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Career dilemma

Gary Bavin

Hello all.

I am currently working for a major retailer in a people role, and am level 3 CIPD qualified. However I’m now in a redundancy consultation, where I am being offered a years salary or do a completely different job in store. Do you think I should leave and take a HR career elsewhere or stay in a different job with the retailer?

My concerns are I lack the employee relations qualification, and am concerned I might struggle to secure another HR role; for some time. My worries it’s a risk I might regret, but if I don’t take the leap, when do I.

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  • A years salary from a retail redundancy wow! That's about as generous as you can get. That certainly buys you a lot of time (especially if some is tax free) to make some decisions, to get some experience and to stay in HR

    Only you can make this decision however. No one can or should tell you what to do.

    If you are at the admin end of the HR spectrum and are reasonably flexible then I would have thought there would be temporary openings in HR along the way.

    Whats your passion? What is your key motivator? Working in HR or job security?
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    Hi Keith

    Thank you for the reply.
    I feel my motivator is people development, which does flick my switch. However I’ve been with the same company for 28 years, and maybe feel it’s time for a change. It is just the risk of doing this does not make me feel great. I am 44 and in the middle of my career, and want to make the best decision for me.
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  • in reply to Keith
    Hi Keith

    Thank you for the reply.
    I feel my motivator is people development, which does flick my switch. However I’ve been with the same company for 28 years, and maybe feel it’s time for a change. It is just the risk of doing this does not make me feel great. I am 44 and in the middle of my career, and want to make the best decision for me.
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