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Level 5 and breaking in to HR

Daniel Gregory

In April this year I obtained my CIPD L5 in HRM. I must have applied for over 150 HR Admin or assistant roles but keep getting rejected as I have no experience. I have many years as a team Manager where I would assist our HR teams with a whole host of HR admin duties alongside recruitment and selection, disciplinary hearings and absence management.

I am applying for entry level jobs as I do not expect a HR Management role. I want to start at the bottom and work my way up.

How can I do this when companies want experience? Surely you have to start somewhere!

Any help or advice or even an interview would be great.

I feel like I have wasted £3K of my money on something that may never happen. One HR manager who emailed me with a rejection said that my studying the CIPD qualification was a waste of my time and money.

I chose to study HR as it was something that i have been passionate about. I like helping people and nurturing their development and growth as an employee. It's deeply fulfilling.

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  • Hi Daniel, welcome to the communities. Without wishing to sound like I'm belittling your situation I do feel your pain and remember all too well the struggles I faced when trying to get into HR. Plus there will be many forum members who will also be nodding in sympathy so while this does not help your situation please do bear in mind you are (unfortunately) not alone. A couple of thoughts of mine to supplement the excellent advice already given which is offered in a way to be helpful and thought-provoking:

    - I'm a tad concerned about the number of applications you have submitted - you don't state over what time period - and I wonder if this approach is more 'scattergun' than focused. Presumably your CV/application is tailored to suit the vacancy you are applying for? Whilst this is time consuming it pays dividends rather than send out a standard application so you may want to consider being rather more selective about the jobs you apply for and focus your efforts on ensuring your application matches the vacancy as closely as possible.

    - whilst you may have assisted with HR-related tasks is this really reflected in your CV? Unfortunately at entry level there will be lots of competition for vacancies so you do need to stand out from the crowd.

    - How is your CV structured? For each job previously held do you have a brief summary of the job requirements followed by a brief summary of your achievements to demonstrate you have reached targets, saved money, completed high volumes of X, etc.? Do you know someone you trust to give some feedback on your CV, alternatively some forum members may be happy to provide comments, I certainly would.

    - is there any scope for you to do some voluntary work for a charity with their HR tasks? Even if only one day a week?

    - Have you checked out the resources on the CIPD website? There is a career section which help to supplement your valiant efforts, link is:
    www.cipd.co.uk/.../career
    Alternatively, if the link does not work look for:
    Home / Learn, develop and connect / Manage your career

    Good luck, please keep plugging away as it really WILL pay off and let us know if we can help or encourage you further. :-)
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  • Hi Daniel, welcome to the communities. Without wishing to sound like I'm belittling your situation I do feel your pain and remember all too well the struggles I faced when trying to get into HR. Plus there will be many forum members who will also be nodding in sympathy so while this does not help your situation please do bear in mind you are (unfortunately) not alone. A couple of thoughts of mine to supplement the excellent advice already given which is offered in a way to be helpful and thought-provoking:

    - I'm a tad concerned about the number of applications you have submitted - you don't state over what time period - and I wonder if this approach is more 'scattergun' than focused. Presumably your CV/application is tailored to suit the vacancy you are applying for? Whilst this is time consuming it pays dividends rather than send out a standard application so you may want to consider being rather more selective about the jobs you apply for and focus your efforts on ensuring your application matches the vacancy as closely as possible.

    - whilst you may have assisted with HR-related tasks is this really reflected in your CV? Unfortunately at entry level there will be lots of competition for vacancies so you do need to stand out from the crowd.

    - How is your CV structured? For each job previously held do you have a brief summary of the job requirements followed by a brief summary of your achievements to demonstrate you have reached targets, saved money, completed high volumes of X, etc.? Do you know someone you trust to give some feedback on your CV, alternatively some forum members may be happy to provide comments, I certainly would.

    - is there any scope for you to do some voluntary work for a charity with their HR tasks? Even if only one day a week?

    - Have you checked out the resources on the CIPD website? There is a career section which help to supplement your valiant efforts, link is:
    www.cipd.co.uk/.../career
    Alternatively, if the link does not work look for:
    Home / Learn, develop and connect / Manage your career

    Good luck, please keep plugging away as it really WILL pay off and let us know if we can help or encourage you further. :-)
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