Working in HR? If you could start again, would you?

Like many others here I didn't set out to go in HR when I was younger.

Throughout most of my younger years, I wanted to be a teacher, never settled on what type of teacher until University, but a teacher of some form. When it came to picking a course and University, I decided to go down the TEFL route and train to become a TEFL teacher. I went through University and training - perfect, until I was in a classroom and realised this wasn't what I wanted any more.

So for a long time I didn't know what I wanted to do with myself so, I took a job in a call centre for a few years. It wasn't until I moved to a processing labs customer service team did I really flourish and learn where my skills lay. I outgrow that role, even when my manager made me her right hand lady with more of a work load, she could see I had outgrown the role. So she sat me down and asked me what I really wanted to do.

This gave me a chance to really have a look and see what I wanted to do and where I could be proactive within the organisation. So I told her HR, from this she arranged time with the HR team (who were small - but gave me as much work and help as they could). From here I enrolled in college for my CIPD Level 3. I was told I could do Level 5 if I wanted, however I wanted the basics before going completely into a new area.

From here I gained my first HR administrator role, which was great, however due to personal circumstances, I needed a role closer to home. So I found a HR Generalist role within the 3rd sector in the City Centre and working through Level 5 CIPD and championing Health and Wellbeing, Safeguarding and really couldn't be happier.

If I could go through it again I would, I love HR and everything good and bad with it. I just wish I did HR at University instead of teaching but hey its all a learning curve.

Like many others here I didn't set out to go in HR when I was younger.

Throughout most of my younger years, I wanted to be a teacher, never settled on what type of teacher until University, but a teacher of some form. When it came to picking a course and University, I decided to go down the TEFL route and train to become a TEFL teacher. I went through University and training - perfect, until I was in a classroom and realised this wasn't what I wanted any more.

So for a long time I didn't know what I wanted to do with myself so, I took a job in a call centre for a few years. It wasn't until I moved to a processing labs customer service team did I really flourish and learn where my skills lay. I outgrow that role, even when my manager made me her right hand lady with more of a work load, she could see I had outgrown the role. So she sat me down and asked me what I really wanted to do.

This gave me a chance to really have a look and see what I wanted to do and where I could be proactive within the organisation. So I told her HR, from this she arranged time with the HR team (who were small - but gave me as much work and help as they could). From here I enrolled in college for my CIPD Level 3. I was told I could do Level 5 if I wanted, however I wanted the basics before going completely into a new area.

From here I gained my first HR administrator role, which was great, however due to personal circumstances, I needed a role closer to home. So I found a HR Generalist role within the 3rd sector in the City Centre and working through Level 5 CIPD and championing Health and Wellbeing, Safeguarding and really couldn't be happier.

If I could go through it again I would, I love HR and everything good and bad with it. I just wish I did HR at University instead of teaching but hey its all a learning curve.