my wits end!  I have invested time and money into gaining the cipd level 5 qualification and have a wealth of 14 years experience in recruitment, business development and sales.  Since taking a new direction into HR by gaining  15 months in Admin.  I cannot secure a perm or temp job. I've received excellent interview feedback after attending several interviews.

I am now financially in a bad place.  How are you expected to develop and be given an opportunity when it's such a competitive market?

Julie

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  • Hi Julie,

    I completely understand your situation and if you search the forum you’ll see I posted with something similar about 12 months ago!

    From personal experience, there is a very real barrier for those who have not taken a conventional HR pathway. I had the added challenge of being new to London (from Sydney). It felt like I might as well have come from Mars! Having said that, once I secured a role I was promoted quickly and gained lots of valuable experience.

    I transitioned from Psychology to HR in 2013, initially gaining specific HR experience by cold calling various businesses until I was taken on for volunteering experience. I really don’t think this is necessary in your case as you have a wealth of commercial experience, very valuable in the market place.

    Stick with it and work with trusted recruiters. Don’t listen to those who try to push you into the wrong role. Wishing you the best of luck, I’m sure the right opportunity is just around the corner.

    Nivek
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  • Hi Julie,

    I completely understand your situation and if you search the forum you’ll see I posted with something similar about 12 months ago!

    From personal experience, there is a very real barrier for those who have not taken a conventional HR pathway. I had the added challenge of being new to London (from Sydney). It felt like I might as well have come from Mars! Having said that, once I secured a role I was promoted quickly and gained lots of valuable experience.

    I transitioned from Psychology to HR in 2013, initially gaining specific HR experience by cold calling various businesses until I was taken on for volunteering experience. I really don’t think this is necessary in your case as you have a wealth of commercial experience, very valuable in the market place.

    Stick with it and work with trusted recruiters. Don’t listen to those who try to push you into the wrong role. Wishing you the best of luck, I’m sure the right opportunity is just around the corner.

    Nivek
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