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I've just gained my very first HR Advisor role! Any advice?

James Webber

Hi all,

As the title suggests, today I was very, very happy to acquire my first HR Advisory role after a number of years of trying to progress! 

I'll be working in a team that solely deals with sickness advisory support/case work. I should also state that I've never worked within this organisation before so I'm sure that I'll be able to get some tips and tricks internally when I start in a few weeks time.

However, before that I wanted to try and get some feedback about how you all coped with your step up to the Advisory level?
Was there anything that you wish you'd known then that you do now?
Do you have any tips that you think could make the transitional process easier for me or potholes that I should look to avoid?

Your advice doesn't have to directly related to sickness management, I'm sure that I can make any advice you give, relating to case work/advisor work, applicable to my new role.

P.s. But please don't give me all your horror stories all at once! ;)

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  • Hi James, congratulations on breaking into HR, there's some really good advice here to kickstart you on your way, I know you have been trying for a while.

    Just out of interest, how did you find this role in the end and what job search tactic worked for you?

    Congrats again, onwards and upwards ..
  • in reply to Ginnie

    I suppose the role actually found me :)

    Serendipitously an agency (based near London) contacted me and put me forward for the role, which after an interview, I was offered.
    Whether that was due to my CV (which you were a huge help in greatly improving - honest plug: contact Ginnie if you want you CV updated!) being on a particular agency website or whether she found my LinkedIn account I'm not entirely sure.

    I'm just happy that she was practically the only agency that understood my potential and put me forward for an Advisor role. Most other agencies seem to prescribe to the catch-22 theory of: "If you're not already in an Advisor role then we won't put you forward to get an Advisor role".

    Maybe that's why she and her agency have a contract with Deloitte and other agencies do not............... 

  • in reply to James Webber
    A late post from me, I hope your initial few months have gone well. A few months in now I would really start to truly understand what your business does, how it operates and how the inter connectivity of all the functions work together, ideally, but rarely in reality, in harmony. If you can talk about their 'world' it builds credibility and so those solutions you propose to their challenges come from a place of understanding the challenges as you know the business, not just the textbook. Ask questions about non HR things, operational processes, customer behaviours, industry risks etc.. In time a great HR professional knows a lot about the business not just about HR.
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  • in reply to James Webber
    A late post from me, I hope your initial few months have gone well. A few months in now I would really start to truly understand what your business does, how it operates and how the inter connectivity of all the functions work together, ideally, but rarely in reality, in harmony. If you can talk about their 'world' it builds credibility and so those solutions you propose to their challenges come from a place of understanding the challenges as you know the business, not just the textbook. Ask questions about non HR things, operational processes, customer behaviours, industry risks etc.. In time a great HR professional knows a lot about the business not just about HR.
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