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How did you get into HR??

Victoria

When networking I find that a lot of HR practioners "fell into" their HR careers.


I myself decided at age 17 that I wanted to do a BA in HRM and then I gained experience and went onto do my CIPD.


I'm interested to find out how others got into HR.


 

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  • I "fell into" HR, but am glad I did, but also glad I'd done non-HR roles first.


    Post Uni with no clue what career to follow I did various retail management roles (basically "fell into" that too!), then a stint as a recruitment consultant. A couple more non-HR roles followed, then I ended up (after redundancy) utilising my recruitment experience in a graduate recruitment role for a national retailer. I transferred from that to a generalist HR role with the same firm and started my CIPD qualification. Since then I've done several more HR roles. (Yes, I have changed jobs a fair few times in my career so far!)  


    On a more general note, I tend to think it's to the advantage of the profession to have a variety of backgrounds and experience amongst HR practitioners


    Kate

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  • I "fell into" HR, but am glad I did, but also glad I'd done non-HR roles first.


    Post Uni with no clue what career to follow I did various retail management roles (basically "fell into" that too!), then a stint as a recruitment consultant. A couple more non-HR roles followed, then I ended up (after redundancy) utilising my recruitment experience in a graduate recruitment role for a national retailer. I transferred from that to a generalist HR role with the same firm and started my CIPD qualification. Since then I've done several more HR roles. (Yes, I have changed jobs a fair few times in my career so far!)  


    On a more general note, I tend to think it's to the advantage of the profession to have a variety of backgrounds and experience amongst HR practitioners


    Kate

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